Bought my 5 year old boy one of these for Christmas. He's taller than most of his friends the same age, but the gun is too big. I have him holding it like a bazooka right now with the stock on top of his shoulder. Somehow he's managing to still hit cans and such, but I obviously want it to fit like a rifle should. Anybody else had to saw off a couple of inches off the stock? Doesn't seem right...

you might try the Daisy buck. Its smaller and then just save the red ryder for alter?

Daisy Buck, thats what my youngest has and the older 2 have the 760's, which are short by design. I even carved out a stock to convert the 760's to fit the 6 year old, but found the Daisy Buck and it fit.

Get him a 7mag

Go with the Buck.

cool, didn't know about the buck

I cut the stock off my red rider for my daughter. It really didnt seem rite at the time, but it was mine as a kid and I was glad to see her shooting it.

Go with the Buck for sure. My neighbor had the same problem and I suggested it to him. His boy loves that little thing!

Iv'e got one of the Buck models I bought for my son when he was just a pup. We still get it out and shoot it every once in a while, even though he's 16 years old. It's amazing that we can break that gun out and my daughter (age 7) will want to shoot it. Usually it isn't long before every kid in the neighborhood shows up wanting to shoot it. These things are a good way to promote the sport to the little guys. I think it shoots the same FPS as the Red Ryder too. I also found out that it shoots a lot more accurate with Crossman copper BB's instead of the aluminum ones that Daisy sells.