I have an 8 and 5 year old. They both love to shoot. Currently, they are both shooting Mission Crazes. We also have a Bear Cruzer Lite. My 5 year old got the Bear for his birthday because he wanted camo and that was the one he picked out. After setting it up with a bottle it shot fine. However, the Craze is a little better. So we got him the second Craze for fish and he uses the Bear to shoot targets.