I bought Daisy Buck and Red Ryder BB guns to have some fun teaching my granddaughters gun safety and shooting skills. The triggers are so ridiculously stiff it's hard for me to shoot one with any accuracy. The girls have to use two fingers just to get them to fire! There's no way they can hit anything with such a stiff trigger. Why do they make a kids gun so hard for a kid to shoot??? If they are doing it in the name of safety I guess they could make it impossible to fire and it would be even more safe.

My cricket .22 seems to have a delay in the trigger. I don’t know if they’re all like that but it could certainly discourage a kid with the lack of consistency

I started my boys with single shot 22s loaded with CB caps for that reason. All the BB gun triggers I've seen have been heavy.

Made in China maybe?

I just went through the hunt for a trainer rifle for my kids. It’s so hard to find a decent bb or pellet gun for little kids. I opted for a Savage Rascal 22. I have a stockpile of CB rounds so it’s basically a 22 pellet gun that is easy to handle, safe, good trigger. I’m happy with the decision.

I did some googling and read you can remove the stock then remove the back spring that's visible in the trigger assembly to lighten the trigger. They said this would lighten the trigger and would not affect the functioning of the gun (Then why is it there? - I don't know). I removed that spring. Indeed the trigger is much better and the gun seems to function as before. The safety still works. I wouldn't be messing with it at all if it was anything but a low power BB gun but it is much easier to shoot accurately without that spring, And I'm sure the girls will be able to shoot them comfortably as well. Does anybody know what this spring is for, and is removing it going to create a problem?

My kids and my grandkids have all started on Daisy Red Ryder BB guns. Yeah the triggers are heavy but we ain't going for pick-a-flea-off-a-coyote-at-a-hundred-yards type accuracy.

I hang milk jugs, peanut containers and soda bottles at various locations around my yard. The grandkids can grab the BB gun that sits by the back door (there to discourage chickens from eating the cat food) and go out to practice whenever they want to. And they do it a lot. The jugs /bottles make noise when they're hit. And if it's windy out they offer moving targets.

Here's a fun game the adults, kids and grandkids all participate in here at home and at camp; We all line up and take ne shot at a jug. You miss, you're out. After the first round we move back about ten feet and shoot again. We repeat until the last of two shooters misses and the other is declared the winner. Then we start again.

The idea of removing the rear spring is interesting, I might have to look into it. But I've never considered the heavy triggers much of a problem. Our newest BB gun is probably ten years old, maybe the newer ones have much heavier triggers?

Agreed, the only lighter trigger I have seen is from a few other my old ones.
But my first 22 was a cricket or "my first rifle" and I am still using it and it is around 6 years old.

call daisy and see if the 499 trigger will work

or get serios and buy a 499

https://www.daisy.com/product/daisy-model-499b-champion-competition-rifle/

I am working a intro to 4-H BB gun this weekend , they are a great training tool for the 3-5th grade kids after many of them are too small to hold an air rifle well.

then you can get them into position shooting better and well , so as soon as they are big enough and strong enough for air rifle they are already well set on positions.

I second the Daisy 499. My son and myself shot one a few weeks ago. Night and day difference compared to the Red Ryder (Which we shoot a lot) I will be getting him one for Xmas. I will say the trigger on the Red Ryder got better them more we shot it but he is ready for something more.

Sounds Like I need a 499. Thanks for the recommendations.

Another, roll a ball out of aluminum foil for each person. Shoot at it to move it across a line or rope.

I like that one!