I second that motion.If he's got the "little man" attitude, you'll never hear about recoil even if it's killing him. My concern would be a 9 year old shouldering an adult gun. I would try to find a good youth gun for him.
That would be the only thing that'd change my mind....fit.If the gun can fit him, I vote a definite yes on the managed recoil rounds... They are great.
Don't stereotype or generalize about people..... He may have monkey arms.:smack: :biggrin:I'm 5'6" and find it difficult to shoulder some adult guns. Length of pull more than 14.5" is really uncomfortable for me. I'm most comfy with 13.75. You might not think so, but that .75" makes a huge differenc. If he's smaller than me he can't be comfortable with it.