Ben, I look at it his way.
You know him quite well. You know his strengths and weaknesses. If you feel he is ready than I would be the last person to question it.
There is no way you would let him do something where you felt the risk of injury outweighed the benefits.
Trust is a big deal with kids. I developed it with my daughter and if I told her she could handle the gun and recoil the she trusted me. It was all because she knew I would never put her in a position to get hurt.
You know him quite well. You know his strengths and weaknesses. If you feel he is ready than I would be the last person to question it.
There is no way you would let him do something where you felt the risk of injury outweighed the benefits.
Trust is a big deal with kids. I developed it with my daughter and if I told her she could handle the gun and recoil the she trusted me. It was all because she knew I would never put her in a position to get hurt.