Go with a .270 package by Savage with a synthetic stock. You can find them at Walmart, or any other large sporting goods store for $369 and I have seen them on sale for $319 When you can upgrade the scope, but the scope is basically thrown in there on the deal, and it is a pretty decent Simmons. I have a 7mm mag with a laminate stock, but I think a .270 would give you plenty of range, and it would not give the recoil that some people seem to notice a lot. I personally don't. Good luck.