If the person is a littel tite on budget the savage mark II 22 LR. and if you can find a box of Winchester Dina points I feel has an realy smooth action and a free flowted barrle i can pick off acorns at 25 yards and pocker chips at fifty yards all after noon. and if that dosent sound good enough to ya. If ya ever see ya a black bird sitten exactly a 147 yards out ame what you think is 6 inch. hi and scuize one off it will make your hart stop