My friend recently purchased one for his nine year old son. The rifle is the laminated stainless version chambered for the 260. The rifle is very light and allows the round to have a little more recoil than say a 7.5 lbs rifle. The gun is very accurate averaging around 1.25 inches at 100 yards. This is with factory ammo. The only complaint was the stiff trigger pull. One trip to the local gunsmith and that was remedied. Other than that he loves the rifle and his son can handle it well. The 7MM-08 is very similar to the 260 and if I were to buy one of these rifles it would be the 7-08.