RE: A good rifle for a kid
Catt Daddy, you can't go wrong with the 243 or the 6MM. I have a 6MM and have hunted with it from when I was 13 until I was 28, which was last year. People will sometimes tell you that it's too light for a deer rifle (the largest grain bullet you can buy for it is 100 grains), but in 15 years of deer hunting I killed about 16 deer with it and never lost ONE of them. My wife and I are expecting a baby in March and I plan to give it to my son or daughter to use whenever they're ready. It sure is a sweet shooting rifle.