I have a remington 700 youth in 243. my son uses it and this will be his second year to use it. he sho a model 7 in 6mm before i bought this gun.
I have let him shoot a 308 in a model seven but the recoil is a little to much for him to shoot comfortably.he missed a good buck because i made him shoot it and was scared of the recoil. i have found that the 243 is great for him.
now i don't like the remington iss system. so i would recommend looking at the ruger sub compact they have out now . very nice guns.

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