Hello,

I was wanting your guyses' opinions of what would be a good rifle for me. I am a teenager and I was thinking of a .243 or a 6.5x55 Swede.
I'm not looking somuch for a caliber suggestion as mmuch as a brand and model suggestion. I am still open to caliber suggestions though.

Thanks in advance.

Youi did not state the prupose for the rifle, so I would suggest either a 223 Rem or 22-250 Rem for small critters/varmints. There are quite a few for deer size game such as 243 Win, 260 Rem, 308 Win , 7-08 Rem for the short actions and the 25-06 Rem, 270 Win, 280 Rem and 30-06 Springfield.
As far as rifle makes... Savage, Tikka, Ruger,Remington,Winchester, Sako, Weatherby,Howaall make great rifles. The Savage seems to have a good internet following and would most likely be the most inexpensive. If I was in your shoes I would get a Savage in 25-06 and call it done.

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I was mostly looking for a deer rifle, but it would be nice to have a gun I could use for several things besides deer.

Also, I thought that the .270 was supposed to have some pretty bad recoil. Is that true?

Another thing, I really don't like Savage's rifle's bolt-actions, and I'm looking for a bolt-action.
The bolts aren't smooth in my opinion, and I also was wondering about the price ranges on some rifles. Hope I'm not asking too much, thanks.

i would go with a remington model 7 in rem 260 or 7mm-08

i bought a used one (260 for my wife)stainless and synthetic for 350$ and i love it, low recoil, good shooter

i think the ruger compact can be bought in the 6.5X55sweede, and on the charts it and the 260 almost mirror each other

That sounds good, but I'm too big for compact models now.
But a regular Ruger should come in 6.5x55 Swede.

The Ruger all Weather comes in 6.5x55. You could not make a better choice for deer and varmits.

.243 savage, any savage model.

I'd go with DoublA's advice.
My very first bought by me,owned by me was a Ruger M-77 25-06 Rem(would still have it if it wasn't stolen).
You can't beat the savages or the Stevens rifles.The 25-06 can do the 270 can do and with less recoil,well they are pretty close.
117 gr 25-06 vs a 130gr270 win
the 25-06 has 20.3 in drop at 400 and the 270 has 20.0
Ft/lbs is the 25-06 @ 1200 vs 1290 in the 270 win. at 400 yds.
Both great deer rounds.
BBJ