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JoJo,
Were I looking to buy a gun for a youth or slightly built female, no doubt in my mind what I would do, get a 6.5mm. Either a 260 or a 6.5x55. The two rounds kill way beyond what the uninitiated would believe and are extreamly accurate. The 260 or 6.5x55 come very close to duplicating the 6.5x284 or 6.5x06 in performance.
If you reload, the choice of bullets is almost as wide as the 30 cals, with the Barnes and Nosler bullets giving deep penetration for elk and moose. The Sierra line gives the shooter a varmit rifle anf Hornady makes it a deer gun.
The recoil is modest. The Swedes swear by the 6.5x55 for elk sized game.
Ed
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