Take your boy shopping.. let him handle the guns, see what he likes, see what fits him..
as for a caliber, a 7mm08 is a great all around gun. I have a savage axis stainless synthetic, bought an aftermarket adjustable trigger, and upgraded the scope..
It's very light recoil, will knock down anything in North America, and available in a youth size.
I highly recommend a high quality of shell though.. It is a very fast round, last year I shot my 3 white tails with it, all lung shots. and all of them ran for 80+yards..this year I switched to the Berger HSM gold trophy shells, $40 a box,
Filled both my supplementary white tail tags and got a bull moose..both deer dropped on the spot. The moose took about 10 steps and dropped.. Just something to think about, great all around gun, highly recommend it!!
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