I just bought a new rifle , it was between the X bolt ss. or the vangaurd sub moa. I ended up with the vangaurd it just felt better for me.Your best bet would be to let him hold a few and see what feels good to him.There is a lot of nice rifles out there.As for calibre if it's only deer I'd go .243,257wby,25-06.If you might go after something bigger then I'd say .270.I was never a big fan of the 30-06, don't really know why.
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