If you wanted to get away from the harder kicking calibers, but you wanted something a little more substantial than say a 243, what would you choose. Its going to be a shooting house gun, mostly used in the evening, 200yds is about the max shot distance. I would like for my son to be able to shoot it and not be afraid of it, hell be 13 next year. He shoots a 243 no problem, wont even talk about shooting my 3006.