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I'm going thru the same thing with a 5.5 year old. In a local shop the other day,I ran across a Ruger 77 mkii compact in 260 Rem. I figured that the 16.5" barrel won't be to blasty with reduced loads. When he moves up to full house loads I'll send it back to Ruger with a check for $110 and get a 20" 260 barrel screwed on.