For low dollars, hard to beat a Marlin XS7 or Savage with youth stock. I bought a youth model blue/wood Savage chambered .243 for my oldest daughter. She used it. Her kids have used it. Zero issues over 20 years. I bought a used XL7 in .270 for a grand daughter. Zero issues with that rifle as well. Would expect the XS7 .243 to be same/similar.