Imo the Tikka T3X compact is the best bang for your buck. Most of these “youth” rifles anymore are pretty damn heavy.
My son is only 9 but handles the recoil of his 7/08 T3X compact with no issues using hornady reduced recoil loads and it groups them at about 3/4” as well. The rifle with talleys and a 2-7 Leupy only weighs 6 3/4 pounds so he can handle it quite nicely.
