Tikka T1 - no brainer. Good trigger out of the box, if he wants it lighter a 5 minute spring change takes care of that, for $15 he can purchase a vertical hand grip if wanted.
drover
223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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