Well, I've got some stuff gathered up. A savage 10 in 308, accutrigger model; and a gorgeous wood youth stock but its for a stevens 200 or pre-accutrigger model. I tried to mount the 308 barreled action in the stock but looks like trigger opening in the guard is different.

How common are 250 savage (250-3000) barrels and what headspace gauges are used for it? Not wanting to pour a fortune into it because I honestly don't know if my boy will be a hunter, but want something he can use and if he decided not to hunt, I couls use effectively on AR whitetails and coyotes.

I did consider a 223 but not sold on performance on deer. Would rather be more sure and when buck fever sets in my boy, not have to make an extremely precise shot.

I handload so thats not an issue plus a LGS has a couple boxes of remington ammo.