Hey, I'm brand new to the forum, though I've come here before from the outside looking in for advice. I got into the "long range" scene about 2 years ago. I have several rifles and steel target that i use to ring steel out to about 1000 yards. current long is 1056 yards give or take a few. The thing is my wife wants to join me in my hobby, which is great for me. I want to build/get her a rifle to get slowly into the hobby while also meeting a bunch of criteria for a rifle project I've had in mind, kill 2 birds with one stone. So my issue is she is a small frame person who is somewhat recoil sensitive and doesn't want some 20+ pound, 28 inch straight barreled behemoth to try to shoot with or move around either. Also I've always kind of wanted a tactical looking 16 to 18.5 ish inch barreled bolt action rifle that i could thread and throw a suppressor on. though I know something like good ole 308 would be awesome for that kind of application, the recoil and muzzle blast from that round in that application would be too much and too unpleasant for her and the last thing I want to do is scare her away when she's finally showing interest in something I love. I also would like to be able to take small to medium game with the rifle should i want to. I hunt in georgia so whitetail is the largest game I would possibly take at ranges inside of 200 yards. I still want the round to be usable to ring steel out at 600 plus yards so my wife can have a rifle she can grow into, since I think it will take a while for her to get that far out on her own and that pretty much rules 300blkout out since the drop would be enormous at that range and I already have one of those anyways. I want something that can be bought over the shelf, and I'd like to keep it below $2.00 a round. I do reload, so if its a bit on the high end of that price point, i can reload to make it work. So in short, I need a low recoil, medium power round that shoots relatively flatter out of a sub 20 inch barrel. please help me. thanks