Thread: Fellas - I need some inspiration

The Wife, she's asked for a new rifle, for Her.

This, is a good thing. Her specifications are however a little different to what I'm used to. The conversation so far has resulted in the following firm requirements:

• Open sights - no optics
• Light carbine
• Well balanced for off-hand, kneeling and sitting shooting
• Not a monster cartridge, mostly vermin and paper usage, but capable of shooting a small deer in the neck (she likes young venisons)
• So centrefire obviously, but not a big one - got to be capable of proper MOA accuracy

We haven't specified action type, bolt would be obvious, but we could be looking at a lever gun.

The hankering after a rifle "like this" comes from her Army days, when she ran around with an R4 (5.56) shooting targets with alarming proficiency. Now obviously, a semi is not an option but she wouldn't have wanted one anyway.

What haven't I thought of fellas? I've been through the mini-actions and so on, but open sights is a problem.

Any suggestions? New or used.