My personal prefrence is a Remington 700, there are a million things out there that you can do to reduce the reciol, and you can get it in a hundred calibers. What kind of distance are you looking to shoot, what it the purpose of the rifle? Hunting, sport, bullseye?
I got a lot of ideas to help you out, but I need more information. Like are you looking to modify the gun or do you want to keep it stock and just slap a scope and bi-pod onto it?