Originally Posted by
Friwi
Well so the sales man told you to get a Howa or a Steyr in 7-08 , but he had no 308 to sell you? Or was he trying to move on old stock?
As said above , when the nice Steyr will be all bashed up it will have lost half of its value or more. And for the price of a Steyr with an ok scope you can have a good basic rifle with a very nice scope.
It would be good if you could go hunting with a few mates and carry and hunt with their rifles and shoot them on targets as well.
When you will have struggled in supplejacks with a fishing rod of a barrel or climbed the urchin track with a truck axcel and a pack you might have a better understanding of what your needs are.