There's a lot of life long hunters out there that don't know shit about shooting, it doesn't take much knowledge of firearms to shoot a dear at 60m in the bush.
If target shooting is being considered this forum has a lot of good information, far better than most hunters out there.
But I agree, a Howa or Tikka in a common cartridge (308,7mm08, 6.5CM, 243, etc) and a half decent scope is all you need to get going.
Buy used if you can as most rifles out there barely get 200 rounds fired through them, and if you change your mind or want to try something else you would think loose much money.
Used Tikkas especially don't loose much in value at all.
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