Gophergunner beat me to it, but an older 760 in a .300 Savage would be preferable to a .308 imo. One of our guys has one and shot down three of the four deer that we got last season. Ammo selection isn't as good as a .308, but a 150 grain soft point should do anything in a deer woods that a .308 would do and recoil less. Back when I was looking for a M99 for the kid, I thought that I wanted a .308 only I found a M99F in .300 Savage instead and in retrospect I like it more than the .308 that I had.
