My dad would wholeheartedly agree with your .308 rig. He shot deer and elk with his. He didn't need variable scopes or fancy bullets. A straight 4x scope and Hornady Interlocks or Remington Core-lokts was all he used. His was a 1950's vintage Savage 110L. The only changes he made was to cut the barrel back to 20 inches and put a recoil pad on it. The stock metal buttplate even on a .308 would really bruise the shoulder.
