is he gonna stay a novice?
It depends. Some folks never go very far from their hunting roots, while others do. I don't think that you can look at a novice and tell if he/she is going to go far.
I show those 2 rifles to the parents of my Hunter Education classes, the point being that you don't have to spend a lot of $$ to buy an accurate rifle for hunting coyotes and deer in Nebraska.
