I would do my best to talk that guy into a 308 or if he was interested in really long range the 6.5 Creedmoor. Those recommendations would be based only on availability and price of factory loaded target ammo. There's no reason the 7-08 can't be a very accurate choice but he would need to load his own ammo.
Start your discussion with him by getting him to find good target ammo on the web and pricing it.
Last edited by R_H_Clark; 01/07/18.
