Seems like if he wants another rifle, a FW in .308 could be a good place. Big enough for anything short of big bears, same action and ergonomics of current rifle, and wide selection of loads available.
Or, him being a hunter rather than a gun nut, perhaps a good shotgun for things a rifle won’t work for. For a hunter, the Remington 870 Magnum is where it’s at. Squirrels to Turkeys, waterfowl, and called coyotes. Slugs for deer in states where his Roberts is verboten. I could take an 870 and kill anything in the lower 48 graveyard dead. If you hunt, it works.
Do you guys hunt birds, or anything but deer and pronghorn? That is pertinent info. Those two, the Roberts is tops for. Upland birds, not so much. He likes to hunt, maybe trying out other types of hunting might be of more value to him. Like upland birds or waterfowl. maybe predator hunting. Just a thought. Seems like a gun is simply a tool to him, the hunt matters more. You like guns. He likes hunting. Maybe give him what he likes, buy yourself what you like. Or, as previously stated, ask him what he wants. Not what caliber new rifle he wants, more like what kind of hunting he wants to do, or what he most would like to do with you. It could be time rather than things, he wants. A hunting trip, or something else. Look to make a memory, not just an heirloom.
Last edited by OldGrayWolf; 02/15/21.
