The first center fire rifle I bought was in .308, Model 88 Winchester in 1964 for $136.I put a $18 Bushnell Banner scope on it. Back then it did not even have self centering reticles. It went teats up in about 5 years and by then I was rolling in money making $400/mo so I put a $47 Weaver V-7 on it which I used for a lot of years. Being younger and stupider,I killed elk,deer ,pronghorn, javelina, coyotes, jack rabbits, and even won a few six packs of beer with it in shooting matches.I still have it and take it out every once in awhile to hunt with. Pretty hard to find fault with it.
