Did I give my friend decent advice?

[mr00jimbo]

My friend wants to get into shooting, he's interested in longer distances (not sure how long exactly) He said he wanted something like a 300 or a .338!
He wants to potentially hunt big game and do long distance shots, probably work his way up.

What I told him to do is take a look into Remington 700s, and Tikka T3s. I also said to get a 10/22 and shoot the living hell out of it to gain a good knowledge of firearm stance and handling, and to get accurate with it, and to get a rifle chambered in .308 for what he wants. But that's with my limited knowledge.

Did I do okay? Should I correct what I said?

 

[240gord]

I think you gave him good advice.Starting with a smaller cal is a good idea,having him shoot a 300 or bigger first and he will not like it at all.
Gord.

 

[Yuri Orlov]

You did fine IMO.

Starting with a 22 is a great idea if he's never had a gun before.

 

[Levi Garrett]

double post

 

[Levi Garrett]

You did good

 

[bbartsch]

That was great advice! He should learn the basics on something that will not cost an arm and a leg to shoot. A 10/22 is great or maybe even a .17HMR so he can reach out to 2 - 250 yds. From there the .308 is the next logical step. The .338 class of weapon almost guarantees that he will have to take up reloading to keep from going broke.

 

[knockknock]

Basically good advice as far as I am concerned you did good, the only exception I would make would NOT be a 10/22, a better option for better precision shooting would be a CZ 452 in 22 lr. Very accurate and less likely to learn spray and pray. Also these rifles are more like centerfire rifle in stock size and fit, and the triggers are better too.
KK

 

[Boomer]

A .22 followed up by a .308 is certainly good advice. Like knockknock said though I would have suggested a good quality .22 bolt gun. My logic however has less to do with the potential spray and pray school of marksmanship, and more with the possibility that your pal could become disillusioned by mediocre accuracy combined with a difficult trigger. The 10/22 is an excellent hunting rifle, but getting one to behave on paper can be a little intimidating, unless it has been tricked out.

 

[beltfed]

If he finds .22lr a little on the boring side of things (lots of 10/22s are junk out of the box), and he can afford it, I'd even go so far as to say skip the .22 and start at .223.