RE: whats a good .308
.308 is an good round!
choosing a rifle depends on what you want. wood stocked, nice looking rifle will cost more than a synthetic stocked ugly gun. savage, remington should be a bare minimum in terms of quality. if you want to spend more look into browning, weatherby, ruger and the like. i cannot recommenda marlinas i have had more than one that has gone to hell on me. winchester is also nice. if you were pondering that mossberg 100 atr that thing is junk.