I bought a Thompson Center Venture in the 308 caliber and it is the best gun I've ever owned. It was affordable and as advertised. I took the gun out of the box and at 100 yards, was shooting touching shot groups. I also own a Browning 7mm mag and although it's a very nice gun, it is now sitting in my gun safe collecting dust. I've had the TC for 3 years and have shot a couple nice bucks with it and 1 of them was at 225 yards. As long as you site the gun in for that distance, it has the knock down power for a 200 lbs deer. It hits exactly where I aim every time.