7mm08 is a great hunting round. Good glass is one of the most neglected things I see. You can get so much more out of any production rifle made today with good glass. And you don't have to spend $500+. leupold VX2, Vortex Diamondback, Redfield Revolutions, Ziess Terra, Nikon Prostaff are all good $200 - $400 scopes imho. I've been moving to the Vortex Viper line and they are closer to the $500+ mark. Another thing I see is crappy mounts seem to be the standard for sub $500 rifles. My go to are DNZ game reaper one piece mounts. I mount them and forget them. They have stood up to my 7mm RUM, .270win, .243 win, 6.5 creedmoor, .50 Muzzleloader, I even have them on my .17hmr.