I was first introduced to rifles by my old neighbors who had me hitting targets at 300 yards with their rifles within 20 minutes of sitting down with the rifle. That really got me excited about it, and now I would like to purchase a rifle to go to the range with, as well as to try my hand at hunting for something other then birds. So now I am not sure what rifle would be the best one to get as I think I only need to have one. So what would be best if I wanted to hunt deer and other like sized game? .308 or 30-06 or?? Right now I am looking at a Howa M-1500 which seems like a really nice rifle to me and tends to get more reviews. Can anybody please give me some pointers here?