You have me wrong there. I have a distaste for Browning more than I do for Stoeger. The rest of their holdings I might actually contemplate purchasing. Already own a Beretta or 5 and a Benelli. When I bought my Ruger .220 Swift, I was debating a Sako, and that is how I found out Beretta owned Sako and Tikka. I really want a Sako TRG42 in .338 Lapua now, but my wife would use it on me.
Gotcha, I am a fan of the Belgian Brownings, but not much to come out of them since then as far as long guns go. I would consider another Beretta especially if I were to get a O/U. I would also buy a Sako or Tikka.
Tell your wife that .338 will bruise her shoulder.