ORIGINAL: salukipv1
I have said the .300 wsm is the new .30-06, a great all around in my opinion.
The 300 wsm is not the new 30-06. The reason the 30-06 is such a legend is because there are about a gagillion of them out there. OVer the years many other rounds have come along just as the 300 wsm that matched the versitility of the 30-06 but pure volume of rifles loaded for 30-06 kept it on top. I've heard it a hundred times. My Grandaddy shot an '06, my Daddy shot an '06, so I guess I'm gonna shot an '06. Half the hunters I know shoot an '06 it won't be replaced in my lifetime.
Go with the 30-06 and you won't be sorry.