ORIGINAL: Pawildman
Group sizes depend on lots of things....the gun itself, the ammo the gun likes best, and most maybe most important, the one behind the trigger. You won't know for sure until you go thru the paces. Both rifles have a decent reputation for good accuracy.
The second thing is.....if you have a 30-06 now, buying another one just doesn't seem logical to me. Have you tried different brands of ammo in it to see what it wants to eat? If not,give that a try. It may surprise you. If you have already done that, and are still dissatisfied with the groups you get, it may make more sense to send it down the road and get something else. Do you handload? Handloading for a particular rifle can be the difference between night and day when it comes to getting those tiny groups you want. In any regard, don't settle for cheap optics. If you are shooting thru a POS, you may tend to blame it on the gun, Get good glass and mounts to start with, and take an unknown out of the equation right off the bat.......
I don't handload and have tried quite a bit of ammo. Like I said in the other thread the Federal Fusions get down to about a 2-3" group. I'm happy with how they shoot but they are expensive and still not that great. The Winchester silvertips I shot one big hole. 6 shots and each hit each other so made one big hole but that was at 50 yards. For some reason I can't get it to do that at 100 yards. I've tried Remington 165 grain ammo, Winchester power points in 150 grain, soft points in 165, Winchester silvertips in 150, Winchester ballistic silvertips in 150, and Federal Fusions in 150 grain. The Fusions are by far the best. I'm not super happy with it even with a 2-3" group but it's okay I guess.
As for the optics I have a Burris Fullfield II scope on it right now. I previously had a Leupold VX-I scope on it. So I've tried both. We thought the Leupold was bad at first and I think it still may have been but it doesn't shoot a lot better with the Burris and Leupold acted like the scope was fine when I sent it to them although they took it apart and inspected it all.