Good thread! Before I put together any of the OP's choices I would get a nice 30-06 built (Mauser or Springfield) to my specifications by someone that makes accurate rifles and hunt with it until I see a reason to get something with more power or velocity. Learn where it hits out to 500 yards and burn a lot of ammo doing it. Might take a bunch of years to find anything less than acceptable performance from that rifle. Don't do as I did, building rifle after rifle testing the 6.5, 270, 7MM, .308, .338, .358 bore diameters in multiple case sizes, trying to find something that measurably outperformed my Springfield 30-06. Thank God I still have that first custom 30-06!