ORIGINAL: frizzellr
In all reality the 30-06 will do pretty much everything the 300 Win Mag will do with less recoil and less expense. I'm not talking numbers and tables, I am talking field conditions and putting an animal in the freezer. Howa makes a good rifle, while taking nothing away from the Savage. If it were me I would probably go with the Howa just because of the price and chambering.
you know alot of the discussions on here about calibers and whatnot, seem to forget that this is the basic baseline/benchmark discussed. "will it put game in my freezer"?????? Well said frizzellr!!