To my eye, the 30-06, .270, .280 are excellent all around BG cartridges, and are not as stupidly expensive to shoot or load for.
I was gonna say the same thing, and throw in the fact that most people will shoot a .270 or .280 more than a magnum, and since bullet placement improves with practice and bullet placement is king, they're better "all-around" hunting cartridges.
