The bad thing is , you are more or less trading a $500 rifle on a $400 rifle , and you are going to take a beating .
Funny , the 30wsm and the 300 Roy are the 2 300 cartridges that interest me , and I did quite a bit of shooting with both last year . The wsm in a synthetic stock weighs maybe a bit over 8lbs and shoots 180s around 3000 . The Roy is in a Vanguard with a laminate stock , weighs probably over 9lbs and shoots 200 s to 3000 .
Blindfolded and with muffs , there is no way I could tell you which gun I'm shooting . There just ain't that much difference in the kick.....take off the muffs , and the Roy definately has more blast .
To my notion , the plain Vanguard has a really evil feeling stock .
I like Brad's idea, 308 for whitetail , Roy for elk .
If there can be only one , if I was you I would stick with the WSM .
