Tanhauser, pick up any bolt action of your preference in 30-06 or 270 and send it to jess. No medium bore hunter ever needed a match grade barrel for hunting. Leave that to the creed-crowd, where somehow match shooting and sniper wannabes have influenced the hunting rifle.
In open country, on 400-500 yd shots on caribou and moose, sometimes I wish my 9.3x62 was a 338-06 with 250 grain bullets.
Though I've put away thousands of lbs of moose and caribou meat with the ole nine-three, I don't hesitate to admit that the 338-06 is far more versatile.
