The list of adequate to excellent cartridges is a mile long, a lot of what makes a preference of one over another is personal experience and success. My go to cartridge for a majority of my hunts has been the 7mm RM. it checks off a lot of boxes for a go to rifle chambering. Large availability of good brass, a large selection of very good projectiles in a variety of weights. Lots of powder selection that seem to work well. With decent case capacity, and the powders available today it’s not hard to push 150’s to over 3200, 160’s to 3000+, 175’s at 2850. It shoots fairly flat , hits hard, has manageable recoil it’s pretty easy to like. Even though I have a couple of 300 mags 1winny set up as a dedicated longrange rifle , and a 300 Bee that I horse traded for and I do like both a fair bit I find my self gravitating back to my 7mm for most of my hunting . Including heading out for moose here Nov. 1. Again most people have their own personal preferences which is what makes the world go around.
Don’t sweat the petty stuff, don’t pet the sweaty stuff.
