I'd buy a 30-06 and load it with 200-220 gr bullets and call it good. I tried 35 Whelen and 338-06. The only thing they do that 30-06 doesn't do is kick harder.
But if you're like most people you just have to find out for yourself.
Well, they do kick a bit more because they move the same bullet weights faster, and another plus is they make a bigger hole.
They both handle much heavier bullet weights too.
