OK Shooter, I'm just going to go ahead and say it: You want a 300 Winchester Magnum and from what I'm reading on this post you have the fever as bad as I did back when I wanted one
In the late 80's I was enamored with this cartridge. I saved and saved and finally had enough to get what I felt was the perfect hunting rifle, an A-Bolt Stainless Stalker in 300 Win Mag. At the time it was one of the few rifles that had a 26" barrel and since I was getting a magnum I wanted to squeeze every bit of velocity out of it I could. The rifle shot well with 180 grn Nosler Partitions and IMR4350 and I killed a lot of game with it. When I got into my mid 40's though I decided I did not like the punishment I was getting when I shot it and moved to a 7WSM in a little heavier rifle. In hindsight, I am still glad I got that 300 and if I had it to do all over again I think I would do it the same way.
Get the 300, it really sounds to me like you want one.
In the late 80's I was enamored with this cartridge. I saved and saved and finally had enough to get what I felt was the perfect hunting rifle, an A-Bolt Stainless Stalker in 300 Win Mag. At the time it was one of the few rifles that had a 26" barrel and since I was getting a magnum I wanted to squeeze every bit of velocity out of it I could. The rifle shot well with 180 grn Nosler Partitions and IMR4350 and I killed a lot of game with it. When I got into my mid 40's though I decided I did not like the punishment I was getting when I shot it and moved to a 7WSM in a little heavier rifle. In hindsight, I am still glad I got that 300 and if I had it to do all over again I think I would do it the same way.
Get the 300, it really sounds to me like you want one.