I can say this. You will shoot better with a heavier rifle. I have found that a few times before that if you're moving around and have to take a shot, sometimes it can be hard to get yourself to settle into the rifle for the shot. The heavier rifle takes some of that out. My old 270 WBY Mag...
Take it to the range and see how you like it. One thing I can tell you is a 300 WBY is about as good as it gets for big game hunting and is one damn fine round. I definitely wouldn't be selling it! The only thing is they're known for recoil but it's not unmanageable if you're only using it as...
I don't use many different calibers. My brother and I load ammunition commercially so after a while of staring at ballistics tables you kinda realize that almost all of the big game calibers run a projectile between 130 and 180 grains and from 2650 fps to 3000 fps. The only thing that matters...