I recently got rid of my 30-06 and 243 to consolidate to 308 for bolt guns. Bought two Tikkas, one full size stainless and the other compact blued. 308 is cheaper and easier to load, brass is plentiful and you basically get the same ballistics as the '06 sans the longer range. Although people have been using the 308 for 1000 yard matches since it's inception.