I don't know why, but I'm oddly fascinated with this round. I've never shot one, but I have some time behind a friend's 30-06 bolt gun (light weight hunting barrel). I love the 300's ballistics, it's flat shooting and on paper it looks like it handles wind well. The obvious downsides are it's a barrel burner, it's a powder hog, and recoil I suppose.
I just got a bonus and I think it's time that I add a bolt gun to my safe, and I've pretty much decided on a heavy barreled Remington 700. This is really just going to be a fun gun, I can't even stretch for a practical application for it, and I'm completely okay with that. The smart side of me says a 308 makes more sense (cheaper to reload, much longer barrel life), but the 300 just sounds fun.
Can someone with experience behind a 300 or a 308 bolt gun talk me into (or out of) one or the other?