Would the advantage not be distance and stoping power over the .308? because the .308 tops out about 2700fps while the .300 win mag is about 3300fps (yes you can fully load your case and get a little more velocity or lower the grain of the bullet and thus increasing velocity). As well for the recoil im not planning on shooting more than once while im hunting anyways right? so why would i need to use a muzzle brake (il just deal with the recoil when i need to) now when i go to the range to digi in my range cheat sheet il use the muzzle brake so i can shoot longer. So really the reason for it is better accuracy at longer distances and of course stoping power compared to the .308. Hell even the U.S.M.C is going to be switching there .308 to the .300 Win Mags.

As well there is a reason for it being one of the best selling calibers on the market still to this day. Actually its doing better now than it ever has.

But i know you .308 guys are die hard for your calibers and dont like to keep an open mind to others 

As for the .35 whelen i just might pick it over the .270 considering it will be my short distance rifle.

 As for my New Savage that i just bought as you guys probably know by now its chambered in .300 Win Mag. What Rings should i buy for my scope ? im looking at the burris zee rings? is this a good choice?

I like the Leupold Dual Dovetails set-up, how much are they going to cost me?

I put a down payment on my rifle because it will take about 10-12 weeks (so my dealer said)  intell i will recieve my rifle, hopfully no longer than that. I guess Americans are more important than us lol, they will recieve any rifle/firearm period before any Canadian customer will. I will definitely get a range report as soon as possible, My old man go re-connected with an old friend and hes going to let us shoot my rifle off at his place i think ihe has like a 100-300 yard range ther so it should give me a good idea how this rifle groups. I think the Savage will do well, hell this is the rifle that made savage become more popular than they use to be.

I know you suggested the Elite Tactical Rifle scope 5-15x40 - Mil dot, Will this be good for short range as well as long range like say 100- 1000 yards? I see the variable power scopes and im not sure if this would be a more suitable choice because im going to be hunting short range a target shooting long range. so would you go with a fixed power or variable power?

Ok so the model im looking at Bushnell Elite Tactical 2.5-16x42 would be better for my situation than the 5-15x40? And this model im looking at if correct is a variable power scope because it can zoom from 2.5 all the way up to 16 right? compared to a fixed power scope would just be like 2.5x42

The only reason i would choose the 5x15 over the 2.5x16 is because of the Front focal plane