jasonprox700 –
If the .300 WM is an itch, don’t let anyone talk you out of scratching it.
I hunted with a 7mm RM for 20 years and always wanted a .300 WM. Nothing wrong with the 7mm RM or the way it performed, and it fact it was and still is a boringly reliable elk killer. (That’s a good thing.)
Back in 2004 I found a new Ruger MKII with the “canoe paddle” stock. The stock wasn’t very popular and the price was very right. I have absolutely no regrets about buying the rifle even though it hasn’t done anything I couldn’t do equally well with the 7mm RM.
At the time it was my first .30. These days I have a .30-30, .308 Win, two .30-06s and the .300 WM. All are fun, all are useful and I wouldn’t want to let any of them go.
Get the .300 while you have time to enjoy it.