The main difference between the two cartridges is a few hundred feet/sec for the same bullet weight. With a 150 grain bullet you gain 2-300 feet per second with the win mag. Where the Win mag shines is heavy weight bullets, like 180 grain and up where now the velocity jump is closer to 500 ft/sec. Point of Interest... with heavy weight bullets the '06 and the 308 are almost ballistic twins.
The down side is because the Win Mag is an overbore for case capacity accuracy does start to degrade around 1500 rounds. Being a low volume gun for you this shouldn't be an issue.
That said, I have an older (1990's) Sendero Remington 700 in 300 Win Mag that is my go to shooter. It is part of my firearms that will never be sold. I would recommend these to anyone. If you can find one in a pre-lock, pre-merger Remington Sendero or Sendero SF are going for about $1500 or more. There are many people selling guns calling them Sendero which are not. A true Sendero will have Sendero written on the barrel. There are the guns that Remington stated were the most accurate rifles they produced. Rumor has it that these Sendero had the choice barrels even before the 700P line.
Sendero was not made in a short action(308), nor in 30-06.
Good luck with your choice.
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