@Longwalker You know I think you probably made the best point in this thread, when you said:
"Not because it is so much better, but it's what I want to hunt with"
The mental management of shooting and the pressure of taking shots at animals, is often something that is not talk about as much as it should be in hunting circles. It's a lack of mental management that causes a ton of pulled shots, or failing to follow through, or run away buck fever, when trying to tag a nice animal.
One of the best cures for these problems which can plague us all is confidence in, and I would even hazard love, for your rifle. Sometimes its the way it feels in your hands, sometimes it's the way it looks, maybe it is an interesting grain pattern in the wood.
Whatever it is, I know this: "If both rifles can take the animal you want cleanly, choosing the one you like the looks of the best, or the one you just seem to have more of a draw to, is probably a better metric than arguing caliber"