I'll lengthen the thread a bit for you- I feel, and have always felt, that the .30-06 is over-rated. It's a great cartridge, don't get me wrong, but no more great than the .308, 7RM, .280, etc. It's often heralded as the messiah of cartridges, without fault or blemish, which all other cartridges have always wished they could be.
I just don't see it. For all practical purposes, the 7RM does everything at least as well with a few more grains of powder, and the .308 does just as well with a few grains less powder. The same can also be said of other cartridges. Great the .30-06 is, but the idol of all others it is not. This is all IMHO.
