30/06! Is it slowly dying or do we still love and use the 30/06 to hunt with? Who uses a 06 and what rifle and load. ??
i don't know if the cartridge is dying. I do notice it is not automatically included in all chamber lists on a few newer rifles.
I do still love and hunt with it as do my sons and nephews that hunt. I have taken blacktail, whitetail and mule deer. Elk,antelope and one bighorn sheep as well.
I started with lever guns in .300 Savage and.308. When I was 27 or so I went to a bolt actionin .30-06 for most hunting. I do have rifles in lots of other chamberings and use them occasionlly.
For 90%+- of my big gamehunting I use a .30-06. Most commonly loaded with a 180 grain Hornady I/L or NPT. I use 57gr H-4350 to power both bullets.
At the moment, I have only four'06s left. They all have iron sights and wear 2.5-8x36 Leupolds.
1. M70 SS All Terrain Classic FW.
2.Kimber 84L Montana.
3. M70 Ranger in a FW synthetic takeoff stock.
4. M70 Pre-War .30 Govt '06 in a Pacific Reaearch Stock.
