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. ??
Take a stroll down a typical big box sporting goods store and peruse the .30-06 offerings. Me thinks it's doing just fine, but perhaps someone from the sales end of the manufacturers will chime in on last years sales numbers.
I've been out weekly at the range for the last two months working up back-up loads with different powders for all my .30-06 loads. Best as I can figure I'll be doing the same through at least the month of May.
I'm down to one .30-06, a custom rig built around a M70 CRF complete action built 23 years ago and assembled with all the usual suspects. It's been with me on a few African hunts and will be going with me again on the next. For those trips it's loaded with 180 grain A-Frames at just past 2,700 fps MV. If I decide to wack another Gemsbok, then I usually bring along a handful of 180 grain Oryx for the event.
It just seems appropriate to do so.
It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.
