The 30-06 is over 100 years old and the 1911 ACP will be very soon. Yet both are still considered to be a viable selection.
Why isn't there progress as compared to electronics, or automotive products?
whelennut
The first thing you have to identify is in what ways do they fail to do what they are intended to do, or in what ways will something do it better?
With all the magnums that are around, I'd say you've got the "how to do it better" covered in that it's very easy to pick a different cartridge that can deliver a bullet faster and flatter than 100 years ago. And a lot of new rifles that are plenty accurate right out of the box. And don't forget the optics available today. So there's a lot of "better" options available today.
Identifying how a 30-06 fails so that it shouldn't be used any more is the kicker.. it doesn't fail. It works just fine for what we want it for, which is killing game animals at ranges that exceed what the average hunter can actually shoot.
Heck, the 30-30 is even older and it still does just what it was designed for - killing critters dead at ranges that are good enough for 95% of actual hunting shots.
Just cuz something is old doesn't mean it's ineffective.
