Although this is an elk thread, I mainly use my 30-06 as a backup for my 7x57(shorter ranges) or my 280(longer ranges.) I mostly hunt deer and pigs, and those two kick less than the 30-06. I decided on the 165PT, because it seems truely an all around bullet. capt david


"It's not how hard you hit 'em, it's where you hit 'em." The 30-06 will, with the right bullet, successfully take any game animal in North America up to 300yds.

If you are a hunter, and farther than that, get closer!