Over the years I've been blessed to be able to play with a variety of different big game cartridges. For the first 20+ years I used a 7mm "shoot 'em again" RM. Because big game tended to drop at the shot or go no more than a few steps, I had no idea I was using a totally inadequate, shoulder-busting cartridge.
Fast forward to 2006, when I acquired my first .30-06, or 2014 when I reduced the number of 30-06 rifles in the safe back to three. As with the 7mm RM, game dropped quickly
When Daughter #2 got married, her husband got a .30-06 as a wedding present. It looks like Daughter #1 will be getting married this summer and her husband will also receive a .30-06 as a wedding gift. We hunt antelope, deer and elk and, based on experience, I see no reason to go bigger.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
