The 30-06 is so good that pretty much all cartridge development since 1906, at least as far as hunting rounds go, has been superfluous and nothing more than mental masturbation for the rifle loonies.
This. It is funny we still debate something that was pretty much figured out in the 1930's. Modern bullets, optics, and rangefinders just make the '06 even better. It is obviously not a great high volume varmint gun, but that's about it's only shortcoming. Recoil is a bit tough for some, but reduced recoil loads fix that. Loonies like to point out the 'wasted space' of the long action. I like shooting smaller calibers, but I can't really imaging anything in NA that the '06 isn't well equipped for.
