The -06 has too much recoil? Really? Sure grandpa's old M54 with a steel buttplate off the bench is uncomfortable but in the right stock with a decent pad if you can't shoot a 30-06 you should stay on the porch. Bolt throw too long? Again, Really? Learn how to operate your firearm pilgrim. There are better cartridges TODAY for various applications but given the 30cal of 1906 head start of about 30 years on most other cartridges, the others have a lot of catching up to do. Don't get me wrong, the 30-06 isn't the be all and end all of cartridges and if the US had adopted the 7x57 the -06 would be about as popular as the 300 Savage but we did and thus many bullets are made for it and it is the parent of a whole variety of other cartridges. There are very few who have experience with the -06 that don't like it.
I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor
