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I own a Montana 84L in 30 06. Looking for a change! Thinking about selling this and buying a Adirondak or acsent in 7mm 08. Rifle will be used mostly for white tails here in MN. Help me choose! Plus/minus. Thanks for your time!

Minus - you'll probably take it in the shorts if you trade the 30-06 Montana . . .

Minus - The Ascent and/or Adirondack are gonna hurt your wallet, to the tune of probably 2x what you get for a trade-in - if you trade.

JMHO, I'd stand with the 84L Montana in 30-06.

I will probably sell the 06 outright not trade it in. It also has a 2x8 leupold with tallys on it. Is asking $1200 for that rig to much? It has been hunted so normal wear on it.

I personally don't get the Ascent/Adirondack thing. I find the stocks ugly and "sticky", and the additional metal carving superfluous (and ugly).

Get a MT, and cut the barrel if you must. They're already light enough and you'll be dollars ahead.

I'd stick with what you have, and perhaps reload some newer bullets to breath some life into it if you are that bored.

I am looking for a used Montana but not for a scope.
Send PM if you want to sell. How old is your rifle?

If the 84L shoots good I would hang on to it. Kimbers do have an accuracy history. Those that do shoot get the forum coverage. Those that don't, not so much.

Geo

Frankly, I don't like the other rifles you mentioned. I'd stick with what brung me.

There are no flies on the decrepit old .30/06.

KEEP the 06.
ADD a hunter or Montana in 6.5 creed.
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Nothing wrong with wanting a different rifle but your 30/06 can be loaded to 7-08 recoil levels if recoil is an issue.

Dock Boy,

For whitetails I'd look at a plain Montana 84M (short action) in .243, 6.5 Creed, 7-08 or .308.

The .308 is very close to your -06, just in a shorter lighter package.

Cut the barrel if you want a shorter barrel, less expensive way to go than an adirondack.

Unless You absolutely need the money for the change hold on to the 30-06 for awhile to insure you have no regrets.

Jerry

Apart from reduced handloads, I wonder if anyone encouraging him to keep the 30-06 MT has personally used one with full-house loads? Having owned it, I find it a caustic biitch, especially with 180's. Not as bad with 165's, but still not my idea of fun. The 270/150 is the end of my fun with an 84L MT. The OP may feel differently however. Me, I'd rather run a 7-08 MT than a 30-06 MT, all day, every day, including on elk, let alone fragile WT deer. YMMV

First off I don't consider myself a rifleman by any means. I go on a handful of hunting trips a year. I don't personally enjoy shooting this rifle. I love it but I think I might sell it and buy a 7-08. I maybe have 75 rounds through this rifle. What should I ask for it? It does have a 2-8 Leopoldo on it with Talleys. Does have some hunting wear on stock nothing crazy though. Thanks for all the response!

My Rem Ti in 30-06 would rattle your fillings loose with hot 180 loads so I am sure it is too much of a good thing!

My .308 is only 100fps behind what I was getting and kills just as efficient.

I have and will agree that the 180's aren't exactly pleasant at the bench.
$900 gun or $1150 package would likely move it here without too much delay.

I would price the gun at $900-$1000 and sell the scope separately for $300 if it's a VX3. I don't know because Leupold doesn't make a 2-8. It's either a VX2 2-7 or a VX3 2.5-8.

My 7mm-08 Montana is a pussycat to shoot.I would either buy the 7mm-08 or if you don't reload the 6.5 Creedmoor if you don't reload. The 6.5 CM will have even less recoil than the 7mm-08 and has the advantage of excellent factory ammo.

Scopes a vx3 2.5-8 matte finish. I would be buying factory I do not reload.

It wouldn't be a bad scope to keep for your 6.5 Creedmoor.

I've owned a 30-06 for decades... and that's too bad because I've been looking for a good excuse to dump the dam thing.

Unfortunately, I have yet to find anything it wouldn't do well..but then none of my rifles have ever seen a round of factory ammo, so it's all just so confusing.

I guess I just got accustomed to the brutal recoil along the way.

A mean mistreater none-the-less.

Damn 308s keep multiplying too...

I don't find a normal weight 30-06 an issue, I find the Kimber MT weighing-in at 6lbs at the bench a "caustic biitch." Normal weight 30-06's are no big deal...

But the 30-06 MT will kill elk:



But so will the 7-08: