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say you found a Kimber montana in 30-06 for $600 like new but you already had a 308 win for deer hunting that was a "good" gun. Would you buy the long action gun just because of the price?
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Nope but I'll help you out. I'll give you $700 right now for that POS Mimber LA 😁
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I would buy it because it is better than the 308!! 
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My answer is "Yes".
The rifles I like to hunt with the most just happen to be .308s, but I kinda feel deprived without a good-shooting .30-06 in the safe.
I obtained a LA receiver a couple of years ago and built it into a .30-06.
For no particular reason. It's been in the field twice in two seasons, I may not hunt with it for a couple more, but it's there if I want to.
I can live with just having either one, having both is mo' better.
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All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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I would in a heart beat. Actually I'm finally down to 3 30-06's and I'd buy a 308 if I found the right one. At the price of the OP Montana I'd buy just about any caliber.
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Your asking a bunch of rifles looneys if we would buy another rifle?.....Ha really?........Hell ive had as many as 4 30-06's at the same time and your sweatin buying 1?........Hb
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Yes. Yes is always the answer to the question of should I buy a new gun? I am here to enable.
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Well if it was a Western Auto Revelation in 30-06 probably no. But if it is a Kimber then I wouldn't hand it back to the store help until I the money laying on the counter.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost....
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I definitely would even though I have 8. In .308 I have none as I sold the last one 3 years ago.
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say you found a Kimber montana in 30-06 for $600 like new but you already had a 308 win for deer hunting that was a "good" gun. Would you buy the long action gun just because of the price? 84L MT 30-06? If so, I can't see any reason to own that rifle. It's certainly not anything I'd hunt deer with from a stand. Its highest and best use is backpack, BG hunting. I've had two of them. A bit too much of a good thing for my taste. Bearable, but not especially fun. But I tend to run 180's in the 30-06. The 165's will tame it slightly. Slightly. The 308 MT is a LOT more fun to shoot, and really makes more sense from nearly every POV.
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I wonder if those answering "yes" have ever actually used a Kimber MT in 30-06?
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If I did not already have 2 06's. Yes.
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I wonder if those answering "yes" have ever actually used a Kimber MT in 30-06? Yes, I own one.
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