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Nope.
If it were a Segley or Griffin and Howe sporter, then it would be a YES!
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Yes
Ammo for 30.06 is available and every mom-and-pop shop, wally world, and nearly any place you can buy a license.
what good is any rifle if you can't feed it?
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Never shot a Montana in 30-06 but i have spent some time shooting a buddys Montana in .300 Win (165gr bullets) and i had no recoil issues, but i dont consider a .300 Win a hard kicker, its by far my favorite hunting cartridge...........Hb
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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? Yes, ASAP. It can't kick as much as my Win 300 WM. The 06 will push the 180/200 better. Not needed for Deer but I'd prefer them for bigger game. Jerry
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Don't think I would. If I wanted to go a little bigger thirty bore, I would do a 300 mag of some variety.
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Of course I would. There is always room for a 30-06!
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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. The funny thing I can't really tell the difference between a Kimber 30-06 and a 308 off the bench. If you had me blind folded and to shoot a round of one of either off the bench and ask if I just shot the 308 or 30-06 I highly doubt I could tell you the difference correctly. Both def have recoil in that light of a rifle but one is not THAT much more recoil to me. But I really don't "enjoy" shooting any centerfire rifles so much as they are a tool and means to an end. I have other rifles for plinking and enjoy shooting.
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I'd by an 06 if I already had an 06.
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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 Yep. I'd a bought it already then posted on here to brag about it. Laffin'
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For that price, yes. Unless the .308 was really good! I'd love an 84L shooting 180 Partitions.
Recoil can't be much worse than a 5lb 13oz 338 FED shooting 185s at 2800.
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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. Same here. I'd buy the 06 and get rid of the 308...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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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 Yep. I'd a bought it already then posted on here to brag about it. Laffin' Yep, pictures would be posted of the rifle and the groups I shot with it as well... No time would have been wasted in that decision..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Without hesitation.
I'd contemplate what barrel was going on it during the drive home...
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Well. No.....because it's only logical you would have already owned a 30-06 before you would ever had bough that a 308
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For that price, you should buy any Montana.
But if this is actually a more generic question, then the answer for me would be "no." The 308 would do everything for deer hunting that you would do with a 30-06.
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I love it... Jimmy lives in GA and is being encouraged to buy a highly specialized rifle for elk/moose for the backpack hunter. Too funny. Best thing to do is buy it and rebarrel it in a no.2 to 6.5x55 😄
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I am thinking buy it and toss it up on the classifieds here for $900 and turn a quick profit.
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I love it... Jimmy lives in GA and is being encouraged to buy a highly specialized rifle for elk/moose for the backpack hunter. Too funny. Best thing to do is buy it and rebarrel it in a no.2 to 6.5x55 😄
Only on the Campfire... Maybe Jimmy travels...and there are mountains in Ga. And bears. 
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I am thinking buy it and toss it up on the classifieds here for $900 and turn a quick profit. Most logical post on the thread.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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I love it... Jimmy lives in GA and is being encouraged to buy a highly specialized rifle for elk/moose for the backpack hunter. Too funny. Best thing to do is buy it and rebarrel it in a no.2 to 6.5x55 😄
Only on the Campfire... Maybe Jimmy travels...and there are mountains in Ga. And bears. Lol, I did spent a couple weeks walking the AT in N. GA... I suppose they could be called mountains. Didn't see a bear, but it sure was hot and wet!
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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