heck 600 yards is well within reason for a plain vanilla 06...
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gotta friend who thinks he needs one for elk hunting...
I'm trying to tell him an 06 or even 270 with partitions and he's good to go..
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so many guys here in Oregon think that way... you need w things for elk hunting... a Magnum and a 4WD full size pickup for the road hunting you're going to be doing...
You told your buddy right.
Before my hip surgery I was pretty much reduced to road hunting the last year - that or nothing. Didn't need a "1,000 yard rifle" because I couldn't get anywhere near that far from the road. Don't remember what I was using and too lazy to look it up. Given that fact that I was alone and had to pack whatever out by myself, my .30-30 would have been adequate. Still, I had a good time. As a result, I empathize with those who choose to road hunt rather than stay home.
