I hunt elk with a 30-06 and 180 grain Nosler Partitions with Spitzer points, hand-loaded to perform like a .300 magnum (61 grains RL22 – 2,870 fps). It might seem simpler to just use a .300 magnum but I already have the '06 and the hand-load has a trajectory that is close enough to factory loads Federal Premium 30-06, 150 grain Sierra Game King BTSP that I can switch loads without adjusting my scope.

My rifle is a T/C Icon Weathershield. For years I used (and still own) a Winchester model 70 Featherweight 30-06. But I got tired of re-bluing it after returning from Alaska hunts. It wears a Leupold VX-3 3.5x10x40 with duplex reticle.

KC

Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.