My father got a marksmanship badge from the army in WWII with a springfield 30-06.
When he got out of the army in 1946 , he bought a springfield from Sears.
When I was growing up, that rifle and 180 gr silvertip bullets were in the attic.

l did not get my first 30-06 until 1985.
I have now bought 11 of them.
I have not hunted with 30-06 rifles, But l have rebarreled them and killed big game with 280AI, 6.5-06, or 25-06.

My favorite 30-06 to buy is a pre-64 Winchester M70. If I see one, there is a good chance I will buy it.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps