Shot one for years and killed a lot of game with it. 165 corelocs and interlocks made a lot of meat. Started shooting it on paper and got disgusted with my cold bore accuracy so now I do most of my big game killing with a .300 WM and my old .30-06 is now rebarreled to a .257 Roberts AI. Over the past several years I can only think of one shot with the .300 wm that I would have been hesitant to take with the .30-06 and even that was doable if the .06 was accurate enough.
I just picked up a Husqvarna 1640 barreled action in .30-06 that if it is accurate and I can restock reasonably may find its way onto some hunts in the next few years. If it proves accurate but too boring I do have .30 Gibbs dies and may punch it out.
It's amazing how much meat you could make using a rifle with disgusting accuracy.
There may be a lesson here.
