The 30-06 is old and boring, the same could be said about me too I suppose. I've owned about 6 in my life and pulled the barrels and eventually turned them into something else. The last rifle I had built, last fall, is a 30-06 on a Win 70 action. Just can't see not owning one for whatever I may encounter in the future. I debated about going 300 WM but the '06 will do what ever I need to do, I just may need to get a bit closer...they do call it hunting and not "shooting" right? A close friend just spend $210 on three boxes of 338 ammo for an upcoming brown bear hunt, if I were going, I'd be using my '06!
