Within reasonable shooting distances the 30-06 is very hard to beat.I'd venture to guess most game is shot inside 200yds.At that distance and even beyond that a bit,The 30-06 hangs with the best of them.Wide range of powder and bullet choices makes the 30-06 a true winner.
I'm not sure what you consider reasonable shooting distance, but I shot a doe at 406 yards, and she dropped like a fat boy on a sea-saw. I was shooting a custom built 30-06 springfield. load was 165grn Nosler Accubond over 58gns of H4350 in win brass lit with win primer. Muzzle vel was 2850ish FPS.
That combo in a 30-06 is a stone cold killer on anything I've pointed it at. Never failed to fetch anything I sent it after.
