Originally Posted by bigswede358
Originally Posted by Dre
Not sure on factory loads.
But I'm shooting hand loads 180 game kings at 2850 + out of the old 06. I'm limited by my 10x scope to about 600 with the thick cross hair. But my other scope at 12x I'm good to 800 on a 12" gong .
It's a hunting rig, not a long range bench rifle
How is that combo on game at 600 yds?
No long range kills, but The bullets holds together at close range and I'd have no issue shooting something at 600.
According to my ballistic calculator the 180 is going at 1960 fps. At 600. I'll take it


All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.