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Guy,

For some people what you took in one year would be a lifetime of achievement.

Well done!

Mike

P.S. I share your one gun sentiment-with the exception that my one gun is my Kimber .308.

Yep 110 gr bullets for varmints to 220 gr solids for elephant.

That is the conclusion I came to recently as well. I think as you get older, you realize how little time you really have. I've spent a lifetime playing with and building all sorts of rifles. Now, I want to actually use them for their intended purpose before I run out of gas.

That said, it's just not in my nature to have just one rifle, even though I know deep down, that the -06 is all I need. So, my three primary (big game) rifles are a 6.5x55, .30-06, and 9,3x62.

Well...whoada thunk ?

Jerry

Ive used the 30-06 almost exclusively throughout my life and have taken whitetail, blacktail, black bear, brown bear and mountain goat with it. However, Ive sorta outgrown the one rifle concept. I also keep a 375 H&H for that Africa trip someday, perhaps for a return trip to AK, or just to remind myself that 30-06 recoil is rather pleasant. I also keep a 222 for varminting and eternal range experimination.

I am a believer you can replace the 30-06 with just about any middle road cartridge for an all a-rounder. The 270 has me intrigued as of late, loaded down its nice and mild like a swede, turn it up and not much behind the 30-06 (06 gets the nod for brown bear if not toting the 375), albeit a bit flatter trajectory.

Congrats to Guy on an exception year, that is a very nice interior grizz, one for the lifetime.

You knew exactly what cartridge I had in mind when I posted that.

Thank you. I thought it might have been something like that.


John

Sweet Jesus, have you ever shot or [bleep] anything you didn't have to pay for?

Compelling shiet you arrogant bastard.

Very ironic - my Dad said the same thing to me 40 years ago. Maybe he heard your Dad tell you 😎

I've come to appreciate the 30-06. I used to think my Dad was nuts to hunt with one - too big for deer, not big enough for elk. I sent my latest 30-06 off today for a new stock. It will see considerable time the rest of my hunting life.........

When the only gun I had was my 30-06 I shot it very well. Now that I have too many to count, I just shoot them so-so. It seems that there was an old saying that went, "beware the man with one gun"!

"Aren't many things a man can't fix with $600 and a 30-06"

Guy, I have a LOT more stuff than I need. Where I mostly hunt, Florida, Alabama and Georgia, my old Marlin 1894 lever gun in .44 Mag does everything I really need doing.

Guy, You're way too practical but I'm afraid I have to agree with you. The older I get the more I realize I don't need more stuff, I just need to do more things.
Congratulations on a great year in the field!

My "30-06" is a 270, but only because it's not a 30-06....

I like the 06.. I have 3 never shot one of them, may elk hunt w/ the new to me 700.. 😩

I have never owned a 30-06, until I recently inherited a left-hand 110 CL Savage from my wife's dad. I had gotten the rifle for him, used, years ago, when I had a FFL. The rifle always shot very well and he killed several elk and deer with it over the years. I like 150 Interlocks, so that is the bullet that got the nod for testing. A heavy load of IMR4451 got me right at 3000 fps and I shot a four-shot, 1 3/4-inch group, at 300 yards using his old Redfield scope.

I was considering re-barreling the rifle, but that ain't hapnin now!.

Wow what an enviable season Guy that's awesome!

I completely agree with your father's assessment; my 06 was my first "high powered" centerfire and remains in my cabinet today in spite of having mrifles chambered to "better" niche cartridges.

I love 200g partitions over h4350. They shoot very well in several of my 30-06's and open up well even on deer. That's probably the load I'll take next time I go to Africa. I have an older Sako 75 stainless in 30-06 that's a little heavier than I like to pack around the Idaho mountains so I'll probably take it on my next safari. I should shoot well off the sticks.

I tried to build a do anything go anywhere custom a few years ago on a stainless 700 action. My friends thought I was nuts when I chose to chamber it in 30-06. I dropped an elk at a little over 400 yards with it the first time it went hunting.

Bb

What is this "the .30-06"? I have three...