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I love the cartridge and own 3 of them.
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Sold a righty Ruger Hawkeye .30-06 and got a lefty Remington M700 .270 Win for Daughter #1. Now I only have three .30-06 rifles in the safe, Ruger M77, Ruger MKII and Remington M700.
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No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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Alright Geedubya, I recognize the second single shot as a High-Wall. But what is that first one?
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The '06 can either be loony proof or a rabbit hole all its own to dive into. Depends on one's frame of mind. A better than average all-around gun? Yep. The be-all end-all rifle that stands head and shoulders above all else? Nah, but there are few better. A pisspoor decision made by someone looking to own one rifle with which to do it all? Oh, hell no!
I've owned more '06's than I can remember and own five now- darned near 50 years of them. I figure I'll have one (probably a Springfield) under my bed at the nursing home in 20-30 years. A couple wives and a sh*tload of girlfriends have come and gone but the .30-06 cartridge has been almost my one true constant in my life, now that I think about it. The only one would disqualify the 30-06 would be recoil. It does kick pretty hard. "For kids,women, and men of small stature". Someone wrote that once, or twice.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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I have a 22' barrel 30-06 that I'm probably going to have re-barreled this year.I have been back and forth on what cartridge to build one on and am planning on a new 26" barrel.I really don't want to go below 7mm caliber,I thought about a 280 Ackley,but I have four great shooting 7mags and I'd probably just be trying to make it shoot close to it and really I have plenty of 7mag brass,bullets and powder,so I quit thinking about going that route.I have a couple of great shooting 30-06's and lot's of brass,powder and bullets.I have a 300WSM,a couple of 300 Win Mags and a 338-06,but I just want to stay with the standard cartridge.I cannot really think of anything I'd rather build than just keep it as a 30-06 since I already have all the stuff I need to make cartridges for it.The 30-06 is really the best choice for me and really I wouldn't mind having another great shooting 30-06 because the 30-06 is never a bad choice.
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As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............
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As a practical matter I would have been better off to quit buying rifles after I got my first .30-'06, which I still have. But I was like the robber in the Dirty Harry movie, "I gots ta know." So I tried more things that didn't work any better.
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As a practical matter I would have been better off to quit buying rifles after I got my first .30-'06, which I still have. But I was like the robber in the Dirty Harry movie, "I gots ta know." So I tried more things that didn't work any better. Fell into the same trap myself. I would have been better off to stop when I got my first pre 64 fwt 06!
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For most hunters and what they hunt in North America, the 270 Winchester is a better choice than the 30-06. Less recoil, flatter trajectory, plenty of bullet for a quick kill.
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As a practical matter I would have been better off to quit buying rifles after I got my first .30-'06, which I still have. But I was like the robber in the Dirty Harry movie, "I gots ta know." So I tried more things that didn't work any better. Fell into the same trap myself. I would have been better off to stop when I got my first pre 64 fwt 06! Still looking to replace it one day.
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2. see the bottom of the page. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/97pVOfb.png)
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I bought a .30-06 to be a backup to my .280 Rem over 23 years ago now. Still a great gun, but I don't hunt with it much, but it does get out at least once a year with me, it has yet to draw blood though.
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I own three , a BLR, a CMP Garand and a Springfield 1903a3, I don't shoot them much, because I tend to shoot old original lever guns mostly. The old ought 6 is American as apple pie and I doubt I will ever sell any of them.
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…. and rarely use it.
1. it is one of the three greatest big game cartridges ever, Along with the 7x57 and 375H&H
2. see the bottom of the page.
3. Its a great backup for My 7x57 on most of what do under 250yds.
4. It's a great back up for my heavy sporter 280 on the rare occasion I need to shoot something farther.
5. I'm a 'Traditionalist.
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The Twat-Six is a poor blend of "performance" to recoil ratio. Them Facts,hurt lotsa Feelers. Hint......................
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I've owned two '06's. One in an 03-A3 and the other in a Garand. Only reason they were '06 is because that's what those two rifles were chambered in. I was a lot more interested in the rifle than the cartridge. Learned what I wanted with each and down the road they went. Never owned one in any kind of hunting rifle and don't intend to. It does nothing more than about 2,000 other cartridges also do and do just as well. I find most of them a lot more interesting. None of that is to take anything away from the '06. It's a classic based on the just as good 8 X 57.
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A .30/06 with a 180 grain Nosler Partition and I am ready for the world,with few exceptions.
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Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
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I have 3 of the 30-06s, really like that caliber.
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I have 3 of the 30-06s, really like that caliber. I have three and don't know why except that they sounded good at the time. Nothing wrong with them, they just don't excite me. The Ruger boat-paddle/stainless is my favorite of the three.
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Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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As a practical matter I would have been better off to quit buying rifles after I got my first .30-'06, which I still have. But I was like the robber in the Dirty Harry movie, "I gots ta know." So I tried more things that didn't work any better. Fell into the same trap myself. I would have been better off to stop when I got my first pre 64 fwt 06! Been a member of that club since 1961. 
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I just traded for one last week, my first 30-06. Hoping to pick it up tomorrow or Sunday.
Should fit nicely between my 308 win and 338wm. It’s been a long time coming.
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