Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 30-06 is still a great cartridge

I've had four different ought sixes over the last 40 years, that I can think of right now. Once had a M760 that shot tighter groups than I'd previously thought possible with a pump. That one liked 150gr Speers over 57grs of IMR4350 and accounted for several; deer..

That load also worked pretty well when I got the US Rem. and took about a half dozen whitetails. Although the 150+ pound buck I killed with that rifle, was dropped with a 165gr Btip. A tenant had tried them in his 300 Weatherby and couldn't get them to shoot, so I got the rest of a box. Used the 150gr Speers in another ought six I picked up in a multi gun deal. Zastava "M98"action w/pencil barrel. Very light weight rifle, pounded hell outta my shoulder. Scoped, it barely weighed six pounds and had a very narrow "butt" profile.

Picked up a box of Sierra 125gr Pro Hunter bullets, was gonna work up a milder load for that shoulder killer and put a better butt pad on it, but sold the rifle. Doubt I'll ever be without at least one ought six in the pile?

.......lol...lol......That kind of reply the best u can do azz hole?....Well Blackee. My first hunting rifle at 11 years old was a 30-06. Had it for many years...U have a problem idiot?...Cuz your knee jerk made up assumptions were not based on anything I stated. U like pulling crap out of thin air
don't ya?......Now GFY....

I like the old '06. 59 grains of reloader 22 and a 180 grain speer hot cor is the load I use.

I had two .30-06s. In 2007 I bought a NIB Model 700 SPS at Academy. I bought it because I'd always wanted an 06 in my stable. I put a cheapo Nikon Prostaff 3-9X40 with BDC Reticle on it. It was a great combo. I recently up graded the scope to a Loopy VX-3i 3.5-10X40. Actually, the Nikon served me well but the Loopy seems just a little clearer and brighter but not by much. I ended up putting that Nikon on an AR. It's still a great scope. All I've done with the Remington 06 since changing scopes is sight it in. Not hunted with it yet. But it killed more than a few with the old Nikon Scope on it.

About 10 years back, about three years after I bought the Remington, I bought a 1988 year model tang safety Ruger Model 77 used from my favorite LGS. I think I killed a hog or two with it. It was a nice rifle, but seeing I couldn't use but one .30-06 at a time I had it rebarreled to a 9.3x63 Mauser. When I bought the rifle my idea was to rebarrel it to a .25-06. Then I got the bug for a .35-Whelen. Then just before I pulled the trigger on the deal to build the Whelen a guy who's a member here talked me into making it a 9.3. I'm glad he did. I love that rifle too. My old .270 Winchester is still my go to rifle but like they say, variety is the spice of life and I like the ability to change things up now and then. I just LIKE GUNS!

My current favorite 06 load is a 200 Grain SGK over 56 grains IMR 4831. This load's pretty accurate for such a boomer and anchors hogs on the spot, DRT! A big soft Game King penetrates well on a hog and puts 'em down in a hurry. The 200 grain SGK is an under estimated overlooked bullet in an 06.

And when you get really bored, you dump them with a 9mm!

There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with a good shooting 30-06!

Maybe we could all agree that the 30-06 is the 9mm of rifles 😜

Nah, just don't feel like arguing with any more ass holes today and you're a big one. I thought you were dead.

Oh Scheit! Does it ever end on here? LOLOLOL!!!

......................No Blackfart...I am still around................Big ass hole??? Lol........Look in a mirror idiot and smile. There is the true and "assumptive" ass hole......

liked my steyr in 06 so much I bought another just in case something hurt the first one. if it came down to just one rifle that would be it. the #2 would be the steyr in 9.3x62. getting old makes things work so much better than it should. yes best cartridge around.

For me the 30-06 is unnecessary powerful for deer and the like. I think it comes into its own with elk/moose sized stuff. But that's the nit-pickings of a rifle nut.

I've used the 30-06 on antelope, whitetail deer, mule deer, black bear and elk. Limited to one rifle/chambering for the world, my choice would be the 30-06.

I always find it amusing people don't think of the 30-06 as a "powerful" cartridge. In the post-Weatherby era, perhaps it isn't. But to me it's a very potent round, and perhaps the ideal, all-around, every-man's elk cartridge.

It works:

I'm not assuming anything. Your posts over the years filled with drama and bullshyt and little of substance confirm it.

If I ever get the chance to take an elk hunt in my lifetime I’m calling you! Lol. Awesome pics brother! I’m jealous we don’t have those animals to hunt here in Illinois.

.....................You lie thru yer teeth there Blackie cuz you did assume things which were not true on this thread....Assumptive? Yeah. You were...To imply otherwise is an outright lie!.....

Nice of you to say RB... I married a girl from Illinois so understand where you’re coming from!

I'm not the one who died and came back to life. You're a poser and that's easy to see. You may be able to fool the fans but you can't fool the players. Maybe you and Safariman should hook up. You might could ass shoot some bears in the next zip code and slap each other on the back, congratulating yourselves for being smart enough to use those big, flat shooting, hard hitting magnums to insure your success.

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Limited to one rifle/chambering for the world, my choice would be the 30-06.



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First and foremost let me say........ FANTASTIC bull Brad. You can't know how envious I am. I've been applying for our Ark Elk hunt every year since 1998 or 99 whenever it began. NO luck.

I would not argue about the 06 for 1 rifle for the world IF we were limited.

However in recent years I've decided MY choice would be the 7 RM. Not that far apart and they share ammo availability.
I prefer its flattER trajectory.

Yes indeed the 30-06 is STILL a Great Cartridge.

Jerry

There ain't much a man can't fix with a pickup truck and a 30-06.