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Re: 30-06 is still a great cartridge
Brad #14660393 03/13/20
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30 cal is overkill. I'd use a bb gun...now grasshoppers that's another game entirely.
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Re: 30-06 is still a great cartridge
Brad #14660394 03/13/20
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Originally Posted by Brad
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States maybe, clues none.

Cute. I mean the premise that if one doesn't agree that the .308 is equal to the 30-06 that that means one doesn't have a "clue" about anything. laugh


Show me multiple species of actual big game you’ve taken with each the 308, 30-06, and 300 Mag... you talk a big talk, let’s see the animals (bigger than deer) taken with each three.

Oh wow. Games. And I "talk a big talk" by believing that more case capacity is equal to more performance! Even Captain Obvious could come up with that. Well I've never hunted with a 300 mag of any flavor and have only used the 308 on deer and antelope. And that's because when the animals get big I tend to take a 30-06. But even at that, I believe a .300 magnum has an edge over my beloved aught six.


Let’s see the animals with each since you have such a strong opinion...


Crickets...

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Re: 30-06 is still a great cartridge
RickyBobby #14660914 03/13/20
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Bickering and personal oxen aside, the fact is that the .30-06 is still a very good cartridge with more flexibility than most.

My SILs got .30-06 rifles as a wedding present. Except for the last one, who already had a .300WSM. He got a 7mm RM.

38 years of big game hunting and a .30-06 would have worked just fine every time I've squeezed the trigger.


Still, not my first choice most of the time. Too many options, too little time.

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.
Re: 30-06 is still a great cartridge
dan_oz #14661528 03/14/20
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Originally Posted by dan_oz


FWIW I've seen substantial numbers of pigs, deer (including a few sambar, which are close to elk-sized) and other medium game killed with both .308 and .30/06 and, assuming a suitable bullet and shot placement I haven't noticed any difference in effectiveness. A couple of people I know have used the .30/06 on buffalo, and it seemed to me based on how they went that there are better choices, though it is true to say that the .30/06 is better able to handle the 240 gn bullets they were using than a .308 would be.


Mr. Dan

We know that MULTI, MULTI heads of big game have been taken (killed) with 308 W & 30-06...NO question.

IMO - IMO - some guys get their 'feelers' hurt when someone or others don't choose or like their PET.

Ex. One of MY pets is the 300 WM ***not that I need it, I just like it***. Some, no names mentioned, DON'T even like the 300 WM and 1 guy thinks the 308 Norma SHOULD have been the WIN mag. Ok, Ok.
It doesn't matter to me IF NO ONE likes the 300 WM but me......
I don't lose 1 minute of sleep over it. I sleep just fine.

There are several cartridgeS that I have NO use for and others LOVE. OK OK !

I 'could' list few members *on both sides of that* that obsess over someone ELSE's choice. NOT me.

I don't let ANYONE live RENT FREE in my head.

Jerry

jwall- *** 3100 guy***

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Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
Re: 30-06 is still a great cartridge
Coyote_Hunter #14694935 03/23/20
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Hunter
My SILs got .30-06 rifles as a wedding present.



Do you by chance have any single daughters yet?

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