Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles There is nothing greater than the 30-06 so quit trying

If you’re not going to use the 06 then pass it along to someone who will

the 300 RUM easily smashes the boring old outdated slow af '06

with energy/velocity at 500 yards what the '06 does at the muzzle, so....what's so great about the 30.06 again ?

Nothing like “facts” that aren’t even close to the truth.

Federal Lists a 180g AB load for both the 30-06 and 300 RUM, at 2700fps and 3200fps respectively. When you compare the energy charts for those loads, it is clear the RUM provides more energy down range. But does the RUM’s energy at 500 yards equal the 30-06 at the muzzle? No – more like 150 yards. The 30-06 provides 2913fpe at the muzzle while the RUM provides 2085fpe at 500.

To achieve the admittedly impressive muzzle velocities, the RUM burns 50-75% more powder. While the 30-06 can get to 2700fps with around 57,000 PSI, the RUM requires around 63,000 PSI to get to 3200fps. The .30-06 will have much longer barrel life as a result. The 30-06 in a 8.3 pound rifle can get there with just over 21 ft-lbs of recoil, the same weight RUM load generates over 40 ft-lbs and a 37% greater recoil velocity. The cited Federal ammo for the Rum costs $68.99 at midwayusa while the 30-06 ammo costs $37.99.

The truth is that a 30-06 will do everything most people need done a very high percentage of the time. My guess is over 99%. It does it with far less recoil, longer barrel life and ammo that is far less expensive and available in a much greater variety.

Use a RUM if you wish. I’ll stick with my 30-06. All three of them.

LOOololol ... there goes that retarded old argument about
OMG recoil ... what are you 12 ? or did you get Caitlyned ?

If an able bodied grown man shrinks back in terror from the "recoil" of the 300 RUM then maybe surgical removal of the testes is def in order

They make barrels every day, really good ones too ....
factory barrels are junk temps that are meant to be replaced, did you not know that ? Did you not know that barrels are screwed on and not welded on ? WOW ! imagine the possibilities

Reality TV moment right there ...
OMG ! we'll have to load just two rounds this year instead of 20 or we may not survive the winter because the 300 RUM eats Sooooooo much powder ..... dude, for reals ?

Factory ammo ? WTF is that lol ? .......
People still believe the numbers printed on the box of factory ammo ? SMH .. when you get a chance, send that factory '06 ammo over a chronograph will ya, there's your erection killer, lol

try this on ....,

205 gr 30 cal bullet with .815 bc at 3300 fps = ?
use any ballistic calculator you wish, they will all show you that at 500 yards it's still going faster with more energy than any factory '06 180 gr load at the muzzle ...

learning sure is fun ain't it ? lmao

Nothing like “facts” that aren’t even close to the truth.

Federal Lists a 180g AB load for both the 30-06 and 300 RUM, at 2700fps and 3200fps respectively. When you compare the energy charts for those loads, it is clear the RUM provides more energy down range. But does the RUM’s energy at 500 yards equal the 30-06 at the muzzle? No – more like 150 yards. The 30-06 provides 2913fpe at the muzzle while the RUM provides 2085fpe at 500.

To achieve the admittedly impressive muzzle velocities, the RUM burns 50-75% more powder. While the 30-06 can get to 2700fps with around 57,000 PSI, the RUM requires around 63,000 PSI to get to 3200fps. The .30-06 will have much longer barrel life as a result. The 30-06 in a 8.3 pound rifle can get there with just over 21 ft-lbs of recoil, the same weight RUM load generates over 40 ft-lbs and a 37% greater recoil velocity. The cited Federal ammo for the Rum costs $68.99 at midwayusa while the 30-06 ammo costs $37.99.

The truth is that a 30-06 will do everything most people need done a very high percentage of the time. My guess is over 99%. It does it with far less recoil, longer barrel life and ammo that is far less expensive and available in a much greater variety.

Use a RUM if you wish. I’ll stick with my 30-06. All three of them.



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Factory ammo again, lmao ... in this day and age, smh
Nobody's fault but your own that you have to drive somewhere to get ammo, I'll just walk into my garage and crank out 100 rounds before you get home, with bullets and powder that you will never find in factory ammo and will squeeze 100% potential out of the cartridge while you strut around with your anemic, slow, low bc factory ammo , have you ever chronographed factory 30'06 ammo ? barely 2600 fps with 180 gr bullets, pretty sad .... mine are zipping out at 3350 fps with single digit sd's and ragged lil 5 shot holes at 200 yards

all these arguments are null & void, personal hangups and chicken little gripes over self imposed, imagined nothings .....

my quest is performance... and the 30'06 will never be better than the 300 RUM, no matter how much fluff you imagine #High Velocity Matters

ok I'm done now .... you guys act like I'm bashing your old lady or something, all grumpy n shyt......,,

300 RUM still King of the 30's

Did the Super Bulldozer II just come out? I can't find it on Badland's site.

It's not the cartridge, its the blind subservience to it when there are so many better cartridges available.

Whatever. Shoot what ya like.