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I suppose because they are so easy to use for so many things. No drama unless you start talking about what is the best load for something.
I came to the .30-06 by using a .300 Savage for about eight years and then a .308 Win for about the same length of time. I am glad I did. Easy to load for, easy to use.
Of the big game types I have killed, I have used an '06 on at least one of them with the exception of a bear. I need to take care of that.
Match the loads to the quarry and life is good. I have lots of other centerfire chamberings but except for the .223 and rarely the .338 Win Mag none get much use in the field.
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I suppose because they are so easy to use for so many things. No drama unless you start talking about what is the best load for something.
I came to the .30-06 by using a .300 Savage for about eight years and then a .308 Win for about the same length of time. I am glad I did. Easy to load for, easy to use.
Of the big game types I have killed, I have used an '06 on at least one of them with the exception of a bear. I need to take care of that.
Match the loads to the quarry and life is good. I have lots of other centerfire chamberings but except for the .223 and rarely the .338 Win Mag none get much use in the field. Just say it. Its not a 308 Norma mag.. Plain and simple. That's why its boring..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Never heard it was boring and I started using one here in Alaska in 1965 and took my last caribou with one. Gave each of my daughters one when they were 16 and they took moose, caribou and black bear with them. Gave my grandson one for his birthday. I have known more people up here using the 30-06 then any other cartridge. Can't think of any critter up here it won't do the job on and my old pre-64 Featherweight will be passed on to a grandson some day. Take a good bullet and put it in the right place and the results are predictable, maybe that's where the boring comes in. Same thing time after time.
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I have four, I don’t think they are boring at all.
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At last look, I think I've got 8 of them in my cabinet.
I've got to say 30-06 is not boring to me. I spent the 1st 30 years using it for groundhog, boar, deer-- whatever. It was all I had. I've been reloading it for 20 years, and I've got to say that it has been one of the easiest I've found to load for. Despite 2 decades, there are still avenues I've not explored with this chambering.
If y'all want a new and exciting experience, try one on a whitetail at very close range, say inside 20 yards. Be ready for some surprises.
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It worked in 1906 and it works today. I don’t think of it as boring. Someone with a lot more knowledge than most of us said it best, the 30-06 is never a mistake.
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Dont know about boring but I was just at Cabela's.
4 boxes of 30-06 on the shelf, Hornady Outfitter.
42.99 a box of 20.
That my friends is what will fuel a resurgence of reloaders in this country. Lord help you if you like to shoot in volume, have a Wby, and don't reload....
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30-06 boring? It's been a reliable round for over a century and if reliability is boring, I hope to always be bored in every shot I make.
I wonder how many Germans, Japs, Italians, Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese and a lot of other categories of enemies were simply bored to death by it since 1906?
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I just think of it as a .280 Remington necked up to shoot heavier bullets.
Or a .338-06 necked down for more velocity. It's a very cool cartridge that way.
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When people ask "How any 30-06's do I have", I ask "How much money do they have?"
I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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Dont know about boring but I was just at Cabela's.
4 boxes of 30-06 on the shelf, Hornady Outfitter.
42.99 a box of 20.
That my friends is what will fuel a resurgence of reloaders in this country. Lord help you if you like to shoot in volume, have a Wby, and don't reload.... Reload with what components?
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When people ask "How any 30-06's do I have", I ask "How much money do they have?" A guy has to have at least 5....
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Dont know about boring but I was just at Cabela's.
4 boxes of 30-06 on the shelf, Hornady Outfitter.
42.99 a box of 20.
That my friends is what will fuel a resurgence of reloaders in this country. Lord help you if you like to shoot in volume, have a Wby, and don't reload.... You have a wby and don't reload? Damn, it's because I bought a wby in the 90's that I started loading ammo. I got a hell of a good deal on a nice 300wby, but had no idea what wby ammo cost. Trust me, the reloading equipment was far less money. You must be a doctor or some such schidt...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I hunted with one for years. I later realized smaller cartridges with smaller bullets kick less and kill the same.
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Dont know about boring but I was just at Cabela's.
4 boxes of 30-06 on the shelf, Hornady Outfitter.
42.99 a box of 20.
That my friends is what will fuel a resurgence of reloaders in this country. Lord help you if you like to shoot in volume, have a Wby, and don't reload.... You have a wby and don't reload? Damn, it's because I bought a wby in the 90's that I started loading ammo. I got a hell of a good deal on a nice 300wby, but had no idea what wby ammo cost. Trust me, the reloading equipment was far less money. You must be a doctor or some such schidt... I reload and have less than zero interest in a Wby cartridge - just know that loaded ammo for them commands a premium and if that's up from 2 bucks a round for 30/06.... no flippin thank you. 06, 6mm Creed, 6.5 Creed, 224 Valkyrie, 300 wsm, and some 454 Casull was about it on the shelf.
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Dont know about boring but I was just at Cabela's.
4 boxes of 30-06 on the shelf, Hornady Outfitter.
42.99 a box of 20.
That my friends is what will fuel a resurgence of reloaders in this country. Lord help you if you like to shoot in volume, have a Wby, and don't reload.... You have a wby and don't reload? Damn, it's because I bought a wby in the 90's that I started loading ammo. I got a hell of a good deal on a nice 300wby, but had no idea what wby ammo cost. Trust me, the reloading equipment was far less money. You must be a doctor or some such schidt... BSA they are a hell of a lot of different cartridges out there besides Weatherby that cost between 60-100 bucks a box. I suppose my being a minority has something to do with it but paying that kinda money for ammo makes one dumbass in my view. MB
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