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Just got back from a cow hunt with Fishtail Ranch in Chama NM. Great lodge and outfit. Filled my tag on the afternoon of the first day. There were 13 cow hunters at the lodge this week and when I left Wednesday morning 10 had punched their tags. I used Plain Jane a M700 30-06 with Leupold 2.5-8 and 150TTSX.
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Nice! That's some good eating right there!
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Congrats! That's about as plain as my Ruger American 30-06. I do have a 4-12 Leupold on it, though. My eyes aren't as good as they used to be. It came in handy last year when I had to find a hole through a sagebrush to shoot my elk. I usually carry it set on 6x.
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good looking cow----lots of good eating. That's my hunting setup as well. Except I use factory Super X -- 180 grain power points.
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Congrats on your elk. I was hunting at the lodge at chama a couple weeks ago and my guide, who I've hunted with probably 10 times, uses a sporterized 30-06 Enfield and 180gr corelokts. No telling how many elk he's taken. Enjoy the fine table fare.
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Congrats on the elk! That’s a straight up hunting rifle setup for success!
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Aught 6 is a meat maker for many.
Nice eating cow.
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Good deal!
I'm curious how the 150 TTSX performed. I loaded that bullet in my 308 for just such a purpose. Muzzle velocity? Distance?
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Congrats on the cow. Hundred years later 30-06 still getting it done.
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Nice job. What stock is your rifle wearing?
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Good deal!
I'm curious how the 150 TTSX performed. I loaded that bullet in my 308 for just such a purpose. Muzzle velocity? Distance? The shot was about 125-150 yards. It's a load of 50 grains of H4895 that I haven't bothered to chronograph. From the Barnes data it should yield about 2900fps MV. The cow was slightly angling away and I shot her a bit farther back than I would have liked because she was beginning to move as the shot broke. The bullet entered mid ribs, took out part of the liver, put a large hole in the diaphragm and exited just behind the off shoulder. She ran about 30 yards in a semicircle leaving a lot of blood on the snow and expired. If hunting bulls the 165's at max velocity might be a better choice but I've used the 150's on a lot of deer and have great confidence in that load. As you can see, it is accurate.
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Nice job. What stock is your rifle wearing? That is a Brown Precision. The rifle was built by Ken Gennecco of Stockton Ca for me in 1985 when there weren't a lot of options for lightweight hunting rifles. It weighed 7lbs 2oz with sling and 2-7 Leupold Compact when it was built. With the 2.5-8 and several coats of paint it has, like me, put on a few oz since then.
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No drama, no rodeo. Congrats, man.
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Makin meat, getten er done. The old 06. Nice cow.
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Nice job. What stock is your rifle wearing? That is a Brown Precision. The rifle was built by Ken Gennecco of Stockton Ca for me in 1985 when there weren't a lot of options for lightweight hunting rifles. It weighed 7lbs 2oz with sling and 2-7 Leupold Compact when it was built. With the 2.5-8 and several coats of paint it has, like me, put on a few oz since then. Great set up. 2.5-8 Is my favorite Leupold.
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Congrats on the elk and a tip of the hat to the 30-06.
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Congrats, 30-06 gets it done
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Nice job. What stock is your rifle wearing? That is a Brown Precision. The rifle was built by Ken Gennecco of Stockton Ca for me in 1985 when there weren't a lot of options for lightweight hunting rifles. It weighed 7lbs 2oz with sling and 2-7 Leupold Compact when it was built. With the 2.5-8 and several coats of paint it has, like me, put on a few oz since then. Methinks you are a sandbagger. I’d hardly call that a plain Jane rig. With that stock and scope, I’d call it an ideal all arounder! The fact that you hit a few inches farther back than intended seems fortunate and saved you a few pounds of burger. Nice job. The only flaw I see is on your target photo. You didn’t even hit the bullseye!😁
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Thanks for all the good info on the Barnes. And the 2 shot group was shot at 200 yds according to the info written down on your target. Outstanding!
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Great way to wrap up your hunt and with an all time tried and true favorite round!
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I like your rifle setup. A friend of mine calls something like that a meat stick....:)
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Congrats on the elk hunt. You must have been in Chama the week after my daughter and I. We filled our tags and left the day the snow started. We also went “old school” with a Winchester 30-06 and a FN Mauser 7x57. Both still work remarkably well.
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No mil-dots? No blue printed action, no no no how is this possible?
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Congratulations, most excellent! The 700's bolt handle didn't break off and the Leupold scope allowed you to make a killing shot and with the old outdated .30'06.....unbelievable.
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congrats 30-06 always a good choice
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After many years with a 270 and then a 300 WSM, my last 3 elk have been with a 30-06.
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Congratulations, most excellent! The 700's bolt handle didn't break off and the Leupold scope allowed you to make a killing shot and with the old outdated .30'06.....unbelievable. No mil-dots? No blue printed action, no no no how is this possible?
Good job there sport. I know, I know, must be living on borrowed time!
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Superb!
The ole' 30-06 (like the 308), is as low-drama as it gets.
30-06 = The Everyman's Elk Cartridge!
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Wonderful! Can’t beat the 30-Gov’t-06 for much of anything. Enjoy those burgers & backstraps!
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Congratulations! Nice work.
I have a plain Jane, Ruger 77, same scope, same cartridge, same bullet. She always seems to get it done without any hassle.
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The 30-06 has been getting it done for over a century. Hope to restore my dad's old Model 17 that he used for decades.
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Just curious. What does a guided cow elk hunt cost?
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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Nice job. What stock is your rifle wearing? That is a Brown Precision. The rifle was built by Ken Gennecco of Stockton Ca for me in 1985 when there weren't a lot of options for lightweight hunting rifles. It weighed 7lbs 2oz with sling and 2-7 Leupold Compact when it was built. With the 2.5-8 and several coats of paint it has, like me, put on a few oz since then. Wait, wait, wait....... You mean to tell me that there is actually someone on here that put together an "all around rifle" and has stuck with it for 35+ years?! Can't be...... Couple years back I got a T3X in 30-06 and put a Loopy 2.5-8 on it for the same purpose. Looks to be in good company. Congrats on the elk!
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Can`t be...not with an 06....whole "Elk Cartridge Thread" thing that says the 06 is gar`bouge...
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TTSX ain't plain Jane - you shooda used a Corelokt..... Worked fine on my elk, in .260, a few years back. Good job.
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Nice job. What stock is your rifle wearing? That is a Brown Precision. The rifle was built by Ken Gennecco of Stockton Ca for me in 1985 when there weren't a lot of options for lightweight hunting rifles. It weighed 7lbs 2oz with sling and 2-7 Leupold Compact when it was built. With the 2.5-8 and several coats of paint it has, like me, put on a few oz since then. Wait, wait, wait....... You mean to tell me that there is actually someone on here that put together an "all around rifle" and has stuck with it for 35+ years?! Can't be...... Couple years back I got a T3X in 30-06 and put a Loopy 2.5-8 on it for the same purpose. Looks to be in good company. Congrats on the elk! If you don't believe everything you read on the internet.... things like that tend to happen... Ask yourself, how did we all survive before the internet? or smart phones... some folks just keep on truckin with what has worked for decades and don't feel handicapped... Congrats on the OP for his harvest....
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Congratulation. Same here, 70 year old Win, FWT, ,06 with a Leupold 2.5-8.
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Nice job. What stock is your rifle wearing? That is a Brown Precision. The rifle was built by Ken Gennecco of Stockton Ca for me in 1985 when there weren't a lot of options for lightweight hunting rifles. It weighed 7lbs 2oz with sling and 2-7 Leupold Compact when it was built. With the 2.5-8 and several coats of paint it has, like me, put on a few oz since then. Nice cow congratulations - plain Jane seems a bit of an exaggeration based on what was done to your rifle. Only a real looney considers semi-custom plain. But she is still doing the job well obviously. Sounds like a little far back saved some nice meat for you too. I’ve got a bunch of fast 150 TTSX loaded up for 4 different 30-06’s bunt no elk taken so far. All the 06 rifles are back-ups for 300’s in our group so may be a while.
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30/06 and a dead elk. Imagine that. 😁 Nice job. I see some nice backstraps in your future.
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Just bought 150ea. 150grTTSX bullets from HuntinAZ here on the classifieds. I plan on loading them for my nephew's 308win for elk this year, but I also have a feeling a few will get loaded in my 30-06 also! 2900-3000fps and nearly 100% weight retention...what's not to like! Sounds like elk medicine to me out to 400yds. Elk Country
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I am using the 168 gr TTSX this Fall for my first ever Elk hunt in my .30-06. I have them loaded at 2850 MV. Supposedly they expand at a lower velocity than other .30 TTSX,s like the LRX. I am sighted in to 550 yards, but will not shoot past 400.
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Grew up in elk area in Montana and Idaho and only used the 30-06 twice on one elk and one deer long ago. That's changed and now got a few to learn on. Had to beat 30-06 and 308
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So what’s the green thing at the end of your barrel?
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