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I'll bet the farm if that poll were taken on Facebook or Instagram (instead of a circumscribed internet forum), there'd be far more mentions to the 6.5 Creedmoor.

30-06 has been and always will be King, no matter where you go in the US.

Yep, like it more and more as years go by, have several, all shoot well.

The last deer I took I used my 30-06 loaded with a 170 gr. 30-30 bullet over either 40 or 41 grains of IMR4895. Velocity was around 2400 fps. I was amazed at the amount of damage done. The load was intended as a trial so I was quite impressed.

Jim

Even those who always have something "better" know enough to
use it as The One Others Are Compared To.



I love the too powerful and short range arguments.
They are asinine.

You don't need '06 power.
Then the poster or a buddy show pics of how much damage their
little wonder round produced? Huh?

What has ever been lost because the round carried didn't have a rainbow
trajectory?


It's all crap to allow someone to feel superior.

About like needing everyone to confirm your pickup or chainsaw
choices!😁😁😁

I’ve been shooting my Garand loads in my 06’s, pleasant to shoot, kills just as well.

Shaman,
A small poll of my hunting group of seven comes up with this;

270 Winchester………….1
7mm-08 Remington….3
243 Winchester………….3

Same here. Well not quite, the powder charge is slighly more in the hunting rifle, but....

I have several .308s, a Garand, and an 03A3. I use IMR4895 in all of those loads, so when I developed a load for a .30-06 bolt rifle I put together, I used the same powder.

I gave up a little speed, but the accuracy is good enough that I don't know if I can duplicate it with IMR or H4350 and the additional speed I may get from it, so I went with the accuracy I had with the 4895.

At the ranges I would use this rifle, the 100 or so fps loss is irrelevant. And as you point out, the load is pleasant to shoot.

The buck I harvested last year was shot with a 7mm Rem Mag, however the load I used was more like a 7-30 Waters.

I've used a .308 here in central Ky for the last 25 yrs and been very satisfied. Killed a lot of deer. Terrain and cover limit long shot to only about 125-150.

Yes you do.

WOW! They are only hunting whitetail.

A 6mm Remington or a .243 Winchester is all you need for whitetails IMO.

I can tell you this yr there will be a tikka 25-06 in your woods....haha

Contender 7-30 Waters Carbine.

I have a 257 Bob now, gonna shoot some pigs, hopefully a deer or two this year. A sorry ass Aoudad if one comes around too. I have 100 grain partitions and TTSX to try.