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Tom what kind of problems have you had? Curious here!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I thought it was king of the elk too.
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IMO
Like all rounds the 30-06 is a compromise�
That said is very good for a variety of applications and less so for others� It is a fine WT deer round, but if it was only WT deer you could do as well with something else.
I would buy and have bought an �06� but for it�s flexibility, not because it is the WT King
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For whites only its kind of hard to beat the 270. There ain't a deer on the plant that can walk away from a well placed shot with a 130 gr. bullet. Same could be said for the .243, 6mm Rem, 250 Savage, .257 Bob, 30-30, with the proper bullet. My 30-06 is my heavy hitter.
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I own three 270's and only one 30-06, but when the going gets tough I always reach for the 06. It was the rifle I shot my first deer with so I suppose I'm a bit biased.
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well lets throw in the 300 savage,its been around along time also.but the 06 is hard to beat. you can load rather easily as price for component. if you buy your loads you can buy good loads for all most any thing you want to hunt. for a fair price. if its just deer and you want to hunt you canget by with 150 gr. pointed soft point for about $20.00.
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Is the the 30-06 still the king of whitetail cartridges? Yes. 'Nuff said. 
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30-30 is the king of the deer woods
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30-30 cost me a BIG buck at 186 yds. about 12 years ago. switched to a .280 and life became great!
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The 30-06 is still Master and Champion. Even though I don't hunt with one much, I don't know of another cartridge that offers the versitility that the good ol' 06 provides. It has to be the King, just Like Elvis and Richard Petty, no matter what comes along, it doesn't have the long, hard won history of the '06.  That's why it will always be the King of the Big Game cartridges in N. America, good performance with a storied history that other cartridges can only dream of.
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'cepting the 7x57 and 8x57, you say, and right you are.
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186 yeard sounds like bad shooting nothing a 30-30 did wronge
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186 yeard sounds like bad shooting nothing a 30-30 did wronge The 30-30 has a wonderful history, but not so wonderful performance. It's versatiltiy is very limited. With an '06, you can hunt varmints up to N. America's largest game, including quite a few species in Africa. A 30-30 just can't match that, but it is a classic round nontheless. Best, JM
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Yes. I also hunt with the 6.5x55 and 7x57. This year with the 257R. But it's still the '06.
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186 yeard sounds like bad shooting nothing a 30-30 did wronge The 30-30 has a wonderful history, but not so wonderful performance. It's versatiltiy is very limited. With an '06, you can hunt varmints up to N. America's largest game, including quite a few species in Africa. A 30-30 just can't match that, but it is a classic round nontheless. Best, JM I've taken deer past 200 yards with a .30-30, but it has better sights than the factory buckhorn, and I shoot it a lot. A .30-06 does make it far easier to do, no doubt about it.
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The one thing you never want to be without is a good 30/06. Isn't that an oxymoron? I would go the other way and say it's redundant.
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Tom what kind of problems have you had? Curious here! Long story. My hatred of the '06 comes from my growing up years. Some otherwise readily solvable problems were made "fugly" by family politics. Tom
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Tom you sound like an Anti. Blame the object rather than the person.
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Added question... if not the king, when was it dethroned and by what? Lots of good cartridges out there 
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