30-06 for everything????

[JakeSCH]

@Tricer please let me develop a load for you using varget. Extra 300 fps would be useful.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

My 30-06 holds 5 down with a hinged floor plate. I like that for grizzly bears. 300WM won’t do that

I have a Winchester m70 extreme weather in 30-06 that has a 5 round box. It is nice, I wish my tikka could hold 5 without having to use that extended magazine.

 

[long hunter]

I fail to see where the 30-06 is such a beast in the recoil department, some of you guys need to get away from the 243s and 6.5s my go to gun for eastern woodland white tails is a 760 Remington game master pushing 180 loads either factory’s or hand loads been using this combination going on 55 some years. Put a lot of Bambi's in the freezer with it. Even laid a few down with a 300 win mag, tried a 338 win mag one year just too much for a white tail.

 

[HingleMcCringleberry]

 

[sharps54]

I fail to see where the 30-06 is such a beast in the recoil department, some of you guys need to get away from the 243s and 6.5s my go to gun for eastern woodland white tails is a 760 Remington game master pushing 180 loads either factory’s or hand loads been using this combination going on 55 some years. Put a lot of Bambi's in the freezer with it. Even laid a few down with a 300 win mag, tried a 338 win mag one year just too much for a white tail.

I don’t know the older I get the wimpier I get in the recoil department. I grew up in PA and had a pump 30-06 in high school. Later one I got the Safari rifle bug and had all kinds of silly rifles (340 Weatherby, 375 H&H, 416 Remington, 458 Lott) but these days my hunting rifle is a 6.5 Creedmoor and am considering downsizing to a 6.5 Grendel since the only hunting I do anymore is North Carolina deer. The only 30-06 I still have is my grandfather’s Model 70 which still wears the peep sight he hunted with.

 

[CMP70306]

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Is it still fudd if it uses carbon fiber, detachable mags and a suppressor?

 

[Tricer]

We anxiously await your results, as I really hope the 30-06 remains up to the task
Especially since I just cleaned up this ol' Remington BDL 30-06 for my mom to have a dedicated elk rifle! I replaced the plastic grip cap and forend cap with actual ebony wood, refinished the stock with Tru oil, added pillar glass bedding and a triggerteck. It got a VariX2 3-9x40. She loves classic style and accuracy, so I figured this would fit her style

I have yet to see a browning xbolt that didn't shoot exceptionally well! Of course, I haven't been around one yet with an organic stock
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Beautiful gun!

 

[Lowedown]

Beautiful gun!

Thanks man, mom was pretty excited

 

[EastHumboldt]

What is a rockstock?

There’s a sticky thread at the top of the firearms section. Fairly new design. I’ve never tried one but apparently this comb/stock design reduces perceived recoil and makes it easier to acquire a sight picture and maintain proper form.

I put a vertical grip on my T3 and I really like it.

 

[bluemoonx]

No, anything a 30-06 can do, a 300wm can do 100-150 yards or so further. A 308 a bit shorter than the -06. That's it. Magnums buy you extended range.

 

[bluemoonx]

No, anything a 30-06 can do, a 300wm can do 100-150 yards or so further. A 308 a bit shorter than the -06. That's it. Magnums buy you extended range.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Vern400]

I like super ridiculously accurate rifles and all the fine super detailed points of precision hand loading.

That being said, I've killed deer with a Dan Wesson 6-in 22 LR revolver, a 22 rifle, a 22 magnum, a 44 caliber black powder revolver, a 45 caliber cap and ball rifle, 20 gauge, 12 gauge, 223, 308, 45 ACP, 44 magnum rifle, 375 Winchester rifle and several others I probably forgot about. Closest gun kill was at 7 feet and the longest at 375 yards.

In all my successful hunts, not once has the result been because of the gun. I've killed over a hundred counting just deer, and that's not a high number at all. In my lifetime I've lost or wounded four.

In conclusion, you're 30- 06 is more capable of anything I've ever used, and it is a fine weapon. Do let us know if the bullets bounce off!
And have fun!

 

[nubbin]

I could be wrong here, but i don’t think a walnut stocked 30-06 has ever killed anything

 

[nubbin]

I fail to see where the 30-06 is such a beast in the recoil department, some of you guys need to get away from the 243s and 6.5s my go to gun for eastern woodland white tails is a 760 Remington game master pushing 180 loads either factory’s or hand loads been using this combination going on 55 some years. Put a lot of Bambi's in the freezer with it. Even laid a few down with a 300 win mag, tried a 338 win mag one year just too much for a white tail.

I think that’s mostly from Grandads 30-06 is where that stigma comes from. I won’t deny that the 30-06 has a sharp recoil. You add that sharp recoil with an older rifle that has no butt pad on it and it can fatigue a shoulder quickly. My dad has a Remington 760 30-06, after a few round at the range you feel it in the shoulder, that’s shooting 150gr corelokts. My savage 110 in 30-06 is an absolute breeze to shoot and that’s shooting 175gr bullets.

 

[Tricer]

@Tricer please let me develop a load for you using varget. Extra 300 fps would be useful.

I have the powder, bullets, and cases. Only thing I am lacking is the time to do it lol.

 

[Clarktar]

I've been pushing 200 grain bookits with RL17 at 2700+ fps. One of my favorite guns (tikka with a 17" barrel)

 

[KenLee]

We anxiously await your results, as I really hope the 30-06 remains up to the task
Especially since I just cleaned up this ol' Remington BDL 30-06 for my mom to have a dedicated elk rifle! I replaced the plastic grip cap and forend cap with actual ebony wood, refinished the stock with Tru oil, added pillar glass bedding and a triggerteck. It got a VariX2 3-9x40. She loves classic style and accuracy, so I figured this would fit her style

I have yet to see a browning xbolt that didn't shoot exceptionally well! Of course, I haven't been around one yet with an organic stock
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Slick 700. Most women will outshoot us fellers too.

 

[7mm-08]

IMO, I say 300WM is the do-all. It used to be that 300WM ammo was significantly more expensive and harder to find. In today's landscape this is no longer the case. The gun weighs the same as a 30-06. Anything a 30-06 can do a 300WM can do better.

I don't think anyone can argue that a 300 WM is a beast of a rifle. But, talk to Alaska guides with gray hair - they'll tell you that when most hunters arrive at camp with a 300 WM or larger caliber, they know they're going to have to shoot wounded game. Most guys don't spend as much time shooting a gun that kicks the hell out of them and they are, thus, less effective/proficient at putting a bullet where it needs to land.

And to answer the OP's original question - yes, the .30-06 for everything!

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I’m also using the 30-06 for everything this year. Looking forward to it.

 

[scott m-70]

You will be just fine hunting just about everything with the 30-06.. I have a 300 Win mag and a 7mm Rem mag, and I hunt with a 30-06 a 270 and a 6.5x55. The old stuff gets it done every time..