30-06 for everything????

[whoami-72]

In my experience with the 30-06, H4350, H4831SC, Staball 6.5, and Varget have been the best consistent powders from 150-200 gr bullets. That Staball 6.5 is an impressive powder if you can get your hands on it.

Willing to share any secret sauce .30-06 with staball recipes?

 

[smoshtag]

Nothing wrong with tried and true

 

[floridajpr]

For a custom wood stock try WOOX. https://wooxstore.com/ I am not affiliated at all, just a cool aftermarket wood stock. I am thinking about doing a 7MM08 with their Supperleggera stock!

 

[Parkerpusher]

30-06 always calls to me. I own and regularly shoot .223, 6cm, 6.5cm, 6.5prc and my beloved 25-06, but I always end up taking a 30-06 to hunt. Recoil without a can on is more of a push than a punch, muzzle blast is middle of the road nothing to complain about. My 30-06 rifles are 3/4 moa easily and hit steel at the range as good as the little 6mm does…. Just rings the bell bigger. Nothing wrong with a .308+P

 

[Hoopleheader]

How do you hit at 800 yards with those rainbow trajectories and sailboat BCs?
Don’t you know only Fudds let friends practice fair chase and keep shots within a quarter mile?

How do you spot your crippling gut shots when you make a mistake on your wind dope with that horrendous recoil? And isn’t your shoulder out of action to lift your phone up to document a wound channel for us? That’s why we are out there, after all.

Do you have a Sherpa to haul that anchor for you? Must be nice to be in the 1%. Keep that shit away from this hardcore DIY backcountry forum. I’d rather see $2k sunk into restocking and rebarreling a Finnish budget rifle to get it down to 5 lbs to know you were a legit working class pleb like the rest of us.

I bet that thing is only good for scraggly southern coyote hunting….didn’t you know there is an inverse relationship between bullet diameter and wounding? …..Ask me how I know, I dare you (pretty please do, it’s what I live for)

(I’m having fun, pleas don’t take this seriously, I am a card carrying tikka .223 owner putting together a 6 arc mini…God save the Form and the bounty and inspiration she provides)

Edit: I forgot to add photographic evidence…. Phew! That was dangerous.

 

[Hoopleheader]

How do you hit at 800 yards with those rainbow trajectories and sailboat BCs?
Don’t you know only Fuds let friends practice fair chase and keep shots within a quarter mile?

How do you spot your crippling gut shots when you make a mistake on your wind dope with that horrendous recoil? And isn’t your shoulder out of action to lift your phone up to document a wound channel for us? That’s why we are out there, after all.

Do you have a Sherpa to haul that anchor for you? Must be nice to be in the 1%. Keep that shit away from this hardcore DIY backcountry forum. I’d rather see $2k sunk into restocking and rebarreling a Finnish budget rifle to get it down to 5 lbs to know you were a legit working class pleb like the rest of us.

I bet that thing is only good for scraggly southern coyote hunting….didn’t you know there is an inverse relationship between bullet diameter and wounding? …..Ask me how I know, I dare you (pretty please do, it’s what I live for)

(I’m having fun, pleas don’t take this seriously, I am a card carrying tikka .223 owner putting together a 6 arc mini…God save the Form and the bounty and inspiration she provides)

Edit: I forgot to add photographic evidence…. Phew! That was dangerous.

One hour and only one like!?!?

C’mon guys I figured that many sweet burns against this Fudd would earn me at least 1k posts worth of group think reinforcements to keep my heart warm for a few days.

 

[FredH]

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 agree. Weird that recoil is what they fear. Especially recoil as mild as a 30-06 puts out. I seldom notice recoil when hunting, heck most of the time I hardly hear the gun go off.

 

[FredH]

When I think of all the deer and antelope I have shot with various 150 grain flat based spritzers from my 30-06 I don't really feel that I ever needed high BC tipped match bullets. It's true I never shot at any of them at more than 450 yards. I use the sleeker High BC bullets in smaller bores to maintain energy farther out and the increased wind resistance is nice but I still don't shoot at game animals any farther than 450 yards. That is after all a far piece and pretty easy to get that close and closer. It is hunting and not shooting isn't it?

 

[TKP1991]

I could not imagine the 30-06 ever leaving someone disappointed, it is my all-time favorite caliber! On occasion I will shoot a smaller caliber but I will always have 1 30-06 around.
Tyler

 

[FredH]

The 178 did this to a 150ish pound pig at 360 yards.

Steep, downward angle off my Spartan Ascent tripod. Love the set up.

Looks like a bit more damage than the average 223 is capable of.