Don't get a 30-06

[Mac308]

Another 30-06 kill... tracked him until I got a shot at 50 yards while he was laying in his bed. 168 TSX did the job. The outcome would have been no different with a 308 or 6.5 CM.

 

[Eastcoast Hunter]

3006 will
Shoot anything in North America. Get different grains

 

[bnewt3]

The list of reason TO get a .30-06 is as long as the list of reason NOT to get a .30-06.

All depends on priorities. I personally think 308 is a better option in virtually every scenario, it does almost everything as well as an -06 but noticeably less recoil. But, TBF, in the real world, a 243(insert your preferred cartridge here) will git critters as well as anything else too sooooooo

Also, theres not one thing boring about meat in the freezer.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

The list of reason TO get a .30-06 is as long as the list of reason NOT to get a .30-06.

All depends on priorities. I personally think 308 is a better option in virtually every scenario, it does almost everything as well as an -06 but noticeably less recoil. But, TBF, in the real world, a 243(insert your preferred cartridge here) will git critters as well as anything else too sooooooo

Also, theres not one thing boring about meat in the freezer.

yup. Rifles and cartridges are easily the least important factor in any hunt. so many other things are more important. Boot fit, backpack fit, good ranger, good sleep setups. any cartridge (within reason) will kill and anybody who shoots even a bit can pick up any rifle/scope that's sighted in and shoot an animal.

 

[FlyD10]

yup. Rifles and cartridges are easily the least important factor in any hunt. so many other things are more important. Boot fit, backpack fit, good ranger, good sleep setups. any cartridge (within reason) will kill and anybody who shoots even a bit can pick up any rifle/scope that's sighted in and shoot an animal.

This guy gets it

 

[FlyD10]

Another 30-06 kill... tracked him until I got a shot at 50 yards while he was laying in his bed. 168 TSX did the job. The outcome would have been no different with a 308 or 6.5 CM.

Nice work!

 

[alderchokedhellhole]

yup. Rifles and cartridges are easily the least important factor in any hunt. so many other things are more important. Boot fit, backpack fit, good ranger, good sleep setups. any cartridge (within reason) will kill and anybody who shoots even a bit can pick up any rifle/scope that's sighted in and shoot an animal.

Totally agree.

It’s easy to get lost in the caliber/cartridge wormhole.
Would I like some new and flashy round than my 30-06, sure, but I’d think my time, energy and money would be better well spent on a better tent, pad, spotting scope, time in the field, time shooting etc.

for instance, my gun is a ringer with Barnes ttsx 150gr but I’m going to work on finding a heavier, higher BC bullet and be proficient out to 600 with my Trijicon credo I mounted on it and have my bases covered for all of British Columbia.

 

[cbk215]

As someone who's owns several 30-06s a 7 mag, several 308s and 6.5s and a few pistol caliber carbines the only real justification I need for my next new gun is simple it's because I just want it my next new rifle will be a 280ai not because it does anything my 7mag or one my 3006s can't do just because I want it.