That hair is spectacular. I’ve owned 30-06’s before and nothing wrong with it. If I did it over again I’d buy a 308/or a 300 win mag for a 30 cal offering. 7mm, 6.5 mm and 6mm are really nice though as well. 30 cal for a bush rifle though
30-06 is boring
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That's why it's boring. I could sell everything else; therefore, a horrible caliber.
Why would I want to sell guns?
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I guess if boring gets you the title of the most popular big game cartridge, than the 30-06 is the winner.
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Most people here posting that the 30-06 is boring probably think that history is boring. This cartridge has likely taken more large wild game in NA than any others with the possible exception of a few others that are that old. How can you find that boring??
I’m not a great hunter and have not taken multiple tons of meat out of the bush with it but it’s still a very effective round that just keeps going.
Yes I have always had at least one in the safe and will always have at least one in the safe.
I’m not a great hunter and have not taken multiple tons of meat out of the bush with it but it’s still a very effective round that just keeps going.
Yes I have always had at least one in the safe and will always have at least one in the safe.
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Probably right, but then it's hard too say what would succeed these days. The list of new chambers that have failed since 2000 is pretty long. Only the 6.5CM seems to be getting good long term traction, but then again time will tell on that one too. I think most of those failed chamberings are because the 30-06/270/308 is such a good choice for the avg joe.
Ya, I guess. Kinda backwards logic because without the 30/06, there would not be a bunch of other cartridges based on and inspired by the 30/06.
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Always found it funny that people say "thirty aught six" and then bestow their wisdom by saying it was developed in "nineteen oh six".
The 30-06 and the Springfield were basically stolen from the Mauser in the first place. Which of the cartridges developed from the 30-06 do we really need? The .270? That was a big deal in 1927 but the WSM and Weatherby eat it alive. The 35 Whelen? The "Poormans H&H" was something when Springfield actions and surplus brass were everywhere but it doesn't stand up to the real H&H. It was in th ebargain bins about a year after they legitimized it. 280? That has struggled to exist through name changes but is never going to match the 7 Rem. Who needs it? Ditto the 25-06. The 30-06 is just an ordinary 30 caliber that fits in between the .308 and the 300 WSM. What's special about that?
When the '06 was making its reputation it was sort of special. It was a lot better than a 30-40 Krag, and a monster compared to a 30-30. The 300 H&H was a rare and expensive foreign thing that few had seen.
How can you even compare the .270win to the WSM or Weatherby? Good luck finding brass to even load the WSM and the Weatherby is only even loaded in Weatherby rifles. Just because a cartridge makes more power does not make it more suitable for the purpose or "better". What's special about the .30-06 is that the recoil is just at the edge of obnoxious whereas the .300wsm and win mag are over the edge. The old 06 to me is what id consider the perfect trade off between power and recoil. I have WSM's and win mags as well, they just are not as pleasant to shoot and there is no real difference form stiff 06 loads or mags in killing power or range for 99% of hunters. Just because the ordinary 06 is less than glamorous does not make it not great. I also load and love the .257 Weatherly but the real difference from it and the .25-06 is really negligible. This thread needs changed the the amazingly versatile 06, what can't it do?
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What sounds better to the ear?
Thirty-oh-six, or thirty-aught-six? It's just nomenclature. Just like a 2-1/2 ton truck. Two-and-a-half, or deuce-and-a-half?
You can't rewrite history so what is really your point? You don't like the 30/06? Okay, fine. I'm not fond of the short, super short magnums, 17 cal and a few others, so what?
My point is that there is nothing special about it, nothing particularly interesting about its capabilities, it fills no special niche, and is just a cartridge that isn't much different than others. That doesn't necessarily make it good or bad, but does make it boring.
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Seinfeld was here...
By your logic, as there are so many cartridges in existence today that none have a niche to themselves and all have other ballistically similar options, I presume that you find all cartridges and by extension all rifles "boring". In which case this is an odd place to spend your time
By your logic, as there are so many cartridges in existence today that none have a niche to themselves and all have other ballistically similar options, I presume that you find all cartridges and by extension all rifles "boring". In which case this is an odd place to spend your time
There are countless cartridges out there, and we could get rid of most of them and it wouldn't change much. Most of our game isn't particularly big, or tough or very far away. Much of the time it doesn't what you use within reason.
.30/06... one rifle that does everything... and does it reasonably well... yes, that is boring. From the 125 AB & 130 TTSX in the mountains and on the prairies to 200 SP & 220 SS Partitions on big bears, moose and buffalo... you scrifice little to the ideal choices for each scenario... yup... boring.
You can do all that with any of the bigger 30s too. Or; back them off a bit and duplicate the 30-06s in every way. It doesn't work the other way around.
Your're funny. In one sentence you are saying the 30/06 is boring, nothing special and ballistics similar to many other cartridges. Then you suggest getting rid of dozens of commercially available cartridges. Having only a handful of cartridges to choose from, now THAT would be boring, LOL!
I suggest you start a thread titled "The one gun hunter for the western hemisphere." Have fun.
