30-06 anybody?

[quadrafire]

Does anybody still use them. I haven't read a post in quite some time with a good 'ol 30-06 doin the killin. Seems like its all the .300 mags 7mm mags and higher

[Curly]

Try reading this post.

Or this one.

[quadrafire]

Guess I'd better start reading more But still. come on there has to be a gazillion of them out there.

[CP]

I punch holes in paper with mine.  I haven’t killed anything with it in years.

[Buckmark]

I have a win mod 70 in 06 that goes along as the extra rifle all the time, its taken a far share of animals over the years.

[Hornseeker]

Its all I use Quad... Bought my first one when I was 14.... Got my 2nd at 28 or so... THere isn't a shot or a game animal around that I cant make with it just as well as any other caliber available...

(OK, OK... I do think it would be nice to have a 300 Ultra with Barnes 200 Grain TSX so I can shoot from ass to heart on an elk if needed....)

Anyhow...I LOVE 06's and dont see myself going away from them anytime soon.

[wastickslinger]

Yep best gun ever. They should have never invented magnums cause the 30-06 will outshoot everything on the market. 

[Hornseeker]

By the way, before the o6' I just used a 30-30 model 94 for my first 6 or 8 bears and a few deer.... (actually all my bears except one have been with the 30-30)...

So... more info. I now shoot a Browning A-Bolt, I shoot 168 grain Barnes TSX's in front of 59.5 grains of H4831 SC...

[Special T]

I love the 06 because you can shoot everything from CMP ball ammo at 35C a round up to some swank hi end factory or bad ass reloads... I kelled a nice elk with the trophy bonded bearclaw and many yotes with the ball ammo... Also a couple with the Trophy bonded, but there wan't much left...    I'm a lefty so in a bolt action your choices were limited... My cousin has a browning lever action in 06 that he likes pretty well...   He's killed a few yotes with it as well.

[J Snow73]

I have and use on occasion for tromping in the thick stuff an old Remington Woodstalker ( i think its called) semi-auto. It's well used so I don't feel bad when in the thick stuff and it is shorter than my .270WSM and not as heavy as the .338 mag And it shoots awesome

[rasbo]

I use a 721 Remington that's just awesome..I don't need a magnum.Its really all the gun a person needs with its versatility

[GUHunter]

Killed my first deer last year with a Remington 721 in 30-06. Great Cartridge.

[quadrafire]

Rasbo
I had a 721 30-06, my fist deer gun, bought it on payments with trapping money when I was kid.
Wish I hadn't sold it.

[kramman]

picked up my o6 for the 1st time in years this year and promptly went out and shot a 2x2 b-tail what a great weapon

[rasbo]

Rasbo
I had a 721 30-06, my fist deer gun, bought it on payments with trapping money when I was kid.
Wish I hadn't sold it.

A womans husband killed himself with this gun,I bought from her in the late 70s,its a tack driver, oh 70 bucks for the gun.I wish it had a dump for the bullets..thats cool ya bought it with trapping money..