30-06 Jack of all trades, Master of None.
10-16-2006 | 09:31 AM
#31
Typical Buck
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From: Florida
RE: 30-06 Jack of all trades, Master of None.
ORIGINAL: game4lunch
Out west here, you may be hunting in what WE call a remote area. Like around Hulett, or Ten Sleep, or Centennialand you discover you left your ammo on the kitchen table!
(Hasn't happened to me, but I know a guy . . .)
It is then and there that you are glad you chose a 30-06, or 7mm Mag, or even the 30-30 because that might be the only ammo the local "sporting goods store" carries. For me at least, that is a major consideration.
No the balistics don't match up to some of the more modern lazer beam flat rounds of today, but the .06 is powerfull enough for any North American big game and still comparitivly easy on the shoulder. Still a huge favorite out west where what you shoot is almost as important as where you shoot. (Don't show up with too little gun!)
Out west here, you may be hunting in what WE call a remote area. Like around Hulett, or Ten Sleep, or Centennialand you discover you left your ammo on the kitchen table!
(Hasn't happened to me, but I know a guy . . .)
It is then and there that you are glad you chose a 30-06, or 7mm Mag, or even the 30-30 because that might be the only ammo the local "sporting goods store" carries. For me at least, that is a major consideration.
No the balistics don't match up to some of the more modern lazer beam flat rounds of today, but the .06 is powerfull enough for any North American big game and still comparitivly easy on the shoulder. Still a huge favorite out west where what you shoot is almost as important as where you shoot. (Don't show up with too little gun!)
10-16-2006 | 10:55 AM
#32
Boone & Crockett
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From: The Republic of Texas
RE: 30-06 Jack of all trades, Master of None.
ORIGINAL: Garminator
It's been around longer than most of us and has stood the test of time.....numbers don't lie
It's been around longer than most of us and has stood the test of time.....numbers don't lie
10-16-2006 | 01:08 PM
#33
Nontypical Buck
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From: Tennessee
RE: 30-06 Jack of all trades, Master of None.
Actually, the 30-06 is exactly (approximately exactly) 100 years old.
The only reason the "06" follows the "30" is because the
30-06 Springfieldbecame the official ammo of the U.S. Army in 1906.
I guess that's the same case with the 25-06.
The only reason the "06" follows the "30" is because the
30-06 Springfieldbecame the official ammo of the U.S. Army in 1906.
I guess that's the same case with the 25-06.
10-16-2006 | 01:25 PM
#34
Boone & Crockett
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From: The Republic of Texas
RE: 30-06 Jack of all trades, Master of None.
I knew that. I said 101 years because that's how old someone would have to be to have been around longer than the .30-06.
The reason the .25-06 is an "06" is because it is a necked down .30-06. It's not because it was developed/adopted or whateverin 1906.
The reason the .25-06 is an "06" is because it is a necked down .30-06. It's not because it was developed/adopted or whateverin 1906.
