30-06 the everything cartridge...
12-23-2006, 01:35 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan
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RE: 30-06 the everything cartridge...
ORIGINAL: Chantecler111
You need a .338 Win Mag, my friend.
ORIGINAL: 8mm/06
I think it is one of the best choices for a "nearly everything" rifle cartridge. But the smaller stuff (smaller than little deer and big coyotes) and the bigger stuff (bigger than medium/small elk) are best left to other cartridges. I'm not saying that the 30/06 shouldn't be used for the smaller and bigger stuff....but its certainly not the best choice in the extremes of smaller and larger.
I constantly mull over what it would take to have the fewest but most versatile # of rifles in my cabinet. The 30/06 would be amoung them that is for sure. I have the smaller stuff covered with my .243 and my 6.5's, and the middle to larger medium stuff is covered with my 30/06 and my 8mm/06, ... but I seriously lack the punch of larger calibers and more powerful cartridges in my cabinets. That is why I keep trying to narrow my choices for at least one more cartridge....perhaps a .375 H&H, perhaps a 9.3 X 74R ........choices choices choices
I think it is one of the best choices for a "nearly everything" rifle cartridge. But the smaller stuff (smaller than little deer and big coyotes) and the bigger stuff (bigger than medium/small elk) are best left to other cartridges. I'm not saying that the 30/06 shouldn't be used for the smaller and bigger stuff....but its certainly not the best choice in the extremes of smaller and larger.
I constantly mull over what it would take to have the fewest but most versatile # of rifles in my cabinet. The 30/06 would be amoung them that is for sure. I have the smaller stuff covered with my .243 and my 6.5's, and the middle to larger medium stuff is covered with my 30/06 and my 8mm/06, ... but I seriously lack the punch of larger calibers and more powerful cartridges in my cabinets. That is why I keep trying to narrow my choices for at least one more cartridge....perhaps a .375 H&H, perhaps a 9.3 X 74R ........choices choices choices
12-23-2006, 01:46 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
RE: 30-06 the everything cartridge...
"Jack of all but master of none". I'd take a 7mm rem mag or 280 rem over a 3006 any day of the week. IfI just had to have a .308 cal bullet the 300 is where I'd hang my hat on.
Will it work most certainly, just not a cartridge I grew a liking too or felt the needI just had tohave.
Will it work most certainly, just not a cartridge I grew a liking too or felt the needI just had tohave.
12-23-2006, 04:28 PM
#13
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 1,673
RE: 30-06 the everything cartridge...
ORIGINAL: 8mm/06
Yep ... that's another of the many fine cartridges I'm kicking around as a possible choice..
ORIGINAL: Chantecler111
You need a .338 Win Mag, my friend.
ORIGINAL: 8mm/06
I think it is one of the best choices for a "nearly everything" rifle cartridge. But the smaller stuff (smaller than little deer and big coyotes) and the bigger stuff (bigger than medium/small elk) are best left to other cartridges. I'm not saying that the 30/06 shouldn't be used for the smaller and bigger stuff....but its certainly not the best choice in the extremes of smaller and larger.
I constantly mull over what it would take to have the fewest but most versatile # of rifles in my cabinet. The 30/06 would be amoung them that is for sure. I have the smaller stuff covered with my .243 and my 6.5's, and the middle to larger medium stuff is covered with my 30/06 and my 8mm/06, ... but I seriously lack the punch of larger calibers and more powerful cartridges in my cabinets. That is why I keep trying to narrow my choices for at least one more cartridge....perhaps a .375 H&H, perhaps a 9.3 X 74R ........choices choices choices
I think it is one of the best choices for a "nearly everything" rifle cartridge. But the smaller stuff (smaller than little deer and big coyotes) and the bigger stuff (bigger than medium/small elk) are best left to other cartridges. I'm not saying that the 30/06 shouldn't be used for the smaller and bigger stuff....but its certainly not the best choice in the extremes of smaller and larger.
I constantly mull over what it would take to have the fewest but most versatile # of rifles in my cabinet. The 30/06 would be amoung them that is for sure. I have the smaller stuff covered with my .243 and my 6.5's, and the middle to larger medium stuff is covered with my 30/06 and my 8mm/06, ... but I seriously lack the punch of larger calibers and more powerful cartridges in my cabinets. That is why I keep trying to narrow my choices for at least one more cartridge....perhaps a .375 H&H, perhaps a 9.3 X 74R ........choices choices choices
12-23-2006, 05:02 PM
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Lanark county, Ontario
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RE: 30-06 the everything cartridge...
ORIGINAL: Chantecler111
Anytime, mallard, if you need anymore senseless babbling, about how good my gun shoots at such and such distance, give me a holler.
Anytime, mallard, if you need anymore senseless babbling, about how good my gun shoots at such and such distance, give me a holler.
I love how when people ask about a calibre and everyone start on the best calibre.
12-23-2006, 05:07 PM
#17
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NW Arkansas
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RE: 30-06 the everything cartridge...
ORIGINAL: mallard stalker
ok I love how when people ask about a calibre and everyone start on the best calibre.
ORIGINAL: Chantecler111
Anytime, mallard, if you need anymore senseless babbling, about how good my gun shoots at such and such distance, give me a holler.
Anytime, mallard, if you need anymore senseless babbling, about how good my gun shoots at such and such distance, give me a holler.
I love how when people ask about a calibre and everyone start on the best calibre.
12-23-2006, 06:33 PM
#18
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RE: 30-06 the everything cartridge...
30-06 would be a great cartridge for all the game you listed... you could also buy accelerator ammuntion and shoot varmints with it, load it with 165 graners and your ready for 90% of north american game, load it with a 220 grn. round nose and id be temted to take on anythin other that the most dangerous of game in africa
12-23-2006, 09:40 PM
#19
Boone & Crockett
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RE: 30-06 the everything cartridge...
Out to 300 yards, it capable of taking all NA game animals. Its done it countless 100's of times. Deer and other medium game you can tack on another 100 yards if your capable, the rifle is too. Bullets heavier than 180 grains are seldom needed. For the big bears, maybe the 200 grain NP.
12-23-2006, 09:41 PM
#20
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RE: 30-06 the everything cartridge...
ORIGINAL: James B
Out to 300 yards, it capable of taking all NA game animals. Its done it countless 100's of times. Deer and other medium game you can tack on another 100 yards if your capable, the rifle is too. Bullets heavier than 180 grains are seldom needed. For the big bears, maybe the 200 grain NP.
Out to 300 yards, it capable of taking all NA game animals. Its done it countless 100's of times. Deer and other medium game you can tack on another 100 yards if your capable, the rifle is too. Bullets heavier than 180 grains are seldom needed. For the big bears, maybe the 200 grain NP.