QUESTION about the 30.06
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Olive Branch MS USA
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RE: QUESTION about the 30.06
Like others, I wear protection while testing loads and doing target practice, but when I'm hunting I don't. My .300 Wby is pretty loud, but I really don't notice it while hunting.
#23
Nontypical Buck
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RE: QUESTION about the 30.06
I never bothered wearing hearing protection while hunting but after the results of my last hearing test I may start. I have some hearing loss in me left ear and shoot right handed. May be coincidence but I seriously doubt it.
#24
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Location: Western Nebraska
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RE: QUESTION about the 30.06
99% of your shooting is at a range at targets.....wear hearing protection. While hunting the (usually) single shot you take will not even be noticed without hearing protection. Better to hear what's happening around you than to wear muffs for that one shot.
#26
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RE: QUESTION about the 30.06
I need an argument settled. I own a remington 742 Woodsmaster chambered in 30.06 Springfield. A guy I know from Alabama owns a Winchester 30.06. I say the Springfield rounds are higher velocity and shoot flatter. My friend says that ain't so.
Am I right about this or not?
Am I right about this or not?
#27
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hampstead, Maryland
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RE: QUESTION about the 30.06
It is very important to wear hearing protection at the range, or when engaged in hunting where more then one round is likely to be fired, as in dove shoots or prairie dog shoots. I am 62 and wear hearing aids in both ears. They compensate well, but not like having one's own good hearing. Wearing hearing aids makes a person very aware of needing to protect what hearing is left. A good idea is to get molds made by an audiologist. These fit the ear and seal out sound. Then also wear a good pair of ear muffs to really deaden the crack of your rifle or shotgun. Take it from a half deaf hunter, keeping and protecting your hearing is well worth the effort.
#28
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RE: QUESTION about the 30.06
I need an argument settled. I own a remington 742 Woodsmaster chambered in 30.06 Springfield. A guy I know from Alabama owns a Winchester 30.06. I say the Springfield rounds are higher velocity and shoot flatter. My friend says that ain't so.
Am I right about this or not?
Am I right about this or not?
Drilling Man
#29
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RE: QUESTION about the 30.06
For Steven Ashe, the Reloading Bench website has an interesting piece of history on the grand 30 06. (Biscuit salutes.) But it doesn't address powder development or discrepancies in production runs shipped to depots over the decades. Yes, I think I heard somewhere along the line that pre-1950 springfield ball ammo was hot. Stories start for a reason. But I bet it was manufacturing variance. I would stick to modern rounds in modern rilfes, though. We have better bullets and powders these days. Maybe someone else is a stronger history buff on the .06.
As a supply officer attached to the 3rd Bn 9th Marines in 1975, my battalion was the first to ship without 03 springfield extractors and ejectors in our parts inventory. Tradition dies hard.
As a supply officer attached to the 3rd Bn 9th Marines in 1975, my battalion was the first to ship without 03 springfield extractors and ejectors in our parts inventory. Tradition dies hard.
#30
Join Date: Jun 2004
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RE: QUESTION about the 30.06
You wont notice any noise or recoil when your shooting an 06 at game, unless its ported or something. Noise seems to be more related to the gun than the caliber, the loudest non-ported rifle I have is a 6mm rem, and its louder than my 300win mag by far.