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Has the 30-06 died along with the .308 ???
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<blockquote data-quote="30calyooper" data-source="post: 1925258" data-attributes="member: 107258"><p>Pretty hard to beat the good old '06 for respectable performance without a lot of punishing recoil. Most of us on this website are pretty active shooters so we don't always think about others who for one reason or another are not quite as in tune with handling the real kickers...Over the years it has been my observation that the 300 WinMag is sort of a line in the sand. Lots of men (and nowadays ladies too!) find that recoil up to the 30-06 is manageable, but that next step up takes them right out of their comfort zone.</p><p></p><p>So - is the '06 dead? NO WAY! I have a buddy who kills everything from antelope to moose with his good ole '06. And as far as handloaders are concerned it's still pretty much one of the easiest and most flexible cartridges out there, & great for new handloaders to learn with too. Plentiful components, lots of choices. Definitely all pluses.</p><p></p><p>Enough of my opinions...try 55.0 of good old Win760 powder with a magnum primer in R-P brass behind any 180-grainer you care to pick. Personally I like the 180 Nosler B-Tip for deer and the 180 Accubond for elk...might have to tweak your COAL for the right bullet jump in a particular rifle but generally not much of an issue. Both of these loads seem to print a consistent 1/2 MOA in every bolt gun I've ever run them through, and did the same in a old Rem 760 pump plus a Browning BLR. If your an autoloader fan you might have to tweak it a little more, though one friend's Browning BAR does fine with it. Not a big fan of the sporting autos for longer range shooting but hey everyone gets to make their own choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="30calyooper, post: 1925258, member: 107258"] Pretty hard to beat the good old '06 for respectable performance without a lot of punishing recoil. Most of us on this website are pretty active shooters so we don't always think about others who for one reason or another are not quite as in tune with handling the real kickers...Over the years it has been my observation that the 300 WinMag is sort of a line in the sand. Lots of men (and nowadays ladies too!) find that recoil up to the 30-06 is manageable, but that next step up takes them right out of their comfort zone. So - is the '06 dead? NO WAY! I have a buddy who kills everything from antelope to moose with his good ole '06. And as far as handloaders are concerned it's still pretty much one of the easiest and most flexible cartridges out there, & great for new handloaders to learn with too. Plentiful components, lots of choices. Definitely all pluses. Enough of my opinions...try 55.0 of good old Win760 powder with a magnum primer in R-P brass behind any 180-grainer you care to pick. Personally I like the 180 Nosler B-Tip for deer and the 180 Accubond for elk...might have to tweak your COAL for the right bullet jump in a particular rifle but generally not much of an issue. Both of these loads seem to print a consistent 1/2 MOA in every bolt gun I've ever run them through, and did the same in a old Rem 760 pump plus a Browning BLR. If your an autoloader fan you might have to tweak it a little more, though one friend's Browning BAR does fine with it. Not a big fan of the sporting autos for longer range shooting but hey everyone gets to make their own choices. [/QUOTE]
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