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Where I live, Blacktail dinks at under 150 yds are what I hunt, too much meat damage with full house loads, so I like the old M-72 GI match load (or Fed GM Match, same-o)...165 gr or 180 plain base of any make, 48 to 50 grs of IMR 4895 depending on brass capacity...gives around 2650, 1 moa in many rifles, minimal meat loss. I've been using the ones I've got for a long time with a handload of 30 grains of 4198 or RL 7. With a 150 grain bullet, and a scope with hash marks, It has plenty of killing power left at 300 yds. Charge within the 30/30 range, but in a bolt action it kicks much less than a Model 94 in 30/30. Have let kids in Scouts load them, with my supervision.. and most kids from 12 years old and up have no problem handling the load. Kicks like a 243 or so. Really don't need full power loads in one for most of my hunting needs... right bullet and your good to go. I personally like 150 gr Ballistic Tip, or 150 grain Hornady SPs. What velocity is that load? 2400 fps MV Mike... 300 Savage Equivalent.
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I firmly believe the 30-06 will cover the hunt for just about 96% of big game,, worldwide!
Its not always easy to do the right thing, But it is always the right thing to do.
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I thought everyone had at least one 30-06!
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I have one. A Ruger Hawkeye left handed stainless steel with a gray laminated stock. It has a brushed aluminum Leupold Vari-X III 3.5-10 scope on top. I haven’t shot anything but paper with it though.
Ron
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i'm down to one, early war Arisaka Type 99 with an old aperture sight in '06. a couple of years ago, i went to the auction and paid about $100-120 for it. i took it home, cleaned her up and now she sits in my safe. i have never fired it. oh, i have my dad's (RIP) Remington m760 in '06 too. [img] https://i.imgur.com/U3EDdTV.jpg?1[/img] i used to have Remington m700 A, B and CDL and a Savage m116 in '06. i killed a dump truck of deer. 180gr Remington RN factory ammo was used. my dad had a crap pile of ammo and now it is mine. most of my deer were felled by factory ammo, but 150 - 220gr Hornady, Speer and Seirra were sometimes used. when i sold the Savage years ago, i did not have the '06. i had a TC Venture (sold) in 25-06 and my 1973 Ruger #1 in 270 Winchester, which i killed a truck load with the 270. i like my 1972 Winchester m94 in 35/30-30 and my Husqvarna m46 in 9.3x57 better than the '06. but if it came down to only one rifle, it would be '06.
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It's funny, as a kid growing up reading the magazines I thought there were better choices. As a lefty my options for a bolt rifle were very limited and I hated that the bolt rifles in that era were only offered in 30-06, 7mm Mag and 270. This was the late 70s early 80s. Fast forward to 2019 and I found a Model 70 left hand 30-06 at a local gun store. I looked at it 4 times before finally buying it. I love that gun cartridge combo. I actually found an old box of Winchester silver tip bullets and loaded up some and shot 2 mule deer with it last season (the first mule deer I've shot in 38 years).
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