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Originally posted by 30.06king:
Andrew,
Are you a Lefty ( for shooting ) ?

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fairgame
posted 13 February 2023 13:33
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Originally posted by 30.06king:
Andrew,
Are you a Lefty ( for shooting ) ?


No and a couple of recent examples

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Originally posted by fairgame:
The first caliber I owned was an FN Mauser and as a youth took numerous Buffalo with the 30-06 and much more. It was a killer and I considered it as a large caliber which it was not but proved to be as deadly.

My second and third rifles were a 9.3x62 and a .375 and to be honest they could not perform any better.

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Originally posted by Jason P:
Thank you for posting this Andrew.

I killed my first Mule Deer buck when I was 16, with my dads Browning Auto 30-06.

I may have related this story before, and I promise that it is true. A few years back Sportsmans Warehouse had 3 (I believe)
new 30-06 Browning A-Bolts for $275 on clearance. This was probably 5 or 6 years back. I asked them why they were so cheap. The Salesman told me that there was not interest in them and everybody wanted the Creedmore. Go figure.

I regret not buying all three of them. Although I shoot a .300 Win, the 30-06 is a great option. I worked great on plains game and everything I have hunted here in the states.

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Originally posted by Jason P:

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Originally posted by drongo:

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Originally posted by Jason P:
Thank you for posting this Andrew.

I killed my first Mule Deer buck when I was 16, with my dads Browning Auto 30-06.

I may have related this story before, and I promise that it is true. A few years back Sportsmans Warehouse had 3 (I believe)
new 30-06 Browning A-Bolts for $275 on clearance. This was probably 5 or 6 years back. I asked them why they were so cheap. The Salesman told me that there was not interest in them and everybody wanted the Creedmore. Go figure.

I regret not buying all three of them. Although I shoot a .300 Win, the 30-06 is a great option. I worked great on plains game and everything I have hunted here in the states.

I don’t understand why people buy a 300 Win. With 180 gr bullets the difference at 300 yards between it and the 30-06 is only a couple of inches. If you need long range performance go Weatherby or RUM. My ‘06 is all I need. Cheaper ammo and lighter rifles.

There is nothing really wrong with your argument. Often shots are a bit more than 300 yards out here. I’ve been around two RUM’s (I know it’s not a great argument), much more recoil, the ammo is almost impossible to find, and from what I remember, is much more in cost than the Win. I have no experience with the Weatherby but I do know that the ammo is high as well.

There’s a bit a difference out to 400-450 (my max) but but I don’t really want to get too much into ballistics as I’ll likely lose.

I’d have no problem taking my 30-06 on any North American hunt but I’m giving that gun to my son. The .300 that I have now will hopefully take me to the end of my go to g career..

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A few years back Sportsmans Warehouse had 3 (I believe)
new 30-06 Browning A-Bolts for $275 on clearance.

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:

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A few years back Sportsmans Warehouse had 3 (I believe)
new 30-06 Browning A-Bolts for $275 on clearance.

Jason: Yes, you SHOULD have bought all three. My son had a similar experience at one of the Walmarts here in Las Vegas, and he came home with 5 beautiful wood stocked Weatherbys in various calibers-none were Weatherby proprietary calibers. Walmart told him that they weren't going to carry or sell those particular types of rifles anymore. Moral to the story: Strike when the iron is hot!

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Originally posted by scruffy:
That beautiful rifle on the left is my partner Phill's
30-06. I also shoot left handed and Old Sir Phill ( the help always called him that in Namibia) always takes his own rifles on safari and they are exquisite works of art. I did not go through the hassle of travelling with my rifles so I used one of his own for the Zambia trip.

Mighty sweet deal for me.

My long ago PH was a game ranger among other doings in Rhodesia. He had a standing order for 16 buffalo a week from a butchery. Sometimes a double order.

Big herds would come out of Wankie and he would parallel the herds - shooting with a 30-06. If he muffed a shot he would take his 458 and sort out the critter.

He shot something like 2,000 buffalo and was only charged 4 or 5 times.

I spent a few days many years ago trying to get a lon with a chap named Lolly Sussens. His back up rifle was a 30-06 with 250 grain bullets. I have never seen such a load since - although I must admit that I have not looked very hard.

Interesting topic .. I love it!

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Originally posted by the Pom:
Andrew's rifles are like his vehicles. Nothing to look at but totally functional.

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Originally posted by fairgame:
The first caliber I owned was an FN Mauser and as a youth took numerous Buffalo with the 30-06 and much more. It was a killer and I considered it as a large caliber which it was not but proved to be as deadly.

My second and third rifles were a 9.3x62 and a .375 and to be honest they could not perform any better.

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Originally posted by surefire7:

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Originally posted by fairgame:
The first caliber I owned was an FN Mauser and as a youth took numerous Buffalo with the 30-06 and much more. It was a killer and I considered it as a large caliber which it was not but proved to be as deadly.

My second and third rifles were a 9.3x62 and a .375 and to be honest they could not perform any better.

Andrew, I am not educated in Crocs very much, but that one in the pic looks like a brute. Is he? Length? His head/body looks, well, ‘round’!

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Originally posted by Norman Conquest:
Beautiful rifles indeed. Many years ago, when my son was about 3, we took him to the Dallas zoo + while walking past the croc area, there was this old one that had his eye on my son the whole way. Scared the hell out of my wife as he just grinned with evil intent.

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Originally posted by Pondoro:
Aha...you would hunt elephant in the jesse with a 30-06..?

Do you have a death wish..?

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Originally posted by JeffreyPhD:
There's lots to be said in favor of the 30-06. Truth be told we only need a couple of rifles. But the '06 is really boring because it just works.

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I've taken a few "light rifles" from .375 to various .300 magnums, but the .30-06 is my current light rifle. And with appropriate solids, it would do it all, not that I would try that. But it certainly works on all plains game.

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Originally posted by lavaca:
I'd have no problem shooting buffalo with a .30-06 if the conditions were perfect. Under those circumstances, I'm sure the buffalo would die nicely. Those conditions seldom present, however.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
I grew up on a far West Texas ranches, began my hunting career in Mexico shootin deer with a22 rifle to feed a fencing crew, then went to the 25-35 win and 30-30 win then a 250-3000 for lots of deer and 4 or 5 elk and one bear..left the ranch out of school and worked on other ranches and purchased a 257 roberts and a 270 and many more..married and guided and got into LE, booked and guided hunts on the side, then full time for many years world wide..Always has a lot of guns and traded, boutght a lot of guns, built gun and ranched..You can cover a lot of ground in 88 years..

Today my go to rifles to hunt with have been the 30-06 mod 70 pre 64 and a fN 98 Mauser 9,3x62..
and some family guns, too many in fact..Any caliber suits me, just change how I hunt depending on caliber..still own the winchesters and the savage..