Buying First Medium Bore Rifle -Advice needed

21 May 2008, 02:20

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Originally posted by Jon Beutler:
This may have been the case some 40 years ago, but I have never seen it. My whole family is ex-military and not one '06 in the mix. I think my grandpa had one, but I cant even remember seeing it. Of the 20 or so people that I have hunted with in the last 10 years not one '06 in camp.

There is no doubt that this is a good caliber, but dont make your decision on what extra bullets your hunting partner may have in the trunk of his car. If that is the case, the day you forget your bullets just happens to be the day that your buddy brings his pappys 30-40 lever for old times sakes.

Well I hunt with the same 5-6 guys just about every year.
There are 3 or 4 30-'06 rifles every time we go out.

I read in a gun mag a while back that the 30-'06 still is the number one best selling cartridge among the leading ammo manufacturers, and it is in the top 3 in reloading dies sales.

something like this:

30-'06 20th Century's Top Cartridge