Hello all. Growing up in the 50's and 60's the shooting world was full of tales of the .264 Win and the 7 Mag. While the .264 grabbed my fancy real quick the 7 Mag. did nothing for me. To this day I have only fired one round of 7 Mag and that thru a friends rifle but let's talk about the old 'o6. The 30/06 was old news,yesteryears caliber, 100 yrs. old and worn out. Now we have the wssm's, the wsm's,the Rumg's (and whatever else) making the old 'o6 as in the same category as a a horse-drawn wagon. I was in the same boat(new was better) but suddenly it came to me-the 'o6 was the cat's meow for 90% of North American game. A variety of bullets,easy to reload and plenty of brass; what's not to like? Let me hear from you if you "found" the 30/06 as I have. Kix
Correction it has taken every species of big game animal on the north american continent that was accomplished in 1924 with a Springfield 03 in 30-06 customized by Griffin & Howe. BTW the 270 did the same fete was repeated by Jack O'Connor.So much for all of the mega magnums in todays market,are they really needed?I was on a forum and mentioned the 30-06 will take anything but the person told me I wouldn't be allowed to hunt big game in Alaska with a 30-06 even though it was the leading rifle used in alaska per the alaskan game dept back several years ago,don't know what's the big favorite now.
