stinkeypete
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I think the answer to the original post is “the factory ammo you can buy at the store kicks like a mule and is overkill for white tailed deer. And most fellas don’t handload.”
Having thinned down my collection, I can tell you that my Grandpa’s Remington Express 30-06 was the rifle I kept. My Grandpa was in WWI, and that’s what he trained on. When he got back, thousands of those rifles were sporterized and could be bought for very low cost.
I sold the Savage (300 savage, goofy fitting stock but pretty) and I do regret selling my 30-30s, which is what I used for big Wisconsin white tails. Even considered “little” I found 30-30 plenty effective in Wisconsin and far less bruising to my shoulder. Grandpa’s ‘06 has a steel butt plate, and by God it’s gonna stay that way. Mostly I hunt deer with handguns.
Handoading, I’ve got 30 cal little 100 grain plinkers you can load for 900 fps, fancy plastic balistic tips that mushroom perfectly at very low velocity so pick your trajectory and kick, and boxes of factory ammo in case of T-Rex invasion or elk or moose.
It’s like a hammer from the gods on Bambi and on your shoulder, unless you hand load.
It’s the grand master of North America hunting.
Let’s face it, no one is going to make a lot of money selling 30-06’s because once you have one, you don’t really need anything else. Unless you go on safari.
You could almost say the same about the 30-30.
Say you have a .22, a Marlin 30-30, a Remington 30-06 a set of loading dies and a Wingmaster 12 gauge. What can’t you hunt? What are factories going to make to give to gun writers so we shell out our cash for the latest and greatest?
I mean, I guess you could put a blue-tooth scope attached to your smart phone and laser range finder so you can order a pizza while shooting 600 yards at Bambi.. meh. I have no interest in that.
In true fact, 30-06 is the last rifle I kept. I overdid it... I need a .22. They make some nice little bolt action .22s these days.
Having thinned down my collection, I can tell you that my Grandpa’s Remington Express 30-06 was the rifle I kept. My Grandpa was in WWI, and that’s what he trained on. When he got back, thousands of those rifles were sporterized and could be bought for very low cost.
I sold the Savage (300 savage, goofy fitting stock but pretty) and I do regret selling my 30-30s, which is what I used for big Wisconsin white tails. Even considered “little” I found 30-30 plenty effective in Wisconsin and far less bruising to my shoulder. Grandpa’s ‘06 has a steel butt plate, and by God it’s gonna stay that way. Mostly I hunt deer with handguns.
Handoading, I’ve got 30 cal little 100 grain plinkers you can load for 900 fps, fancy plastic balistic tips that mushroom perfectly at very low velocity so pick your trajectory and kick, and boxes of factory ammo in case of T-Rex invasion or elk or moose.
It’s like a hammer from the gods on Bambi and on your shoulder, unless you hand load.
It’s the grand master of North America hunting.
Let’s face it, no one is going to make a lot of money selling 30-06’s because once you have one, you don’t really need anything else. Unless you go on safari.
You could almost say the same about the 30-30.
Say you have a .22, a Marlin 30-30, a Remington 30-06 a set of loading dies and a Wingmaster 12 gauge. What can’t you hunt? What are factories going to make to give to gun writers so we shell out our cash for the latest and greatest?
I mean, I guess you could put a blue-tooth scope attached to your smart phone and laser range finder so you can order a pizza while shooting 600 yards at Bambi.. meh. I have no interest in that.
In true fact, 30-06 is the last rifle I kept. I overdid it... I need a .22. They make some nice little bolt action .22s these days.
