30-06... worth maintaining?

[Sam7sf]

.30-06 is the pinnacle of American exceptionalism. Powerful, elegant, modern. It spent over 50 years turning German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese family trees into wilted shrubbery.

It is a cartridge so perfect, that the only people who hate it are gays and communists. It has no time for metric numbers. This round has killed it all. Armored vehicles? Check. Planes? Done! Dangerous game? Yup. People? Don't get me started.

Be something future generations would be proud of. Shoot .30-06.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

 

[msharley]

Stuff what gets shot with the 06?

Stays shot!

 

[Roscoe]

I have two .30-06 rifles (a Remington 700 and a Winchester model 70). I have @ 500 rounds for them. Usually do most of my big game hunting with a .308, but sometimes just have to take out a .30-06. Too many memories of great times I've had with both rifles.

 

[zackmars]

Most likely they won't even know what it is other than some old fart of a cartridge. The human species is evolving.

Devolving. We are chasing such incremental gains that we now have 2 to 3 cartridges for every possible situation under the sun.

"Oh well this deer is 99.675 yards away so I can't use my 6.6345 creedmorechesthammer, i need to use my 2.4.2.4 WinchestersuperultraXXXfagmagcarry!"

Reject modernity, embrace tradition.

 

[Txdweeb]

I’d sell the others with the ammo buy that garand with ammo then your is dilemma solved, along with a Springfield 1903.

 

[justmax]

You could always turn it into another 308 with a one shot adapter

I have “converted“ five or six .30-06 Guns to 308 with a never problem. At least two, I removed the adapter and put them back to 30-06 in about 15 minutes.

 

[cycleguy2300]

I have “converted“ five or six .30-06 Guns to 308 with a never problem. At least two, I removed the adapter and put them back to 30-06 in about 15 minutes.

You already have a .308, turn it into a 9.3x62...

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[skfullgun]

You already have a .308, turn it into a 9.3x62...

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I’ll bite. I keep hearing about the 9.3 X 62. Is this for American game, or African?

 

[BigRed]

Hey all, going through my annual inventory crisis... I have a single rifle that fires 30-06. I don't have a) much ammo for it and b) reloading dies for it. The last couple of years I've focused more on 308, 300BLK, 270, 243, and 223. I would love to score a Garand but given the price spike over the past 5 years or so, unless someone donates me one, I can't see it happening.

Is there any reason for me to maintain this Remington 700 in 30-06? I already have a 308 that can do 95+% of what it can do, and it's another caliber I could trim out of my stockpile.

If I had infinite money this wouldn't even be a question, but I have many hungry rifles crying for optics...

For $5, I will take it off your hands and save you the stress.

 

[cycleguy2300]

I’ll bite. I keep hearing about the 9.3 X 62. Is this for American game, or African?

Either! But it grew its popularity because it would fit a standard 8mauser length M96 or M98 action so the poor folks innthe African veld could afford a rifle to take anything in Africa without having a nearly custom rifle built to shoot a 375H&H

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[bbbass]

If you're going to change it out, go for big or go home!

.338/06 or .400 Whelen

 

[justmax]

I’ll bite. I keep hearing about the 9.3 X 62. Is this for American game, or African?

I haven't verified it, but i think it was one of Drilling calibers from mid 20th cent europe.

 

[Royalecheese]

Like others have said, go pick up a Garand. The price at the CMP store is currently $800 for a decent rifle, and climbing from there.

I’m not trying to thread-jack, but I made a post about my trip to the Aniston, Alabama store a couple of months back. Have a look. It was the trip of a lifetime for me.

My trip to Mecca

Apologies in advance for the length of this post. Let me start off by saying this post is just a way to put down my thoughts in a semi-coherent way to remember a good time, and maybe plant the seed to influence a few people to take the trip I took. Over the weekend I made a pilgrimage to...

www.texasguntalk.com

 

[Maxmax0341]

Walk into any store that sells ammo, you will find they have 30-06 in stock

 

[mongoose]

.30-06 has taken more game animals than any other caliber in the world. You can also walk into any sporting goods or LGS and find ammo for it. Keep it.

 

[Texasjack]

My belief is that a firearm belongs with someone who loves it. If you are unhappy with a firearm, or simply just never use it because you have other firearms you like better, then you should seriously consider selling it or gifting it to a relative or friend. (Thinking like father to son.) The reason I say this is that sometimes it's hard to part with your guns. If you are anything like me, then for at least some part of your life it was difficult to afford to buy a new gun. They become something you value, even when you no longer really like one of them. You have to remind yourself that someone else may find that to be a really wonderful piece of equipment.

I was in a local gun shop one day and a guy came in with an old .270. He said he inherited if from his grandfather, but he doesn't hunt and he'd moved gun case around too many times. He needed parts for his bike and wanted to sell it. A week later, I was in the same shop and a young man was buying the same rifle. He had a look on his face like a 6 year old does on Christmas morning. He said he'd been wanting a rifle like that for a long time and was overjoyed that he found such a nice one and at a price he could afford. Everyone got what they wanted or needed.

 

[zackmars]

I’d sell the others with the ammo buy that garand with ammo then your is dilemma solved, along with a Springfield 1903.
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M1917 > M1903

 

[oldag]

Most likely they won't even know what it is other than some old fart of a cartridge. The human species is evolving.

Mine will.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Mine will.

I once thought mine would as well.

 

[Txdweeb]

M1917 > M1903

I didn’t know of the M1917 just the 303 tea drinkin model that’s what I’d go with also for a bolt action.