Thread: 30 06

Above are my brothers shooting some long range plates with my 1903 30-06.
60 grains of AR2209 pushes a 150 gr boatail out of this rifle at 3000 fps.

Good cartridge that will deal to anything in NZ. Generally feeds quite nicely too, being long and tapered/small neck.

More versatile than .270 due to bullet choice.
Recoil can be hard but anything can be gotten used to with practise or a suppressor.

Popular too, pretty much any sports shop will usually have a packet of rounds on the shelf.

So yeah I'm a fan.


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Nice old rifle

I had a Vanguard in BC stock and thought it was softer shooting that the Vanguard 308 in plastic stock
Think the cheek piece was key.
Only sold it because I picked up a MKV in 270
I like the 30-06

Only other 06 I have is a M1 Garand

Originally Posted by Tahr

Owen, that eccentric wharfie chap from Dunedin claims to know a bit about them. I'm surprised he hasn't turned up already.

Yes, may well have to give him an email Bruce,.
Someone else mentioned an article, I did sugest to him awhile back that we do a joint on the Win and Bdl.
Not sure if he was fussed on the accuracy part [that should get him going].

Originally Posted by GravelBen

I don't have a 30-06. I don't shoot anything that needs a bullet over 150gr, and using a 30-06 over a 308 for 150gr is pretty pointless - long action and a lot of extra bang for what, 80fps.

Nothing against people who do use them though, whatever floats your boat. If I was buying a new deer rifle these days I'd probably go for something 6.5 or 7mm anyway.

Not too sure about your figures GB, pretty sure i can handload my 06 to damn near 3k or at leat 2950 with a 150gr, whereas i could just touch 2720 ish with my 308. not knocking the 308,the threads about the 06.
factory 2920 xp win with the 06, but who knows about my chrony

Originally Posted by jakewire

Well. I cannot see no reason, based on the replies, why everybody just dosen' t have a 30 06 .
Tikka make one don't they?

Need some mouthwash there JW? Next you'll be buying it from a h&f store.

Had one, it was the rifle that dropped the bullets on top of the ground at Tussocks place at the 1000 yard plate 20 feet short of it. It's now the 6.5/06 I still haven't got around to shooting.

A cursory glance at my reloading manual indicates that you may have confused max loads with starting loads, to only get 2720 with a 150 from .308

Well you'd do best to try in the real world.
A cursory glance at my proven data says with 46.7gr of 2208 produces groups in the 1/3 range for 3 shots at a average out of a 22' barrel at 2720.

Originally Posted by jakewire

Well you'd do best to try in the real world.
A cursory glance at my proven data says with 46.7gr of 2208 produces groups in the 1/3 range for 3 shots at a average out of a 22' barrel at 2720.

I thought you must have cut it in half like everyone seems to do

My old one liked 168s at 2750fps.

I would have got some 3006 dies and had a play with the old mans one but it shoots blue box fed really well and he only uses probably 3rounds a year these days.

Anyone played with 130 Barnes in a 06 or 06ai ?
3300-3400fps ?

Originally Posted by FRST

Above are my brothers shooting some long range plates with my 1903 30-06.

HSF! Is that a real, actual, genuine Unertl 8x minus it's recoil spring on an 03A1?

I agree with VC, recoil is much more about rifle weight, projectile weight and stock design, than caliber specifically. I have rifles that were painful to shoot, once they have a limbsaver on, no worries...

It is also a bit of a "cultural" thing. Where I grew up your first gun is a 22, my second was a 303 or 308 (early teens), and then 30-06 when you are "grown up"...

Originally Posted by jakewire

Not too sure about your figures GB, pretty sure i can handload my 06 to damn near 3k or at leat 2950 with a 150gr, whereas i could just touch 2720 ish with my 308. not knocking the 308,the threads about the 06.
factory 2920 xp win with the 06, but who knows about my chrony

That was just from 5 minutes looking up Hornady and Winchester factory figures.

Best group at 200m yet.
150 gn sierra game king at 2750fps
MARK

Good thing it was a target and not a deer...would have knee capped the fucker.

yep,it was quite a difference in elevation between 150s and 180s.I need to push the 180s faster but its about the best I can get with 2208(2580fps),any more and the groups start opening up
MARK