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Posted: 5/17/2018 7:51:28 PM EDT
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I’m not totally sure what you’re asking. If you are asking if it’s commonly available for sale on the retail side in both guns and ammo the answer is yes.
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Posted: 5/17/2018 7:56:36 PM EDT
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I don't care for it as a pistol cartridge for conceal carry if that's what you're asking.
It's a fine hunting round with decades of proven use. It's widely available. Guns what shoot it are widely available in nearly every conceivable price and quality point. Seems pretty darn viable to me. |
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Posted: 5/17/2018 8:00:31 PM EDT
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I don't mean to be facetious at all. But who currently uses it? While used is it in decline?
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Posted: 5/17/2018 8:04:50 PM EDT
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I think it will be for decades to come
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Posted: 5/17/2018 8:24:11 PM EDT
[#5]
30-06 will ALWAYS be viable, especially here in the USA.
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Posted: 5/17/2018 8:28:31 PM EDT
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Viable to every .30-06 rifle owner in this country.
While not as popular as it once was... I can't help but imagine all the various 30-06's out there. I suspect there are 10,000's fully functional , effect rifles and hunters that own them. Is it as popular as it once was ? ... No.. there are currently SO MANY different choices available ( that weren't as readily available after WW2 )... I can't imagine the 30-06 new rifle market is very big.... However... .30-06 used to be a big seller in the reloading sphere... as in #1 for a very long time... so clearly there are a lot of perfectly serviceable .30-06's out there. If someone offered me a Garand in .30-06 ... I know I'd buy it... have I bothered to join the CMP and buy one... nope. I do own a 1903 Springfield... but rarely shoot it If all I had was a .30-06... I wouldn't feel under gunned. |
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Posted: 5/17/2018 8:33:49 PM EDT
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I would have to say its a great round and in a rifle like a Noreen Bn36 its been modernized. 20 rounds of 220 gr 30-06 whats going to stand up to that
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Posted: 5/17/2018 9:15:55 PM EDT
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I would have to say its a great round and in a rifle like a Noreen Bn36 its been modernized. 20 rounds of 220 gr 30-06 whats going to stand up to that 
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Posted: 5/17/2018 9:18:33 PM EDT
[#9]
Yes it's still a viable round
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Posted: 5/17/2018 9:22:20 PM EDT
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The guy next to me in a midrange match two weeks ago was shooting a 30-06. He did better than I did. More viable than my 308 I supposed, or at least he out-viabled me...
there aint many problems that cant be fixed with $700 and a 30-06 |
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Posted: 5/17/2018 9:24:41 PM EDT
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The guy next to me in a midrange match two weeks ago was shooting a 30-06. He did better than I did. More viable than my 308 I supposed, or at least he out-viabled me... there aint many problems that cant be fixed with $700 and a 30-06  Your point is well taken.
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Posted: 5/17/2018 9:30:04 PM EDT
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Half the Bubbas I guide for here in SC each fall have an 06. It kills deer dead. So do the guys with 6.5C and ARs with 6.5Gs.
There are SO many choices these days that the 06 is not a popular as it was but it is still the mainstay big game hunting round in the US. It won't go anywhere. To bad, there are MUCH better rounds to hunt with, that kick half as much and are inherently more accurate. |
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Posted: 5/17/2018 9:31:36 PM EDT
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It's a viable hunting round, viable to collectors of historic military firearms and viable to whatever 3rd world soldiers and insurgents who are still using 70 year old equipment.
Is it that new hot round every hunter is looking to go to? No Is it the first choice of a round to replace the 5.56? No Is it still effective and available? Yes Will it be so in 50 years? Yes |
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Posted: 5/17/2018 9:45:33 PM EDT
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Nemo Arms. 300 win mag AR. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I would have to say its a great round and in a rifle like a Noreen Bn36 its been modernized. 20 rounds of 220 gr 30-06 whats going to stand up to that  plus pull 2 pins and swap back out to 30-06 can use the 300 WM mag as well for 10 rds thats versatile. I looked at the nemo but Noreen was more in my price range
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Posted: 5/17/2018 10:14:44 PM EDT
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I misread the question as available on my phone.
Hell yes it’s still viable. As to who used it the answer is 10’s of thousands of people. Would be amazed if it’s not on every ammo manufacturers top ten list. We have a lot of cool new rounds available but the 30/06 can be used to harvest anything that walks in this country. At one point or another it’s probably killed everything that shared the earth with it. |
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Posted: 5/17/2018 10:50:48 PM EDT
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Until NA big game evolves slats of steel or ceramic, I’m sure it’ll still be viable. Even then, I’m sure there’s still some surplus AP floating around.
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Posted: 5/17/2018 11:01:21 PM EDT
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112 years still going strong.
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Posted: 5/17/2018 11:08:10 PM EDT
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Of course it is.
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Posted: 5/17/2018 11:49:32 PM EDT
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I got my first four deer, blacktail's in Alaska, with a .30-06 Sako Finnbear. It was good for bears with the 220 grain projectile.
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Posted: 5/18/2018 12:04:26 AM EDT
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Viable? For hunters and owners of the rifles of our past world wars, damn right it still is.
I've been going back and forth between 243, 7mm/08, 308, or 30.06 for a hunting rifle and the Ruger American will most likely be it. I think that I'll just have to flip a coin between 243 and 308...or 30.06 if arfcom continues to try and hate it too hard 
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Posted: 5/18/2018 12:11:35 AM EDT
[#21]
It remains the best all-around hunting cartridge for NA big game.
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Posted: 5/18/2018 12:23:14 AM EDT
[#22]
I’ve been thinking lately
.308 is great, but 6.5creed is the new hotness, 30-06 is great, why isn’t 6.5-06 another new hotness? Seems like it would be a cool round maybe too short barrel life? Or just to similar to .270? |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 2:21:50 AM EDT
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I’ve been thinking lately .308 is great, but 6.5creed is the new hotness, 30-06 is great, why isn’t 6.5-06 another new hotness? Seems like it would be a cool round maybe too short barrel life? Or just to similar to .270? I remember when 40 and 357 sig was the new muh hotness. Then they went back to a caliber that was invented near the beginning of the last century and predates the 45 ACP. The 9mm holdouts were making the cool kids eat crow and it was glorious. Not every one thinks new is better. |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 2:33:42 AM EDT
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30-06 will ALWAYS be viable, especially here in the USA. |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 6:53:10 AM EDT
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Col. Cooper said the 30-06 can kill anything on the planet.
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Posted: 5/18/2018 8:00:41 AM EDT
[#26]
I think it’s viable. Can kill anything anywhere, especially any North American game. It’s ubiquitous, cheap and available anywhere that sells ammo. Almost any line of sporting rifles is going to be chambered in .30/06.
There are cartridges better suited to certain tasks, but probably few as versatile as an ‘06. It’s probably one of the top “do-all” calibers around. |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 8:18:49 AM EDT
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the 30-06 and 7mm mag are likely the most popular hunting rounds around these parts or at least with most of the people that I know who hunt. it's here to stay. if there's a once popular cartridge that I feel may fade away it's the .270. a lot of the jack o conner followers are getting pretty old and the "new kids" are drinking the 6.5 creedmoor coolaid. it's fate seams grim.
The local gun show still sells 30 cal cans of 150gr ball 30-06 (reman ammo) and people still buy them so that a good sign to me that it's still popular. |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 8:21:55 AM EDT
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I don't mean to be facetious at all. But who currently uses it? While used is it in decline? |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 8:23:48 AM EDT
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If you told me I had to go hunting (non dangerous game) and had one round to make a shot that would be not over 300 yards I would not have to think twice; it would be my Savage in 30-06. I just shoot it the best
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Posted: 5/18/2018 8:32:33 AM EDT
[#30]
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I don't mean to be facetious at all. But who currently uses it? While used is it in decline? FWIW, I don't hunt but I shoot. If I were hunting, I would probably use a different caliber (something somewhat lighter like a .260 or 7mm-08). |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 8:33:47 AM EDT
[#31]
If you're a grown man in North America and can't get it done with a 30-06, quit.
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Posted: 5/18/2018 9:22:10 AM EDT
[#32]
It delivers. Long range. Heavy bullets. Turns cover into concealment better than many calibers. I have several bolt action and semi-auto rifles in that caliber. Until I got my Coupe I used a Dec. 44 SA M1 Garand as my road trip rifle. The most accurate semi-auto .30 caliber rifle I've ever shot.
Recoil? Not nearly as much in an M1 as in an 03 or bolt action hunting rifle. I saw a gun run 32 rounds through his M1 Garand in 60 seconds one day. Kept them on the paper at 25 yds., which would be in the chest of people stupid enough to get that close thinking he was about to run out of ammo. These days I shot the AR15 more, much more, it's cheaper to shoot and in some cases, lighter to carry. |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 9:29:15 AM EDT
[#33]
 worked on commie pigs |
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Posted: 5/18/2018 9:42:20 AM EDT
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Absolutely. As others have mentioned, there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of good .30-06 hunting rifles out there that will still work just fine. A wide selection of readily available ammo with tons of choices. If I were buying a new hunting rifle to cover anything in North America .30-06 would get strong consideration today.
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Posted: 5/18/2018 11:34:34 AM EDT
[#35]
Let's just make this real easy. The answer to your question is YES.
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Posted: 5/18/2018 12:24:53 PM EDT
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In 2018, I think 30-06 actually makes more sense then it did 10 years ago. Today, the 6.5CM has surpassed the .308 in pretty much every way - there is little reason to buy a .308 today. .308 was the main round design to displace the 30-06. But 30-06 fills a power role that 6.5CM can't hit. Combine that with the modern reality that if you use a modern load with more advanced powders than WWII formulations; in a now modern 30-06 rifle (the cheapest of which are now 1 MOA capable with the right ammo) and 30-06 is actually relatively more viable now, than it has been for the prior few decades (just my opinion).
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Posted: 5/18/2018 2:14:09 PM EDT
[#37]
There is still plenty of reasons to buy a 308, the excuses people have these days
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Posted: 5/18/2018 2:37:54 PM EDT
[#38]
AP 30-06. 'nuff said.
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Posted: 5/18/2018 2:43:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/19/2018 12:10:34 AM EDT
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It's viable to me, nothing like launching 210s at 2700 fps from a 22 inch barrel and smacking steel at 1k and beyond...
 
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Posted: 5/19/2018 8:47:10 AM EDT
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Yes it's still a viable round https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/214520/20180122_094346-427978.jpg Me and my Garands (full-size and Mini-G) shoot '06 all the time. Not to mention, one or two hunting rifles. Will always be available, at least in this country, and even in the still-wild and remote places, like Alaska. |
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Posted: 5/19/2018 8:51:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryNow that right there is HUGE '06 hotness, ... I don't care who you are.
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Posted: 5/19/2018 9:44:20 AM EDT
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CMP just got 86,000 M1 Garands back. Course nice to rock this M1918A2.
 Attached FileThen in 05-06' in Balad Iraq I acquired a M1919A6 (minus stock) and some .30 cal AP/API linked. I have no issues using it as Uncle intended back in 1906. As far as I know that gun is still back in 5th SFGA arms room (still US property)  Attached File Attached FileCD |
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Posted: 5/19/2018 10:26:51 AM EDT
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Gad zooks....the more I read , the more this thread shows some cartridges just have "grit" ( ? ) and have so thoroughly proven themselves , in the field ... that I am fairly confident they will be around a long time.
And achieve the same all around "goodness" associated with them. They just flat out are so versatile. .30/06 .45/70 9x19 .44 Mag. .223 / 5.56 I am sure the list is much longer... but ... you can see what I mean. Thank God we live in the USA. For the OP... thanks for reminding us just how viable the .30/06 is. |
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Posted: 5/19/2018 10:34:35 AM EDT
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Absolutely.
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Posted: 5/19/2018 11:20:08 AM EDT
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I have an old 700ADL with the synthetic stock just ugly as all hell but it continues to be my meat gun because it just plain works.
It's also one of my favorite leveragun rounds. It sure as hell is still viable! One on the right: 
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Posted: 5/19/2018 11:26:54 AM EDT
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Your question reminded me of this story......
 Failed To Load Title Yes and it will be till the guns get taken away.... I love the round - just to not like the recoil - so I shoot other calibers like 243 win and 556 - they are just more fun to shoot. Red |
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Posted: 5/19/2018 9:29:38 PM EDT
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There is still plenty of reasons to buy a 308, the excuses people have these days 
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Posted: 5/20/2018 9:51:46 PM EDT
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My Garands think so.
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Posted: 5/20/2018 10:48:37 PM EDT
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I have 5 rifles in 30-06, which is more than I have in .308.
Of course, only 2 of the 06s are semi-auto and limited capacity. The other three are bolt action. My two .308s are modern and have 25 round mags available for them. They are rifles that serve different roles, though. Still viable? Sure. |
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