dh4stretch3

Was reading in a magazine this last weekend that there is going to be a lot of writing about the 30-06 this coming year of 2006 as it is the caliber's 100th birthday upcoming.

Vapodog

yup.....and I suspect it's going to be a grand birthday.....a lot of custom .30-06 rifles made next year.

Call it anything you want....it's the cartridge of the century and likely the next century as well.

heinz57

i had a 30-06 for 30 years loved the calliber ..but sometimes u just have to move on ..i am now the PROUD owner of a 300 wsm ,ps. for this century

FastShootingCarts

100 years and still going strong.

charlie brown

Yeppers...

I am a proud owner of one also. I don't see how it CANNOT be called the cartridge of the century!! It has spawned many of what are now factory cartridges and is what many cartridges are judged against!! I don't plan on getting rid of any of my .30-06's soon!!

Vapodog

It saw us thru two world wars and Korea.....and went on to become the most popular big game cartridge in the world. I'll bet there's 20 million in the United States alone.

DM

My father switched to an 30-06 in the 60's (from a 35 Rem.) and although he's used several other cartridges & calibers over the years, he still loves the 06 best.

Dad is 92 now, almost as old as the cartridge he loves best... He bought his deer liscense the other day, and plans to take another buck this fall...

IMO the 30-06 is the greatest cartridge of all time!!!

Drilling Man

Hunter06FlKy

i'm definately going to have to agree with this. i've always liked the 06 and just bought my first one this year. the 06 my be alomost 100 years old but she's nowhere near her end. as long as people are hunting deer, deer'll be getting killed with an 06 as long as i'm still around.

biscuit jake

Biscuit salutes the Cartridge 30 06. In war and in the field, a grand performer.

naconst

THAT GREAT TO HERE YOUR FATHERS STILL HUNTING AT OVER90 YRS. (DM )
MINES ALMOST 80 AND STILLS GOES OUT
YES THE .06 IS A GREAT CAL.,MINES A RUGER 1