30-06 or .308 for deer?

[Combs25]

What’s your preference?

 

[churchmouse]

What’s your preference?

Whats yours....?????

2 posts since joining and both are less than a sentence added together.
Just saying we like to see a bit more from you at 1st.
Thanks for starting discussions.....

 

[Combs25]

Whats yours....?????

2 posts since joining and both are less than a sentence added together.
Just saying we like to see a bit more from you at 1st.
Thanks for starting discussions.....

I have shot both and really can’t decide. Hard to beat a 30-06

 

[churchmouse]

I have shot both and really can’t decide. Hard to beat a 30-06

Not much will; beat the well rounded 06

 

[patience0830]

I voted for .308 but really, .243 would be my choice.

 

[wcd]

Will be the odd ball, but I have had good results with my Mini 30.

 

[BigRed]

These debates are so much better when sitting around a campfire....with a couple of venison hanging from a tree after a harvest with an old Winchester 1894 in 30-30

 

[DadSmith]

If you reload the 30-06 and have a modern rifle you can get some powerful loads with it where the 308 is limited in that respect. I'm set up for 308 so that is what I go with. The 06 is an amazing cartridge and has a lot of potential if using hand loads and a modern rifle that can handle the pressure.

 

[churchmouse]

My Rem 700 on 06 is a beast to hold onto.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

What’s your preference?

There are a bit too many variables here.
What scenario are you chasing?

Pack/field hunt? Stationary? Topography/distance?

The job dictates the tool.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

... sitting around a campfire...30-30

If you haven't already, you'll hear "be like red"
He's right here you know.

 

[Lee11b]

6.5 Creedmore....plenty of get up and go, BUT a sweetie to your shoulder. Before the China flue, Wal-Mart was stocking 4 varieties and all were pretty reasonable. A few years ago, I said I didn't need another caliber. I had both 30-06 and 308. Then Buck (God rest his soul) the "wild cat" reloader of Tippy Lake, said try this and it wasn't some exotic "skunk works" caliber I had never heard of.
I fired 5 shots out of a Begara 6.5 Creedmore......I was hooked!!!!

 

[BigRed]

There are a bit too many variables here.
What scenario are you chasing?

Pack/field hunt? Stationary? Topography/distance?

The job dictates the tool.

Any stories about your favorite hunt?

 

[BigRed]

If you haven't already, you'll hear "be like red"
He's right here you know.

Equaly pleased to say Hello or ***.

 

[Magyars]

Havng owned both and taken a fair share of game With them... Finally settled for the 06.
For deer, there isn't enough difference to worry about.

 

[gregr]

.30-06 because that`s what I have. But having that .30-06 was a conscious decision.

 

[fullauto 45]

I actually take both. I have a 740 in 30.06 that I use in the woods or tighter areas. I also have a RRA LAR-8 I use in the open fields for long range.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Any stories about your favorite hunt?

Not particularly. Each time I go out is my new favorite time. Simply because I'm there.

 

[Robert Richardson]

Either or. I'm a .308 fan myself, with hand loads it will do about anything the 06 will do.

 

[teddy12b]

I've shot deer with both. Anymore I usually grab the 308 but that's more about the features of the gun than the caliber.