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Wyosmith · February 11, 2011, 10:06 AM

To address the statement "the 30-06 is NOT going to take a Ram Sheep or mountain goat at 400 or more yards" I'd like to point out the fact that the 30-06 was THE standard round used by the US Army and the US Marine corps from 1906 until the 7.62 NATO came out in the mid 50s, and even after that the 06 was used as the standard snipers round until the late 60s. LOTS of shots have been successfully made (some out past 1200 yds) with the 30-06 against the enemies of the USA in all wars from WW1 to Viet Nam with the 30-06 and the 30-06 was the top contender for match shooting at 600 800 and 100 yds for several decades.
So the idea that it’s no good for a sheep at 500 yds would be analogous to saying a 357 magnum is a good police round at 25 yards but it just can't work at 30 yards.

You have not really thought that through have you......

February 11, 2011, 10:06 AM	#63
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	To address the statement "the 30-06 is NOT going to take a Ram Sheep or mountain goat at 400 or more yards" I'd like to point out the fact that the 30-06 was THE standard round used by the US Army and the US Marine corps from 1906 until the 7.62 NATO came out in the mid 50s, and even after that the 06 was used as the standard snipers round until the late 60s. LOTS of shots have been successfully made (some out past 1200 yds) with the 30-06 against the enemies of the USA in all wars from WW1 to Viet Nam with the 30-06 and the 30-06 was the top contender for match shooting at 600 800 and 100 yds for several decades. So the idea that it’s no good for a sheep at 500 yds would be analogous to saying a 357 magnum is a good police round at 25 yards but it just can't work at 30 yards. You have not really thought that through have you......