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Picher · March 25, 2018, 03:54 AM

When a teen/young adult, we used 125 grain Sierras in our .30-06 rifles almost exclusively for woodchuck and crow hunting. A moderate load of IMR 4064 proved very accurate in both Win 70's and Savage 110.

The only centerfire bolt guns we owned back in the 1960's were '06s, bought for deer hunting, but we hunted woodchucks for good spring-summer practice at field shooting. Fortunately, we were very safe hunters/shooters and never fired in a direction where ricochets could have endangered people.

My self-accurized Savage, in a Bishop stock would group under 3/4 minute with a 2.5X Weaver and killed chucks over 400 yards. I was big and fairly muscular, so recoil wasn't a problem. I don't think I'd enjoy shooting prone with an '06 these days.

March 25, 2018, 03:54 AM	#30
Picher Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 3,694	When a teen/young adult, we used 125 grain Sierras in our .30-06 rifles almost exclusively for woodchuck and crow hunting. A moderate load of IMR 4064 proved very accurate in both Win 70's and Savage 110. The only centerfire bolt guns we owned back in the 1960's were '06s, bought for deer hunting, but we hunted woodchucks for good spring-summer practice at field shooting. Fortunately, we were very safe hunters/shooters and never fired in a direction where ricochets could have endangered people. My self-accurized Savage, in a Bishop stock would group under 3/4 minute with a 2.5X Weaver and killed chucks over 400 yards. I was big and fairly muscular, so recoil wasn't a problem. I don't think I'd enjoy shooting prone with an '06 these days.