Hi guys, having some thoughts on where I hunted deer most of my life and the caliber rifles I've used over the years. I've hunted with everything from a .243 to a 45-70 in N.E. Pa. and I keep coming back to the 30-06. Anybody have comments or thoughts on that?
30-06 for N.E. Pa.
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I've been an 06 fan for 40 years. Just had one built this spring on a Remington 700 with a 25" Bartlein barrel. If I'm afield here in PA there is an excellent chance I'm going to be toting an otter6.
roninflag, Just give me a holler sometime. We'll hunt some PA whitetails should you decide to make the trip.
roninflag, Just give me a holler sometime. We'll hunt some PA whitetails should you decide to make the trip.
Jerry M
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Remington pump in .30-06 is the quintessential PA deer rifle.
HARPERC
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Probably still as good an all round utility cartridge as there is.
Get one in a platform that meets your needs, and go hunting.
How you decide to package it, has more stressful choices than chambering it to 30-06.
Get one in a platform that meets your needs, and go hunting.
How you decide to package it, has more stressful choices than chambering it to 30-06.
gohring3006
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I just wonder how many deer have fell to a 180 cor-loct and the '06...
Joel Russo
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AKA the 760 Meatmaster..
AKA.."Amish Automatic" Rem 760/7600 30-06. More people percapita use a 30-06 pump or a 30/30 in Pa than any other state in the republic. I live in and hunt NE Pa. I currently use a cut down Rem 700 .308 in the pines/redbrush & a .270 in the Allegheny National forest based on terrain, but have owned every calibur from .222 to 350 mag. Just like women I tried em all before I picked one.
My first rifle was a Model 336 Marlin 35 rem. Hunted all over Wayne and Pike county Pa. with it and shot ground hogs in the summer and deer in the winter. Then I graduated to the 30-06, and never have been without a 30-06 or 2 or 3 since. And, yep, 180 gr. core-lokts was the bullet of choice back then.
TeachersPet
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Growing up on a farm in Central Pa, you started with a 30-30 or 32 then you moved into a 760 in 06. Awesome carry gun light quick
The Oregonian
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I just bought a custom in 30-06...my goal was 500 and in on game with mostly deer, but an occasional elk or antelope, and at the time, I didn't reload so factory ammo was a consideration. I am very happy with mine and doubt I would change anything, even thou I now hand load.
Yep, the 30-30 or 32 Winchesters were probably more common when I first started hunting than any thing else in N.E. Pa.. But a few of us had the 35 Rem. in a Marlin or the Remington 760 Slay Master. Also popular was the 300 Savage and some cut down customized military rifles. A lot of fellas still hunt with them old rifles and put meat on the table every year. When Remington came out with the 760 in the 30-06 and fellas seen what a accurate, fast and handy rifle it was that kind of changed things in Pa.
