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B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber
#389706 - 15/02/25 11:49 PM

Does anyone find the following as any surprise? I did not

"What is the Most Popular Caliber in the Records?
If you’ve read this far, it’s only fair that we answer our original question. With 1,216 entries, the .30-06 Springfield is the most popular caliber used on trophies in the Boone and Crockett records."

This is from a Boone & Crockett wedsite
Boone & Crockett

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: LRF]
#389712 - 16/02/25 05:12 AM

No surprise. Currently my favourite.

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DarylS]
#390008 - 27/02/25 06:04 AM

No surprise for me either

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: 458Win]
#390009 - 27/02/25 06:15 AM

I'm not American but have used my .30-06;since just after High School, maybe 1983. I've used it in Austal, NZ, Zimbabwe. I reach for it usually first still. For medium game. Out of several choices. Maybe one or two might one day surplant it.

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: NitroX]
#390015 - 27/02/25 11:43 AM

Good to see you around, Phil.
My love of that 1936 M70 might have weened a little bit with the acquisition of that 6.5x57 with the Swarovski in claw mounts.

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DarylS]
#390016 - 27/02/25 12:06 PM

What's all this fuss about the 30-06, it is just a passing fad

No surprises really.

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DarylS]
#390020 - 27/02/25 02:45 PM

Quote:

Good to see you around, Phil.
My love of that 1936 M70 might have weened a little bit with the acquisition of that 6.5x57 with the Swarovski in claw mounts.

If I ever acquire a M98 classic rifle in 7x57 / .275 Bore , it might become my go to medium game rifle.

Another of Phil's favourites.

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: NitroX]
#390025 - 28/02/25 03:31 AM

There has even been a 30-06 Martini!

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DoubleD]
#390026 - 28/02/25 05:42 AM

DD- I find that quite interesting. Did they use a rimmed case?
I wasn't aware of that.

The '06 is a 60,000 psi(SAAMI) round same as the .280Rem., which is interesting because the .270 on the same case,
is a 65,000psi round and chambered and barreled on exactly the same actions.
This little address has become handy at times. Good narration on pressure as well.
http://kwk.us/pressures.html

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DarylS]
#390037 - 01/03/25 12:40 AM

History has long said the 30-06 Martini used in the 1920 US Olympic shooting team was a Hartman Hammerli Martini in standard 30-06.

I just now found a Video that may change that historical fact to myth-maybe.

https://youtu.be/THoJmUsjBWM?si=5AaUnDPR5Wm4KHGi

Morris Fisher shot the Hartman-Hammerli-Martini so badly, that at the last minute he switched to the 03 Springfield in 30-06 and won the Olympic medal in Free rifle.

I did not find what cartridge Morris Fishers Martini was chambered in. I am going to call the NRA Museum later this morning and see if I can find out.

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DoubleD]
#390052 - 01/03/25 04:54 AM

That was an interesting clip.
The 03 they showed was straight-up military with open sights. Is that what he used? Or, did he use an 03 set up for match shooting with apertures?

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DarylS]
#390077 - 01/03/25 11:57 PM

Watch the video again. at 52 seconds note the rifle Fisher is holding. Aperture sights. Also note the trigger guard.

This rifle appears to be a cut down Springfield.

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DoubleD]
#390092 - 02/03/25 06:16 AM

Yes, you are right - apertures, fore and aft.

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Re: B&C records, no surprise 30-06 #1 caliber [Re: DarylS]
#390239 - 07/03/25 01:11 AM

Here is an series of article on the Hammerli Martini's and its ammunition. Yes, 30-06.

https://archive.org/details/sim_american-rifleman_1928-06_76_6/page/n17/mode/1up

Supports the Lordship of the 30-06 on the range as well as in the field

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