.30/06

All I used for several years. Got two Woodsmasters. Well, I did before the sinkhole accident ate them all.

 

Imagine a M1918 BAR on full auto fired from the shoulder.. Badass.

 

Since Dart spoke about wanting to fire a BAR I've been looking for a place that you can rent one. I'm dying to fire one.

I'll be in vegas in a few months on business and was going to spend a few hours at the gun store. Problem is then when I go and get on my flight home and go through TSA. . . I don't want a $8 an hour, two fisted colonoscopy.

 

I traded for a Ruger M77 .243 about a month ago and still haven't had a chance to fire it. Biggest bore rifle I've ever owned is a .30-.30. What kind of kick does a .243 have?

 

Just purchased 600 rounds of some '68 Lake City already clipped.

 

Just about none. It's what I hunted with when I was 14.

 

i had the same rifle and love it. not much kick at all, flat shooting round, great for varmints and smaller game. i took a 175 pound wild pig with mine at 190 yards (laser rangefinder verified) and it was a nice clean kill.

i would still love it if that band of gypsies hadnt cleaned me out of all my firearms.

 

The deer you're hunting riding around in M3 half track?

 

I have some time behind a BAR. Between the gas op and the heft, (15ish lbs?) the recoil is fairly soft.

 

bmw makes that?

 

Fired hundreds of rounds out of a 30-06. Compared to a lot of the magnum rounds recoil is not that bad. 30-06 was the standard military caliber of the US Army and was used in World War I, World War II and Korea. It was replaced by the M14 in 7.62 NATO which is referred to as the .308 Winchester. We did this to standardize ammo with NATO countries and also that the 308 functions better in machine gun because the case is significantly shorter than the 30-06. The .270 is a 30-06 case knecked down to .277. The .243 is a .308 case knecked to .243. It has minimal recoil.

 

Yup. Although the CMP offers the Garand in .308 as well.

 

I deer hunt with a 30-06.....I've shot 5 rounds in the last 5 years...killed 5 deer. I don't even bother sighting it in.....save a lot in ammo costs. I will admit that it is overkill.

I shot my 10 point through the heart. The entrance and exit wounds were tiny. When I gutted the deer and removed the heart, the hydraulic shock to the heart muscle was amazing....there was a golf ball size chunk missing.

 

I need to go out and shoot mine again. Too much fun.

 

I'd rather shoot a steel butt-plate 30-06 Garand than a .308 bolt rifle.
There's definitely something to be said about designs from the way back when.
A Garand is truly a fine piece.