RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
I will weigh in here. I have built two rifles for what hunting I may do in my later years. I have no interest in sitting in a tree over bait, but still hunt or walk the ridges. Both are 7 X 57 and on 1903 Springfield actions; one an iron sighted 26 inch for still hunting the black timber or pulp mill plantations. It uses the 175 grain bullet at 2250 f/s and will shoot through anything I find. The other is a 1903 Springfield with a medium 24 inch barrel and Leupold 6X and a 130 grain bullet. It will hit 2800 f/s over the Chrony with H4350 and less than 50,000 CUP. And that is better than my partner's pre-64 Winchester Model 70 with current production 270 ammo. It will shoot 3.5 inch groups at 250 yards, as far as I'm going to shoot anything.
I'm not going to be able to shoot bears, or moose or go to Africa. So I don't really need my 30/06 180 grain bullet loads anymore. There was a guy who wrote a book about 1970 who shot not only the Big Five with the 30/06 but had several world records and piles of dead animals. If Jeff Cooper shot his brown bears and grizzlies with a 30/06 and 220 grain bullets and was complete satisfied, who am I to question that record?
I'm not going to be able to shoot bears, or moose or go to Africa. So I don't really need my 30/06 180 grain bullet loads anymore. There was a guy who wrote a book about 1970 who shot not only the Big Five with the 30/06 but had several world records and piles of dead animals. If Jeff Cooper shot his brown bears and grizzlies with a 30/06 and 220 grain bullets and was complete satisfied, who am I to question that record?