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- The .30-06 Springfield (or "thutty-ought
- six") is a standard bearer with both military and
- civilian histories. From it's roots as the
- 30-03, it emerged in 1906 as a now-familiar round
- that saw the U.S. through 3 wars. Millions of
- Americans have depended on the .30-06 for their
- lives.
-
- Successfully used in rifles as varied as the
- Springfield, M-1 Garand, Browning Automatic
- Rifle, Johnson amd others, the .30-06 was
- effective in the widest variety of battlefield
- conditions. It is still often regarded as the
- best "all-purpose" hunting cartridge (with of
- course "all-purpose" being left up to the reader
- to judge).
-
- The military would find one criticism of the
- round in time (it's size), but from 1906 to 1954
- (when the smaller 7.62mm NATO cartridge was
- adopted), the 30-06 proved itself over and over.
- It's excellent ballistics combined with the
- high-quality of the 1903 Springfield surplus
- actions and cousins have provided sportsmen
- endless hours of converting that "ol' WWI Bolt"
- into the perfect sporter. Even if the
- home-gunsmith job was less than steller, the '06
- always made it worth it in the end.
-