Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine By Craig Boddington, regular contributor, photos courtesy of author The .30-06 is not only the .308’s parent case; it is also the cartridge that the .308 is best compared against. Despite its much shorter case, the .308 offers about 96 percent the performance of the...
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It’s a matter of history that one of the first sporting uses of the .30-06 Springfield cartridge was by Boone and Crockett Club founder, Theodore Roosevelt, on his epic 1909-1910 safari. Except Roosevelt’s famous Springfield wasn’t actually a .30-06! Some time back I actually held that rifle at the Springfield Armory Museum, and the truth is it was chambered to the original 1903 version and never modified; thus, was actually a .30-03!
It’s More Faith Than Equipment—It really isn’t about the equipment, you do the best you can with what you have. Rather, it’s knowing where and how to look, and believing that if you look long enough and hard enough you will see the game you seek.
Best of the Fast .30s? Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine By Craig Boddington, regular contributor, photos courtesy of author This lineup is just a small selection of the fast .30s. Although the .300 Weatherby Magnum is not the fastest, it’s a very fast cartridge that has been a solid performer for...
Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine By Craig Boddington, regular contributor, photos courtesy of author This new Legendary Arms Works .300 Winchester Magnum provided very consistent “minute of angle” accuracy with a variety of loads. INSET: The .300 Winchester Magnum is probably on the light side for...
Boddington's Cartridge Review By Craig Boddington, B&C Professional Member Excerpt from Fall 2014 issue of Fair Chase LEFT: This Ruger No. 1 wasn’t my first .243, but it was my favorite pronghorn/small deer/ varmint rifle for many years, truly a dual-purpose rifle. In 1978 I used it to take...
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