[jeddavis]

On the off chance you or anybody you know should ever set out to try to hunt with a Garand rifle... there’s something you need to know. The 30-06 cartridge was made for the kinds of smokeless powders in use in 1905 or thereabouts while a 30-06 loaded with modern powder is going to be somewhere between a 308 (which has identical ballistics to the military 06 rounds with a much smaller case) and a 300 WM. That won’t hurt a modern bolt action rifle but Garand rifle won’t survive it.

[mountainlyons]

Thousands of people are using 30-06 with modern ammo and have no problem. The 30-06 was an early high pressure cartridge and was not really designed for black powder. NRA has many matches that use M1 Grand and modern 30-06 ammo with no problems with thousands of rounds fired. The M1 Garand is safe still. 30-40 Craig is safe with modern powders. 30-30 is safe with modern powders. The 30-06 has about 20% more power than the 308.