Feed him a 125gr BT at .243 speed if you want somtehing fun or load up a 215gr Hybrid or what ever heavy boy you prefer rolling around at 2650fps for bigger stuf
you forgot it is the grandfather of most "modern" cartridges today.Teddy Roosevelt took the 06 to Africa right after it came out. l think he killed just about EVERYTHING that walked with military ammo. l know most every hunter felt it was more than adequate North America til just about everybody and gun companies caught MAGNUMITIS. lt fought and WON a couple World Wars in the last century along with a bunch of others. Even today its still competitive with just about any other round out to 1000 yards. lts got more PEDIGREE than the rest of the worlds' small military rounds/arms COMBINED. lts the Ford F-150 of the gun world.