{"id":15519,"date":"2019-03-29T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=15519"},"modified":"2019-03-29T16:04:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:04:30","slug":"welcome-to-the-age-of-30-06-irrelevance-the-death-of-the-30-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/welcome-to-the-age-of-30-06-irrelevance-the-death-of-the-30-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the age of .30-06 irrelevance &#8211; The Death of the 30-06"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once considered the rifle cartridge by which all others were judged, the 30-06 has been dethroned as the most popular rifle cartridge in America. 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