Haven't been posting much lately so I figured I'd ask something I've been pondering on for a while. I have both a 7mm-08 and a 30-06 and I was debating about what to do if I get to go elk hunting with my uncle (it probably won't be for a few years, but you guys know you wanna throw some knowledge around)
Anyways, I most always see the 7mm-08 talked about as a short range elk bullet. I was looking at ballistic tables though (taken w/ a grain of salt of course) and noticed that with the same bullets the velocity and the energy of the '08 are equal to or more than the 30-06's out at 300 and 400 yards on Remington's tables. with both 150 and 165 gr. corelocks. The only comparable bullets on a factory ballistics chart I could find. On federal's ballistic tables between the 140 and 165 gr. partitions there was a 200 ft/lb difference out that those ranges. I was just wondering with stat's this close, why the 08 is considered a short range round and the 06 isn't.
BTW, I don't even remotely think about shooting out to 400 yards (well at least not at anything by does) but I just wondered about this. Thanks for any comments
I really like the 7mm-08. I would choose the 30-06 for elk though. Ballistically, both cartridges are very close until you get into the big bullets. the 30-06 really shines with 180 gr's. 7mm-08 velocity takes a nose dive when you shoot 160 gr and above.
7mm-08 vs. 30-06 (same as in FR forum)
