ORIGINAL: TerryM

This ongoing comparison is odd. To put it in real life terms you really need to first of all run your 2 candidates through a chrono. When you do that you will quickly see that your 3006 rifle likely has a 22" barrel and you are quoting from books who routinely use 24 or 26" test barrels so your real life field velocities will never match book anyway. The 7mm is always at least 24" so data is more representative. Secondly looking at muzzle velocity means little also. When selecting bullets/loads I always study down range velocities as ballistic coefficients make huge differences past 200yds, again the 7mm has the advantage here. And lastly sectional density comes into play on penetration,.the 30 cal 180 is .271 vs .283 for a 7mm 160. So again, the 7mm starts faster, retains velocity better, kicks about the same ( still a bit more ) and has bullets that penetrate like crazy. Am I missing something here? Hey I think its great that you love the 06 its a great round but again stop trying to convince people that its performance is better. Wether there is a couple more grains powder in one means nothing, its what it does when that powder is ignited that counts.