ORIGINAL: stubblejumper
ORIGINAL: Scott Gags
Yes I have seen that before. See the link from your link with the one exception to the rule. I just so happened to be the 180 grain 30-06 loads!
http://www.gun-tests.com/newspics/pdfs/1-1-Exception.pdf
The links actually states to use this 06 load in lieu of going up to 300 win mag.
One of the first statements made in the article linked by schoolboy was;
We found that while both Light Magnum and High Energy do produce higher muzzle velocities, the results are not nearly as impressive as the advertising claims.
According to the link posted by schoolboy the greatest velocity reached with the 180gr bullet out of the high energy 30-06 load was 2831fps.
The greatest velocity reached with a 180gr bullet out of the hi energy 300winmag load was 3080fps.
In other words the 300win mag still produced 249fps more than the 30-06 using 180gr bullets.
Also mentioned in the article was that many of the hi energy loads including both 30-06 loads,showedsub standard accuracy in the rifles that they were tested in.
I am not sure why you are putting a comparison of the 300 Win Mag High Energy loads vs 30-06 High Energy load.The article SchoolBoy linked was recommending the 30-06 in lieu of the STANDARD Wing Mag load. I think it is obvious to all that the case capacity and pressure limit of the Win Mag will clearly outperform the 06 with equal energy content powders are used. That was kind of the point of the "Exception to the Rule" section of the article. I cant belive you missed that.
Again most of the cartridges do not benifit significantly from the High Energy Powders and that was why the article gave the loads an overall thumbs down, but the article was very clear in stating that the 06 did benefit, so much infact that the article highlighted the 06 as the "Exception to the Rule" so I cannot understand why you try to state otherwise. Regarding the accuracy of the loads they only varied by 11 FPS which is respectable, the loads where grouping around 2" which is also respectable. As you know results will vary with different rifles.
Now, below is a cut and paste right from the article:
The sole case where there was a substantial difference in trajectory at 400 yards was between .30-06 180-grain loads. The High Energy Nosler Partition load dropped 42.68 inches at 400 yards, while the Federal Premium Nosler Partition load dropped 50.01 inches and the Speer Nitrex load fell 48.32 inches.
And on that note I rest my case!!!!!!!