the .308 is complete garbage, the 30-06 is awesome! Thats a joke here, I frankly love the .308, I dont own one but my father in law does and it is a splendid deer round. I have an 06 and like it as well, but the noticeable reduced recoil in the .308 is getting to be a real attractant for me. Everything previously said about buttlet weight is true though. The 06 has a slight edge in velocity in the 180 grain and up area. EJ