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Old 12-01-2003, 09:09 AM
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akbound
 
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Default RE: Caliber question

Hi coolbrze0,

The " 06" stands for the year the .30-06 was adopted for military service, 1906. The caliber is actually .308 which is the same as a .30-30 and most other .30 calibers. (In .30-30 the first 30 stands for caliber, the second thirty represented the charge weight in black powder for the original load.....30 grains.)
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