RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

Well said.It sounds like a case of very poor planning.

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

he must have grabbed a box of 308 instead, then when he got to the deer camp he realized he grabbed the wrong rifle........... LOL :D:D:D

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

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he must have grabbed a box of 308 instead, then when he got to the deer camp he realized he grabbed the wrong rifle........... LOL :D:D:D
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Wrong rifle, right bullets, eh? :D:D:D

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

The 06 has flatter, faster trajectories than 308 when compareing apples to apples. On smaller bullets the advantage is small but there just the same. With heavier bullets the 06 is very much superior.As a reloader the 06 has more upside potential than the 308. The one advantage that the 308 has is short action, like the 06's velocity advantage w/ smaller bullets this to is a very small advantage. As to the comment that the 308 fits him better...give me a break....thats the rifle ,NOT the 308.

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

I was referring to the shorter action of the 308.
Where I hunt theres only whitetail as far as deer.
I kinda dought I will ever go any where else but NC to hunt deer.
So the 308 will be just fine for whitetail.
If I get rich enaugh to hunt some where else I probbly will get a 30-06

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

I prefer the '06 'cause I own one, but the .308 is nearly identical in performance, IMHO.

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

You really don'thave any ideawhat you're talking about, do you?

I personally, would go with the .30-06. Don't ask me why, but I just like the cartridge better. Nothing wrong with the .308Win, though. The performance it close enough to be irrelevant with normal weight bullets. If I need to launch anything bigger than a 180gr .30cal bullet, I'm going to start lookingat either the .300 Win Mag, or step up to the .338Win Mag.

Mike

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

Not sure why the short action .308 came about, I would choose the long action .30-06 if I had to choose between the two.

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

It was developed as a military cartridge (7.62x51mm NATO) to replace the .30-06 for use in belt fed machineguns with disintigrating link type belts. The shorter cartridge meant a shorter bolt travel, higher rates of fire, more compact, lighter weight ammo and easier to handle belts that aren't as prone to twisting and jamming. The military wanted a short action .308cal cartridge that would closely match the performance of the standard 150gr ball .30-06 loads, and the 7.62x51 NATO does that nicely. The .308 Winchester is the "domesticated" version of the military cartridge.

Mike

RE: 30-06 Or 308 ?
 

Interesting info. Thanks Mike.