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.308 v. 30/06
SixStringer
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Ive decided on the Savage 110 with scope for a good starter rifle. The question is, it comes in .308 and 30/06. They are both large rounds, is their a signifigant difference?
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Edited by - shootist3006 on 05/26/2002 15:06:02
Seriously, tho, it is my understanding that from 165 grains on down, the .308 is actually better, but from 165 on up, the .30-'06 rules the roost. 220-grainers can put a world of hurt onto big critters. But more surplus is available in .308, as others have noted. There is still .30-'06 surplus, but it is drying up.
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Edited by - Josey1 on 05/26/2002 22:03:09
"Not as deep as a well, or as wide as a church door, but it is enough."
Allen, if we are to determine the better cartridge by the cost of ammo - then the .22LR is the BEST rifle cartridge there is - isn't it???
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"Not as deep as a well, or as wide as a church door, but it is enough."
There I did it, y'all happy now?
I happen to like it a lot. Though that would not stop me from buying a 308 at some point.
I've owned 308's before - of the two I'll take my 30-06 any day of the week.
for target, I'd go with the 308. Lot's of surplus ammo,
less recoil, a tad cheaper to reload..etc
But for big game hunting, the 06 is a much better choice.
I personally know a half dozen locals who use 308 for deer, and
they have my ear worn out with stories about "the big one that I
hit but it got away".
As far as accuracy, I bought a Tikka Whitetail hunter ($470 new in the box) in .30-06 and man you ought to read about how accurate it is. I am going to limber mine up this week. Now, you want to get another argument started, ask which is better, a 7 mm magnum or a .30-06? I went with the .30-06 so I'd have to sit that one out.
"The 7mm-08 will do anything that .308 or '06 will do on north american game" try shooting a 180 bullet outta yor puny
7-08...at a rabid, charging, bent on eating you...church mouse! Now chaw on that scenerio!!!!
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878