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30-06 over 308
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Alexander" data-source="post: 1975021" data-attributes="member: 89813"><p>You cannot use a 308 barrel to up to an '06. The shoulder is too wide. You could do an '06ai cuz it opens the shoulders or 300 WM or 30 Nosler assuming these 308s are long action... but most aren't. An '06, generally has a1/10 twist allowing you to load the higher BC bullets whereas many 308s are 1/11 or 1/12 twist. </p><p>Your original plan is sound. Get an '06, shoot it. If it doesn't group well enough, have your smith true it up. Blue printing a 700 almost always yields a good sub-MOA performer. .. and now, with 1/10 twist barrel you can use the higher BC bullets. And if, down the road, you feel the need for more speed, take it back to your smith and have him open the bolt face and re-ream barrel to a 300WM or 30 Nosler. .. or rebarrel it to a 280ai without opening bolt face. </p><p>But you are starting with a good platform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Alexander, post: 1975021, member: 89813"] You cannot use a 308 barrel to up to an ‘06. The shoulder is too wide. You could do an ‘06ai cuz it opens the shoulders or 300 WM or 30 Nosler assuming these 308s are long action... but most aren’t. An ‘06, generally has a1/10 twist allowing you to load the higher BC bullets whereas many 308s are 1/11 or 1/12 twist. Your original plan is sound. Get an ‘06, shoot it. If it doesn’t group well enough, have your smith true it up. Blue printing a 700 almost always yields a good sub-MOA performer. .. and now, with 1/10 twist barrel you can use the higher BC bullets. And if, down the road, you feel the need for more speed, take it back to your smith and have him open the bolt face and re-ream barrel to a 300WM or 30 Nosler. .. or rebarrel it to a 280ai without opening bolt face. But you are starting with a good platform. [/QUOTE]
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