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What happened to the '06?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 802589" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>No, I would not. I've competed with the likes of German Salazar and other top classified long range high power competitors; we all held high master classifications; top 3% of all long range classified competitors. Out scored them sometimes, too.</p><p></p><p>So does the .308 Winchester as well as the 7.62 NATO round, and at normal, safe peak pressures, too. They're the two cartridges that ended the use of .30-06 rifles by knowledgable competitors winning matches and setting records at 600 through 1000 yards.</p><p></p><p>Best comparison is made using the M72 .30-06 match round's bullet leaving at about 2700 fps from an M1 (24" barrel) and the M118 7.62 NATO match round's bullet leaving at about 2600 fps from an M14 (22" barrel) and both had 50,000 CUP average peak pressure specs. The same 172-gr. FMJBT match bullet was used in each and remained supersonic at 1000 yards from both. The NATO round went through the paper about 100 fps slower than the 30 caliber one but its improved accuracy from its shorter, fatter case is one of the reasons the 1000-yard target's scoring rings were made smaller.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 802589, member: 5302"] No, I would not. I've competed with the likes of German Salazar and other top classified long range high power competitors; we all held high master classifications; top 3% of all long range classified competitors. Out scored them sometimes, too. So does the .308 Winchester as well as the 7.62 NATO round, and at normal, safe peak pressures, too. They're the two cartridges that ended the use of .30-06 rifles by knowledgable competitors winning matches and setting records at 600 through 1000 yards. Best comparison is made using the M72 .30-06 match round's bullet leaving at about 2700 fps from an M1 (24" barrel) and the M118 7.62 NATO match round's bullet leaving at about 2600 fps from an M14 (22" barrel) and both had 50,000 CUP average peak pressure specs. The same 172-gr. FMJBT match bullet was used in each and remained supersonic at 1000 yards from both. The NATO round went through the paper about 100 fps slower than the 30 caliber one but its improved accuracy from its shorter, fatter case is one of the reasons the 1000-yard target's scoring rings were made smaller. [/QUOTE]
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