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308 vs 30-06 and other rounds? WHY is a 308 better?!?
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<blockquote data-quote="billm67" data-source="post: 1147860" data-attributes="member: 29756"><p>I have read through the years or responses and it is interesting because everyone says one or the other is better based on totally different criteria. If the question is which one is faster...obviously the 30-06 used to be 150-200 fps faster. Is this still true? Depends on who you ask. By this logic the 300 win mag is better than both and we all should be shooting 300's (no thanks). A lot of people seem to think there is a benefit to a short action. The bolt is shorter, it's lighter and some folks think the shorter action is stiffer and that makes it more accurate. Having hunted and shot competitively for more than 30 years...I have owned more than a dozen different bolt guns in calibers based on 308 and 30-06 cases. My experience has been that guns like the 30-06, 25-06, 270 and 280 can be very accurate rifle but always seemed to take a little bit of load development to find a really accurate load for the rifle. Rifles based on the 308 case (243, 260, 7-08 and 308) seem to be a bit less finicky about the particular load. When I was younger I was always looking for the flat shooting screaming hot rifles in the next caliber. As I get older...I have found that a 308 is more than enough rifle for anything I need and is not at all finicky about what you feed it. </p><p> </p><p>Is the 308 the best? For what I want in a rifle it seems to work the best for me. Based on what you need/want in a rifle there may be other calibers that work better (and the 30-06 may just be the best for you). Thank goodness we don't have to live with just one rifle/caliber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billm67, post: 1147860, member: 29756"] I have read through the years or responses and it is interesting because everyone says one or the other is better based on totally different criteria. If the question is which one is faster...obviously the 30-06 used to be 150-200 fps faster. Is this still true? Depends on who you ask. By this logic the 300 win mag is better than both and we all should be shooting 300's (no thanks). A lot of people seem to think there is a benefit to a short action. The bolt is shorter, it's lighter and some folks think the shorter action is stiffer and that makes it more accurate. Having hunted and shot competitively for more than 30 years...I have owned more than a dozen different bolt guns in calibers based on 308 and 30-06 cases. My experience has been that guns like the 30-06, 25-06, 270 and 280 can be very accurate rifle but always seemed to take a little bit of load development to find a really accurate load for the rifle. Rifles based on the 308 case (243, 260, 7-08 and 308) seem to be a bit less finicky about the particular load. When I was younger I was always looking for the flat shooting screaming hot rifles in the next caliber. As I get older...I have found that a 308 is more than enough rifle for anything I need and is not at all finicky about what you feed it. Is the 308 the best? For what I want in a rifle it seems to work the best for me. Based on what you need/want in a rifle there may be other calibers that work better (and the 30-06 may just be the best for you). Thank goodness we don't have to live with just one rifle/caliber. [/QUOTE]
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