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308 vs 30-06 and other rounds? WHY is a 308 better?!?
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<blockquote data-quote="winmag" data-source="post: 389022" data-attributes="member: 22166"><p>This is kinda goofy. people are always trying for a bit more than whatever they have. 308, 30-06, 300win mag, 300wby, 300Rum each is a bit faster and flatter than the one to its left. Seems to me to be an apples to oranges contest from the start. It is a personal preferance thing for the task at hand IMO. One thing that tipped the scales for me when I was 13 was that the neighbor lady (74 years of age) shot her 308 for her elk gun, and a 243 for deer. Now theres nothing at all wrong with either of those two cartriges. But when your a 13year old boy, you dont want to shoot an old lady gun. I got an -06. I love that ol rifle, and someday my son will get it. But looking back, my choice was made for reasons only a 13 year old boy thinks matter. Id have been fine with either cartrige, but you couldnt have told me that back then. I still had buddies that teased me for havin a ''pop gun'' cause they had a 7mag or a 300. But Gunny Hathcock had an -06 and if it worked for him it would surely do for me. Now a days I dont hardly ever shoot my trusty ol -06 because I have ''a bit faster and a bit flatter'' shooting cartriges. But I still love that rifle, and it feels like an old friend when I shoulder it. 30-06 gets my vote on sentimental reasons alone. Not because its any better or worse than the 308(my apples vs your oranges). Its just a personal preferance thing like I said at the begining of this post. Theyre simmilar, but not compareable.</p><p>Oh, and that 74 year old lady killed a pile of elk with her ''old lady rifle''.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winmag, post: 389022, member: 22166"] This is kinda goofy. people are always trying for a bit more than whatever they have. 308, 30-06, 300win mag, 300wby, 300Rum each is a bit faster and flatter than the one to its left. Seems to me to be an apples to oranges contest from the start. It is a personal preferance thing for the task at hand IMO. One thing that tipped the scales for me when I was 13 was that the neighbor lady (74 years of age) shot her 308 for her elk gun, and a 243 for deer. Now theres nothing at all wrong with either of those two cartriges. But when your a 13year old boy, you dont want to shoot an old lady gun. I got an -06. I love that ol rifle, and someday my son will get it. But looking back, my choice was made for reasons only a 13 year old boy thinks matter. Id have been fine with either cartrige, but you couldnt have told me that back then. I still had buddies that teased me for havin a ''pop gun'' cause they had a 7mag or a 300. But Gunny Hathcock had an -06 and if it worked for him it would surely do for me. Now a days I dont hardly ever shoot my trusty ol -06 because I have ''a bit faster and a bit flatter'' shooting cartriges. But I still love that rifle, and it feels like an old friend when I shoulder it. 30-06 gets my vote on sentimental reasons alone. Not because its any better or worse than the 308(my apples vs your oranges). Its just a personal preferance thing like I said at the begining of this post. Theyre simmilar, but not compareable. Oh, and that 74 year old lady killed a pile of elk with her ''old lady rifle''. [/QUOTE]
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