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.308 vs .30-06
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<blockquote data-quote="RBrowning" data-source="post: 315852" data-attributes="member: 412"><p>I find it truely humorous, but everytime that I see the 308 vs 30-06 debate come up, somebody has to bring up the long anction and how it weighs so much more. Now that would play a pretty important role for a brush gun intended for <150 shots or maybe at a moving target. Perhaps this would be important for the sheep hunters among us. But most of us are packing around scopes that weigh as much as some peoples rifles. Then there is the spotting scope snd the bipods and the weather meters and the GPS and the PDA and the ... kitchen sink. For less than a half a pound and 7/8" difference this really isn't, in my opinion, a big deal.</p><p></p><p>When both are loaded to the same pressure the 30-06 will shoot a little faster because it holds more powder. This is of particular importance with the heavier bullets that we all like so much. But the 308 tends to be a little more accurate. Whether this is due to the short / fat case design or the shorter stronger action, I don't know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RBrowning, post: 315852, member: 412"] I find it truely humorous, but everytime that I see the 308 vs 30-06 debate come up, somebody has to bring up the long anction and how it weighs so much more. Now that would play a pretty important role for a brush gun intended for <150 shots or maybe at a moving target. Perhaps this would be important for the sheep hunters among us. But most of us are packing around scopes that weigh as much as some peoples rifles. Then there is the spotting scope snd the bipods and the weather meters and the GPS and the PDA and the ... kitchen sink. For less than a half a pound and 7/8" difference this really isn't, in my opinion, a big deal. When both are loaded to the same pressure the 30-06 will shoot a little faster because it holds more powder. This is of particular importance with the heavier bullets that we all like so much. But the 308 tends to be a little more accurate. Whether this is due to the short / fat case design or the shorter stronger action, I don't know. [/QUOTE]
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