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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 1630671" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>Ok, its hypothetical. But if the bullet is the same and the velocity is the same, the performance is the same. The reason the 30-06 outperforms the 308 is because it launches the same bullet 100 to 200 fps faster. This means a performance boost at your game animal of 300 to 400 ftlbs, which means a larger, deeper, more incapacitating wound channel. The object of these two rounds is to kill big game effectively, without having to trail the animal into the next county. I wouldn't and don't load my 30-06 to the lower performance and velocities of the .308. I'm old and I don't like blood trailing game if I can avoid it. As a matter of fact, most of my deer hunting for the last several years has been with a .35 Whelen using Sierra 225 grain Gamekings at a nominal velocity of 2725 fps and the Speer 250 grain Hotcor at a nominal velocity of 2670 fps, as measured by a Chrony chronograph 10 ft from the muzzle. Exit wounds tend to be the size of a silver dollar through the hide at distances of 450 yards. My 30-06 and my 300 winmag are back-up rifles should I damage the .35 by falling on the scope or something. (which I have done at one time or another.) I have on several occasions hit a deer high in the chest at distance, and had the impact of the bullet break the spine while passing under it by 5 or 6 inches. Both bullets make large wound channels (357 Magnum at the muzzle wound channels) at over 400 yards, cause massive blood loss, and cause the lungs to collapse due to the large exit wounds. I blood trail most deer about 3 feet. That's where the impact throws them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 1630671, member: 60453"] Ok, its hypothetical. But if the bullet is the same and the velocity is the same, the performance is the same. The reason the 30-06 outperforms the 308 is because it launches the same bullet 100 to 200 fps faster. This means a performance boost at your game animal of 300 to 400 ftlbs, which means a larger, deeper, more incapacitating wound channel. The object of these two rounds is to kill big game effectively, without having to trail the animal into the next county. I wouldn't and don't load my 30-06 to the lower performance and velocities of the .308. I'm old and I don't like blood trailing game if I can avoid it. As a matter of fact, most of my deer hunting for the last several years has been with a .35 Whelen using Sierra 225 grain Gamekings at a nominal velocity of 2725 fps and the Speer 250 grain Hotcor at a nominal velocity of 2670 fps, as measured by a Chrony chronograph 10 ft from the muzzle. Exit wounds tend to be the size of a silver dollar through the hide at distances of 450 yards. My 30-06 and my 300 winmag are back-up rifles should I damage the .35 by falling on the scope or something. (which I have done at one time or another.) I have on several occasions hit a deer high in the chest at distance, and had the impact of the bullet break the spine while passing under it by 5 or 6 inches. Both bullets make large wound channels (357 Magnum at the muzzle wound channels) at over 400 yards, cause massive blood loss, and cause the lungs to collapse due to the large exit wounds. I blood trail most deer about 3 feet. That's where the impact throws them. [/QUOTE]
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