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308 better than 30-06?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow" data-source="post: 1153629" data-attributes="member: 7123"><p>It's not - in a vacuum.</p><p></p><p>But we're outside the vacuum, and so it *IS* or can be, on a budget, due to inertia - the availability and relatively low cost (due to ubiquitousness & competition) of the (a) great low-cost and midrange-cost platforms/rifles in .308, and (b) match ammo in .308.</p><p></p><p>So on a budget, it's "better". With a higher budget, and/or for reloaders, there are lots of better choices for long-range shooting, but .30-06 is not really one of them, either. OK, it's a tiny scrunthair better than .308, but still both are frankly bad when compared to 6.5mm & 7mm rounds of various types.</p><p></p><p>If you're reloading and can afford an accurized rifle in the chambering, then it's really hard to beat something like 6.5x55 or 6.5-284 out to 800 or 1000 yards. 7mms are good too (7mm WSM is a good one, among others). Past that (extreme range), in my view, time to go all the way to a .408/.416/.50 bmg, because the .30s & .338s just don't offer enough of a step-up in vel/BC ratios to justify the extra cost and recoil. If you're gonna have to use a brake and give away your position (which you do on a .338 unless you're ironman), then you may as well get the insane BCs of the .408/.416/.50 chamberings (assuming you can afford it). Just MO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow, post: 1153629, member: 7123"] It's not - in a vacuum. But we're outside the vacuum, and so it *IS* or can be, on a budget, due to inertia - the availability and relatively low cost (due to ubiquitousness & competition) of the (a) great low-cost and midrange-cost platforms/rifles in .308, and (b) match ammo in .308. So on a budget, it's "better". With a higher budget, and/or for reloaders, there are lots of better choices for long-range shooting, but .30-06 is not really one of them, either. OK, it's a tiny scrunthair better than .308, but still both are frankly bad when compared to 6.5mm & 7mm rounds of various types. If you're reloading and can afford an accurized rifle in the chambering, then it's really hard to beat something like 6.5x55 or 6.5-284 out to 800 or 1000 yards. 7mms are good too (7mm WSM is a good one, among others). Past that (extreme range), in my view, time to go all the way to a .408/.416/.50 bmg, because the .30s & .338s just don't offer enough of a step-up in vel/BC ratios to justify the extra cost and recoil. If you're gonna have to use a brake and give away your position (which you do on a .338 unless you're ironman), then you may as well get the insane BCs of the .408/.416/.50 chamberings (assuming you can afford it). Just MO. [/QUOTE]
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