Originally Posted by
rustycrusty
Here’s the full ‘why’ behind my distaste for 30.06.
Off the bat I will say that if you own a rifle chambered in 30.06, you will do just fine.
I will follow that by saying that if you don’t own a rifle yet- DON’T buy one in 30.06
30.06 has a MPBR of somewhere between 250 and 300yd depending on load. Same as 308, but 308 tends to perform just a bit better in precision, partially due to case and partially due to slightly reduced recoil.
Both are available everywhere, but 308 match grade ammo is a commercially available thing, whereas 30.06 match ammo is not (at least on the shelves of my sporting good store).
Action length-
It’s just easier to cycle a short action bolt... not much of an advantage, but it counts.
Weight-
There is a wide verity of lightweight 308 rifles. Slimmer pickings for 30.06
Rifle verity:
You can buy a 308 in just about any form factor a rifle comes in. Not so for the 30.06.
Cost:
You can shoot at 30¢ per trigger pull with 308.
You are lucky to shoot below 50¢ per trigger pull with 30-06. Lots of. Heap practice gets you shot placement. No caliber will allow crappy shot placement.
If you feel like 308 doesn’t offer enough power, you might as well step it up to 300win mag or similar that offers further mpbr and better dope adjusted shooting experiences than either 308 or 30.06.
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