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In a way .308 and 30-06 are pretty comparable when it comes to factory ammo. Advantage of the 30-06 is reloading, it can be loaded a little hotter.
Im a huge fan of my 270. The designers used a 30-06 case necked it down to .277 With the advancements in modern bullets a 270 partition can hit as hard with less drop as you will need on most north American game.
I think 30.06 with 180g @ approximatly 2700-2800 fps is the ticket. My opinion is worth what you paid for it. YMMV
Have you chrono-ed this? What barrel length?This load that works very well in me 700. 46.0g of imr 4350 behind a hornady 180g btsp.
Thanks. I've been using RL22 for the last several years and am pleased with it. I was wondering what kind of velocities people were getting with other powders with 180gr bullets. I was hoping you could help out.Orygun,
Oopsies. Sorry about the type-o. Its 56.0. Of imr 4350. I did not chrono this load. The rifle is a 22" remington 700. This was what worked best in this particular rifle using imr 4350 and hornady 180 interlock btsp's.
Fry
105 years later the 30-06 is still one of the most popular calibers for hunting rifles. With very rare exceptions the Market weeds out the non preformer and rewards the product that excells. I would think 105 years of trust by the sportsmen of the world would be a pretty good recomendation.
And I've done my share to help that! In the last 15 years I've bought 4 new 30-06s and one used one. (well, I bought 3 and the wife bought one for me) Of the ones I actually purchased, the first one was a gift for my dad, and 2 others have been for my nephews. One of those I used for several years and had nothing but one shot kills on deer and elk with it, before passing it on as a graduation present.
This year at elk camp, 4 of them will be there.