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.308 vs. .30-06 factory deriviatives

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  • ZeeZee Posts: 28,458 Senior Member
    Exactly! Stop muddying the water with reason.
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • Ernie BishopErnie Bishop Posts: 8,609 Senior Member
    Just noticed your new signature Z.
    I never knew Keith said that, but I have basically been saying the same thing for years in terms of why I choose cartridges in my SP's, when people tell me they are inefficient in such a short barrel, etc.
    I have always left the "H" word out though:jester:
    Ernie

    "The Un-Tactical"
  • JerryBobCoJerryBobCo Posts: 8,227 Senior Member
    We really don't have to be...There ain't nothing in North America that can't be killed with a 30-06. Now I have seen a moose or two that would be better suited for a .338, but by and large hunting in North America is not a big bore sport. And I think it has only been the past 20 years or so that we are designing rounds based on "just cause we can" rather than left over Battle rifles and what we need to hunt...

    CenterMass556, FWIW, my statement was basically a regurgitation of something I read by Craig Boddington. Your reasoning is hard to argue with, so I won't.

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    I somehow got confused and attributed CenterMass556's response to Ernie. My apologies to both.
    Jerry

    Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
  • centermass556centermass556 Posts: 3,618 Senior Member
    Dang it...cause I am about out of work to do...I could just continue to stare at my screen.
    "To have really lived, you must have almost died. To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
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