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I shot the .308 for years and chose that caliber because had a slightly less intense recoil than the 30.06 and there was lots of ballistics info for wind drift, etc, for the .308.
The 30.06 does offer a wider variety of bullet weights and about anywhere you go you are likely to encounter 30.06 ammo at more places than .308, or so I was told when researching Africa trips.
As for the Answer in the OP, all Greek to me. A properly placed .308 round will drop most game animals in North America and the ones it might be a stretch for would lead me to reach for a gun bigger than a 30.06 anyway. I use a .338 Win Mag for most hunts now.
If I could only use one rifle to hunt in North America, I would pick the 30.06 before the .308. Most of us have more than one rifle, though, so accuracy of a particular rifle set-up including the scope gets my motor running.
I shot the .308 for years and chose that caliber because had a slightly less intense recoil than the 30.06 and there was lots of ballistics info for wind drift, etc, for the .308.
The 30.06 does offer a wider variety of bullet weights and about anywhere you go you are likely to encounter 30.06 ammo at more places than .308, or so I was told when researching Africa trips.
As for the Answer in the OP, all Greek to me. A properly placed .308 round will drop most game animals in North America and the ones it might be a stretch for would lead me to reach for a gun bigger than a 30.06 anyway. I use a .338 Win Mag for most hunts now.
If I could only use one rifle to hunt in North America, I would pick the 30.06 before the .308. Most of us have more than one rifle, though, so accuracy of a particular rifle set-up including the scope gets my motor running.
That guy has it figured out. I would have completely missed the "less bullet in contact with the barrel" part.
It's all about the size of the air gap.
Wrong.
It's about the angle of the dangle and the size of the swing.