.30-06 Springfield The U.S. Government's Springfield Armory developed a new .30 caliber cartridge in the early years of the 1900s to replace the poorly performing .30-03, 6mm Lee Navy, and .30-40 Krag (a.k.a. .30 US Army) cartridges. This new cartridge, standardized in 1906 and...
The .30-06 Springfield needs little introduction to most shooters and reloaders. It is one of the most famous, and popular, hunting cartridges in the world. It is one of only four cartridges to make the "short list" of all-around hunting cartridges and it is probably the most versatile b...
As we saw in the smaller sample size, the .30-06 Springfield rounds carry more momentum than the .270 Win rounds and this is true from the muzzle out to 500 yards. We do see the difference between the two averages grow by around 2lbs/ft.s when compared to the smaller sample size b...
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The .30-06 Springfield does have significantly more kinetic energy than comparable 6.5 Creedmoor loads at all ranges. However, since the 6.5 Creedmoor uses more aerodynamic bullets with a higher ballistic coefficient, the gap in performance between the cartridges slightly decreases in size as range ...
.308 Winchester.30-06 Springfield 22.15 23.2 With the larger data set, we still see the trend of the .30-06 rounds bringing a bit more recoil energy than the .308 Win rounds. We do see the two averages tighten up a bit more than what we saw with the smaller sample size. With just...