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To: Mr. K
"why is a 30-06 bigger than a 30-30? I had a 30-30 and they told me it was OK to 200 yards, but a 30-06 was good for 600 yards."

Have you looked at the two? .30-30 is a smaller cartridge designed to function in the late 19th Century lever guns like the 1894 Winchester and the Marlin. The "-30" in the name stood for the 30 grains of black powder equivalent it carried for propellant. It has a relatively "rainbow" trajectory with its blunt 170 grain bullet and 2227 FPS muzzle velocity. Great for close-in stuff, not so great past 200 yards.

The .30-'06 is a whole different animal! The "'06" part comes from the year it was adopted as our standard military caliber, 1906. With a 165 grain spitzer bullet, it has a muzzle velocity of 2800 FPS and it both accurate and lethal out 600 yards and further.

Two different cartridges, two different missions..

8 posted on 01/31/2017 9:28:28 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail

“both accurate and lethal out 600 yards and further.”

Yes, Sir. Very hard caliber to improve on. I’m not sure how much “further” bit it is quite a bit.


12 posted on 01/31/2017 10:06:55 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Chainmail

Sorry

Not meaning to argumentative but 30 grains of black powder ain’t much

You must mean smokeless powder

I use 80-100 grains in all my 30-50 caliber smoke poles


27 posted on 01/31/2017 6:53:14 PM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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