Well, what we need now is a qualitative jump in the barrel metallurgy. Barrel metal is the bottleneck. If, say, barrel resistance to abrasion and gas erosion could be jacked up, then we might get much better rounds than 30-06, Weatherbies or Lazzeronies.
Happy Birthday .30-06
I'll give my two rifles of that caliber a pat goodnight.
Good post. I think the history of the development of cartridges would be a good History Channel subject. Considering the effect of the cartridge/breach loading/autofeeding rifle and machine gun on warfare and thus on history, you would think that it would be given more than passing mention.