They used .308 and 30.06 in WWII. Much different mindset before the M-16 was manufactured.
You make my point. The military may have switched to poodle-shooters, but there are a whole lot of 30 caliber rifles still in the hands of ordinary citizens who can shott with iron sights.
47 posted on 01/14/2009 5:30:06 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed
(Guns don't kill people. Criminals and the governments that create them kill people.)