[Hazcat]

Well on this site http://www.davidsonsinc.com/consumers/subsites/dealer_home.asp?dealer_id=62832 you can search guns by caliber. It lists both .308Win and .308 so I assumed (I know) that they were different calibers.

[Joe Brower]

I just checked out the site you mentioned, and noted that when I entered "308", I got a list of rifles, and when I entered "308Win", I got three types of Hornady ammo, plus one rifle. It looks to me like their website's goofy.

But don't take it from me -- I would call them and ask what the difference is. It's their website. And please let me know what they say.

[Dead Corpse]

Different terminology, same round. They are all pretty much varients of your standard .30 cal round with various case lengths, bullet weights, and powder loads. .30, .30-06, .308, 7.62x54R, and the .30-30 are the more common types. Bullet weights range from 55gr .223 rounds in sabots, up to 220gr soft point jacketed slugs.

Depending on platform, the .30 cal round has an almost ideal profile for accuracy from 100-1000yrds with the .308Win bullet/powder/case combo being widely awknoledged as the most accurate.