The good old 308 Winchester is taking a small lick'en from the 6.5 group of rifles,,, but the upper hand is still at play with the 08 cartrige...
They come in bellow the 1000 mark in the over bore chart,,, 0.835 which is awesome when it comes to barrel longevity...
Ha...
When the 6.5's are ready for barrel replacements the old school 308's are just getting broke in,,, a good quality factory barrel will last a long time,,, top tear stainless steel pipes even longer...
When the barrel looses it's 1/4" to 1/2" MOA they are still good to hunt with even if it falls into the 1 to 1 1/2" MOA...
A 2 MOA rifle was the go to unit back in the old days,,, most hunts took place from point blank to 140 yards,,, most kills were under the 100 yard mark...this would be the worst case scenario...
The top 5 cartridges up here in our neck of the woods is the 30/06,,, 270,,, 7mm Mag,,, 308,,, and the 303 British... Of course there are 10.000 +++ cartridges to choose from as well...
Out of 1600 club shooters at our range,,, 80 to 85% of them fit into the mid-size case category... 7mm-08,,, 7x57,,, 6.5 Sweed,,, Creedmoor,,, 280's,,, 338/06,,, 243,,, 25/06 and two hand full of others that leed or follow along...
The 30/06 is pretty popular,,, the 308 is the smaller bother yet it holds its own in todays latest and greatest...
Like one of the post in this thread said,,, the 308 Winchester is boring and bland,,, it offers nothing more then most,,, yet it is top tear over some...
Both the 06 & 08 have a place to remain in the Americas,,, there like hot baked apple pie with cinnamon topped off with vanilla ice-cream...
The 30/06 has been the corner stone that got it going,,, the 308 followed suit alot later,,, only time will tell if they hold in there for another 100 years from where there at at this point in time...
Its fun looking back on the old cartridges that many of us grew up with,,, not the best of the best,,, not the worst either... Ha
Cheers from the North
