Reason to get a 30-06 over a 308

[jrcii]

Hello all,

I don't want to start a religious war, but I have a question.

I'm looking to buy a T/C Compass for SHTF hunting and I'm trying to decide between 30-06 and 308. I already have an AR-10 so I'd be able to share the ammo. But, I hear that 30-06 is slightly more powerful. My basic question is if there is anything that I'd be able to take with the 30-06 that I couldn't take with the 308 or any other advantage that would override the ability to share ammo between my rifles.

Thanks

JRC

[mdram]

i dont think there is enough difference.

the only exception being there may be different factory loads for the 30-06, that arent in the .308
and vice versa

[kerplode]

There is really not that much practical difference between the two...Maybe a slight edge to the aught-six, but nothing that would make it worth stocking another caliber, IMO. I'd just stick with 308. It'll deal with looters, zombies, aliens, UN soldiers, deer, and whatever else you'll bump into "SHTF" with no worries.

Your AR10 will do all these things as well...

[mdram]

if you really wanted to keep in in the family, there are bolt actions that take ar10 mag's
like the mossberg mvp

[twm134]

The .30-06 has had better ammo availability of late during the panics and it handles heavier bullets better. In my opinion these are the only advantages.

[TexHill]

If you study a little bit about National Match High Power shooting you'll find that .308 tends to be slightly more accurate than .30-06, which is part of the reason why the Navy converted its M1 Garands to .308.

[Jwknutson17]

What are you hunting?

[agr1279]

If you study a little bit about National Match High Power shooting you'll find that .308 tends to be slightly more accurate than .30-06, which is part of the reason why the Navy converted its M1 Garands to .308.

And all these times I was under the impression that the Navy went why we have all these M-1 that are in great condition. Let's just buy 7.62 barrels instead of M-14's. That's kinda what I was told by people in the know from Craine.

Dan

[Arik]

I don't think you'll see a big difference unless, like others said, you want heavier bullets or shooting 1000 yards.

I have an old Ruger M77 in 30.06. Bought it as a general purpose rifle. At the time I happened to stumble into it at a very good price and it was the only left handed rifle available without having to order one. Accurate rifle, shoots good. I would be just as happy with 308

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[PattonWasRight]

A 30.06 would give me confidence that there's nothing that walks the planet that I couldn't put down with one decently placed shot. Lots of varieties of this ammo, plus, you can still buy surplus armor piercing rounds if you needed to to take out a vehicle's engine block, you could do it.

And, it helped win WWI and WWII. It's uniquely American. Take a look at the ammo shelves ... lots of rows of flavors of this round, will never go away.