For North American game excluding big bears. Is there anything it does that a say 270 or similar, smaller caliber, lighter recoiling rifle will not do?
Not in my experience.
I think to see something more than, say, a 270 loaded with 150 NP's, would take more than one lifetime of hunting. And then, I genuinely believe you'd only see a difference with the 200 grainers in the 30-06, and then only occasionally. Maybe.
I like the 30-06, but I like the 308 and 270 better. They recoil less and do the same thing.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
