And in the real world, the Creed 130gr AB vs 30-06 168gr BT is practically same/same. There's likely not 75fps of difference in the pair and BC's are nearly identical. Neither is a bad place to be in a hunting rifle, one just brings more power to the table and the other is softer-shooting. And I've seen them both bullets kill deer just fine, in fact, both are great. When we start getting tricky, with VLD/ELD stuff, things do start to get more interesting from a numbers standpoint, and it is more difficult for the 30-06 to keep up without needing some really hard-kicking loads.


Now with even more aplomb