I shoot a 9.3x62 which seems to have the advantage because it was once an '06, so it carries like one, but hits stuff like the .375 that weighs about 3 pounds more and has been retired from hunting since the 9.3 arrived. I have yet to see a .308 180 or 220 grain partition act like a 286 grain 9.3 partition. Yet strangely the 286 grain 9.3 does the exact same job the 300 grain .375 partition does. At least on the deer, mountain goats, and brown bears around here.