Originally Posted by John_Boy
If the ‘06 is so bad I wonder what the all knowing LB thinks of the lowly .308?


The point of the .308 was to achieve the same performance as the .30-06 in a short action, which it did. The case is also improved in terms of taper. It is a better cartridge than the .30-06, but often saddled with a retarded 1:12 twist rate.