I shoot the 30-06 cartridge out of an original M1903, an 03A4-gery, and most recently an M1 Garand, and the 107 year old cartridge never ceases to amaze me. Pondering that lead me to question just how far we've come in terms of cartridge performance in the past century or so. Certainly we've developed smaller and lighter cartridges that can be stuffed into proportionately smaller rifles, and we've developed some powder-gulping magnums that outclass the old '06; but by how much?
If you consider most anything else: cars, computers, aircraft, etc, you might expect small arms ammunition to be tantamount to some sort of short range artillery, or maybe a smart munition. So what do you guys think. Was the 30-06 just that far ahead of its time, or has ammunition development simply stagnated over the past hundred years?
HRF
If you consider most anything else: cars, computers, aircraft, etc, you might expect small arms ammunition to be tantamount to some sort of short range artillery, or maybe a smart munition. So what do you guys think. Was the 30-06 just that far ahead of its time, or has ammunition development simply stagnated over the past hundred years?
HRF