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The .30 Caliber Showdown

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Top Cartridges

  1. 1.308 Winchester26
  2. 2.30-06 Springfield23
  3. 3.224 Valkyrie16
  4. 47mm Remington Magnum15
  5. 56.5 Creedmoor +Peak12

Top Loads

  1. 1.224 Valkyrie Federal Premium 75gr Total Metal Jacket8
  2. 2.308 Win Hornady 168gr ELD Match7
  3. 36.5 PRC Hornady 147gr ELD Match5
  4. 4.224 Valkyrie Federal Premium 90gr Fusion5
  5. 56.5 CM +P Federal Premium 156gr Elite Hunter5

Top .308 Win Loads

  1. 1Hornady 168gr ELD Match7
  2. 2Norma 165gr Oryx4
  3. 3Hornady 150gr SST2
  4. 4Federal Premium 165gr Fusion2
  5. 5Norma 165gr Ecostrike2
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A scoped bolt-action rifle in silhouette on a weathered wooden shooting bench at dawn, mist lying over the open field behind it and a band of amber light along the horizon under cool grey cloud
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6.5 Creedmoor +Peak vs .30-06: The One-Gun Rifle Bet You Don't Have to Make

The .30-06 has been the one-gun answer for a century. I ran Federal's 80,000-psi 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak against it without looking at a single number first — and the result changed which rifle I'm buying this fall, though not for the reason I expected.

Steve Sansford·
Ballistics Board's ballistics calculator summary banner for a 145-grain .270 Winchester load, its four cards reading a 253-yard zero, a 298-yard maximum point-blank range, a 1,300-yard transonic distance and 1,000 ft-lbs retained to 775 yards, above a trajectory table showing the bullet 2.6 inches high at 100 yards
Ballistics6 min read

Maximum Point-Blank Range, Explained — Your Vital Zone Matters More Than Your Cartridge

Maximum point-blank range is the longest distance you can hold dead-on and still hit the vitals. We ran all 64 .270 Winchester factory loads through our ballistics calculator: the entire field spans 62 yards, while changing the vital-zone assumption on a single load swings it 109. The number you invent moves the answer more than the ammunition you buy.

Ballistics Board Staff·
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Ballistics9 min read

Altitude and Temperature Don't Move Your Zero — Unless You Zeroed Far Out

Everyone says to re-zero when you get to the mountains. We ran a 6.5 Creedmoor from sea level to 10,000 feet and from 0°F to 100°F, and a 100-yard zero never moved — 0.04 inch across the entire envelope. What moves is everything past it: 33 inches at 1,000 yards. Unless your zero itself is distant, in which case all of this inverts.

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