.308 vs 300 wm vs 300 wsm vs 30-06

[Rockhound]

Out to 300 yards is there really any difference when it comes to shooting deer?

 

[BigD_625]

You can look at Winchester's (or others') website at ballistics to see trajectory, velocity, and energy are at various distances. The deer can't tell a difference. The win mag and wsm will have some advantage at 300 and beyond...mainly velocity and energy.

It's not a huge difference either way.

 

[Rubberduck270]

Na. Now if you want to look at 2 other .30 cal guns, the 300 RUM and the 300 Weatherby Mag, you'll see a noticeable difference but at quite a price difference as well.

 

[Roost 1]

308 and 30/06 will lag behind the other two some but are much more pleasant to shoot... At 300yds I like the energy of the 300s better.

 

[ImThere]

At 300 yds the 308 all day long! Beyond that is where the mag comes in to play

 

[REN]

recoil! that in turn can be a VERY big difference for some shooters and forming bad shooting habits.

 

[348Winchester]

A big price difference!

The '06 will be the cheapest to shoot and will kill everything just as dead except your wallet!

 

[REN]

06 cheaper then a 308????

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Past 300 is where the others shine.

 

[jakeway]

Ren nailed it. There's a huge difference in recoil and it's totally unnecessary for deer at 300 yards. I love .308-based cartridges for the short action, good ballistic s, and effectiveness on deer. In standard length cartridges I give the 270 an edge over the '06 for the same reasons; less recoil, flatter shooting, and just as effective on the killing end.

 

[BirdDog123]

.308

Lots of ammo around, accurate, and VERY profecient inside of 300 yards. 300 is just too much gun for that job IMO.