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is there any cartridges that are a little bit more powerful than a .30-06 but not a magnum? Like with a little bit more velocity and less bullet drop past a certain distance.
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We have to ask if you're talking about factory ammo or handloaded ammo. With modern metallurgy and better powders the .30-06 can be safely loaded to approach .300 magnum velocity. (By the same token, with the same metallurgy and modern powders, the .300 magnum can also be loaded to better ballistics.)
However, I find almost no benefit in doing so. The .30-06 is a capable cartridge even while cruising along at less than maximum pressure. My favorite loads are usually about 10% under max and harvest the game I want to harvest with no fuss. I realize that this forum is more than hunting, but if I wanted a rifle with a little more reach, I'd step down in caliber to the 7mm cartridges, or even to the 6.5mm cartridges. Better bullets, better BC, translates to flatter shooting downrange.