[Slamfire]

After a match I was sitting across the restaurant table from a shooting bud whose skills I really respect. He has placed second or third during Highpower at Camp Perry and has won the Wimbleton 1000 yard match.

I asked him his opinion on the 308 and 30-06 at 600 yards. He had gone through a 30-06 phase and while he had shot 200’s with the 30-06, he was never able to get his X count above 10, while with the 308, I was his scorer and remember X counts above 15. As for a 1000 yard rifle, he thought the extra 150 fps you can get out of a 30-06 might make a positive difference but he had never tried.

As for myself, so far, my best 600 yard scores have been with the 308. I only have one target 30-06 and it is a hard rifle to shoot well. Kicks something horrible for one thing and stock weld is not the best. I have not shot a 200 yet, but I have shot 198’s and 199’s with good X counts with my 308's. At 1000 yards, my wind reading abilities are such, I might as well be throwing rocks. It is very frustrating to watch the bullet go from a seven or eight on the left, to a seven or eight on the right. Might have been 6’s for all I know. I don’t want to remember, it is that bad.