.303 vs 30-06

[Surrey Boy]

so basically for 20 hours work you could get one....min wage now 10.45 X 20 hrs=$209 .....so, just to get a old one now u need to work about twice as many hours...do you know what min wage was back then?

when comparing costs of things long ago to today I always convert it to equivalent cost in beer or hours of work at minimum wage...heheheh

Goes to show that inflation is selective, and Canadians are defrauded by socialist economics.

[Buckmeister]

My first rifle was handed down to me from my Grandfather, a Lee-Enfield .303 made in 1942. I have taken deer, elk and moose with that gun. I have also missed animals with that gun, 180 grain bullets drop a bunch after 150 yards. Still has the punch at distance, but with bullet drop there is way less accuracy. So if your in the field without a range finder and not a bunch of practice at the range, it's basically a crap shoot at anything 200 yards and up. I now have a Tikka T3 300 win mag for longer shots. But I still like the 303 for anything up to 100 yards. Just feels cool to hunt with Granddad's gun, you know? Anyways, anytime I go into a store that sells ammo I check out the selection for 303. There usually is just some boxes of 180 grainers, so bullet selection if very limited, I think I saw a box of 150 grain once. Crappy tire always has 180's in Winchester brand, which my 303 seems to favor.

But as everyone has already said 30-06 is an extremely versatile caliber. So I you want selection, go that route.

[HarryToolips]

^^^^^150 grainers is all I buy for my lee enfield .303, haven't had much of an issue finding them thus far..

[Lucky77_]

So I'm considering my first rifle. For a while now I've settled on the 30-06 in a bolt-action. Recently my interest has been piqued by Parker-Hale .303
Anyone have experience with both of these. It looks like the .303 has less powder but also slightly less mass?
also the question of ubiquitous ammo in terms of purchasing. Can you buy .303 anywhere?

Well the 303 is like throwing a cock in a school teacher, a lot of fun and it feeds well.
the 06 is more like a collage girl, it'll feed but it's a little tighter.
depends on what you like.

[Singleshotneeded]

Like Buck said, the .303 will get the job done up to a 150 yards no problem, and my dad and uncle used them to bring two moose home very year in the 50s and 60s...and early 70s...but there are a lot more effective rounds out these days. Get something you can knock a moose down with at 400 yards!