.308 /7.62 x 51 N.A.T.O., the casing is 1/2" shorter. It was developed for the military, same as the '06 was, a soldier could carry 2x as much 7.62 x 51 ammo as the '06. Ballistically, they perform the same, at least in military ball ammo, they wanted the performance of the '06, with less weight, increasing the ammo capacity of a soldier. At the time, the M1 garand was being phased out, M14 coming in as the new infantry rifle, accessory to that was the much ligher M1 carbine, cooks, clerks and others who needed a shoulder weapon, but not the heavier infantry rifle.
When the 5.56 mm/ .223 was developed with the M16 A1 rifle, this reduced the weight of the ammo and allowed a soldier to carry 2x as much as the 7.62 NATO round. M14 was an excellent rifle, had it's issues, M16 originally was to be the light rifle as the M1 carbine was to the Garand/M14, but became accepted as the standard issue infantry rifle, lot of history on these to be found on the net.
.308 or '06 are execellent for whitetail and similar large game, if you look at reloading tables, both have a lot of options, for customizing performance. I can attest for the performance of Federal classic 150 grain lead tip bullets at 300 yds, placed in the vitals of a whitetail, it performs, does not over expand and damage the meat. '06 is just as good, have seen the results of both at 200-300 yd ranges year after year, you put either one of those in a heavy target barrel type rifle with a 1 in 10 twist, like the savage tactical rifle offered in .308, very impressive groups. Reloads might even get better. These are well proven calibers, can't see how anyone could go wrong with either when chambered in a quality rifle.
30/30, .32 special, in winchester or marlin lever actions were what a lot of people used for many years, within their respective performance range, it does an excellent job, but the bullet drops fast beyond it's effective range, making longer shots difficult.
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