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RLI
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.308 Winchester ,modified .30/06 or .300 Savage?
26/08/05 11:46 AM

I was reading up on the history of the .308 Winchester cartridge and some material claims Winchester and the US army shortened the .30/06 to produce the 7.62Nato or .308Win in 1954 but other material says Savage shortened the .30/06 in 1921 to produce the .300Sav to "duplicate .30/06 in a shorter cartridge " and the US army was very interested in this cartridge as it met their requirement but Winchester wanted to lengthen the cartridge and produce a "Winchester" cartridge for obvious commercial gain . So is the .308Win/7.62Nato a .300Savage modified or a .30/06 modified?

Steve

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.308 Winchester ,modified .30/06 or .300 Savage?	RLI	26/08/05 11:46 AM
Re: .308 Winchester ,modified .30/06 or .300 Savage?	Marrakai	26/08/05 11:57 PM
Re: .308 Winchester ,modified .30/06 or .300 Savage?	RLI	27/08/05 06:03 PM

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