Specification
The numbers that define it
Factory loads
Published load data
Muzzle velocities are the manufacturer’s published figures, measured in their test barrel. Your rifle will differ — a shorter barrel typically loses roughly 5–15 m/s per centimetre. Chronograph your own load before trusting a long-range solution.
What it is
The .30-06 Springfield served the US Army through two world wars and then settled into being the world’s most widely loaded hunting cartridge. The long case gives it 30–50 m/s over a .308 Winchester with the same bullet — not revolutionary, but measurable.
Use in Finland
As a moose cartridge the .30-06 is a standard answer in Finland: essentially every load of 11.7 g and up clears the 9 g / 2700 J requirement with a wide margin, and the selection runs from budget GECO soft points to long-range bullets like Norma’s Bondstrike. Per-load checks are on the hunting page.