I have never used a 308 while hunting, I have a model 99f savage chambered for one, and bought a ruger m77 compact in 308 for my mother last fall. So I was at cabelas getting some ammo for my 300 sav and thought I'd try this kind of hornAdy, surprised that it threw a 150 grain bullet at 2740 fps, then I picked up a box of 308 in same make, 3000 fps! Assuming this is true, why would you ever need a 30-06, which I always thought to b more powerful, this round in hornady shoots virtually as flat as a 270?!? I know this probably wouldn't b the case out of the ruger with a 16 in barrel, but out of my 99 with a 22 in barrel it would be an incredibly flat shooting round.