Quote Originally Posted by PhillipM View Post
A 30/303? What a great idea!

I don't mess with foreign rifles much, but was chewing the fat with a buddy that does the other day and he remarked the US was the only country to develop 308 bore ammo. How come?
That topic comes up from time to time with a friend whose strictly a collector but much older than I. His theory is the young nation moving up wanted to be a little different. When .311 was so popular why .308. There's got to be an ordnance study or a US 30 cal expert who knows the given reason by the government.