Editing .30-06 Springfield (section)

{{short description|American military rifle cartridge}}
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{{Infobox firearm cartridge
| name               = .30-06 Springfield
| image              = 30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge.jpg
| image_size         = 300px
| caption            = .30-06 Springfield cartridge with soft tip bullet
| origin             = United States
| type               = Rifle
<!-- Service history -->
| service            = {{ubli|1906 – late 1970s (United States Armed Forces)|1906–present}}
| used_by            = United States and other nations
| wars               = {{ubl|[[World War I]]|[[World War II]]|[[Korean War]]|[[Vietnam War]]}}

<!-- Production info -->
| designer           = [[Springfield Armory]]
| design_date        = 1906
| manufacturer       = Springfield Armory, Lake City Arsenal, others
| production_date    = 1906–present
| number             = 
| variants           =

<!-- Specifications -->
| is_SI_specs        = no
| parent             = [[.30-03|.30-03 Springfield]]
| case_type          = Rimless, straight walled, bottleneck
| bullet             = .308 in (7.82 mm)<ref>[https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ANSI-SAAMI-Z299.4-CFR-Approved-2015-12-14-Posting-Copy.pdf SAAMI Reference], p. 95</ref>
| land               = .300
| neck               = .340
| shoulder           = .441
| base               = .471
| rim_dia            = .473
| rim_thick          = .049
| case_length        = 2.494
| length             = 3.34
| case_capacity      = 68
| rifling            = 1 in {{convert|10|in|mm|abbr=on}}
| primer             = Large rifle
| max_pressure       = 58740
| pressure_method    = C.I.P.
| max_pressure2      = 60000
| pressure_method2   = SAAMI
| max_cup            = 50,000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-28 |title=SAAMI pressure specs |url=http://www.handloads.com/misc/saami.htm |access-date=2023-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121135/http://www.handloads.com/misc/saami.htm |archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref>
<!-- Ballistic performance -->
| is_SI_ballistics   = no
| Muzzle velocity    = 
| Muzzle energy      =

<!-- Ballistic data, load 1 -->
| bw1                = 150
| btype1             = Nosler Ballistic Tip
| vel1               = 2910
| en1                = 2820

<!-- Ballistic data, load 2 -->
| bw2                = 165
| btype2             = BTSP
| vel2               = 2800
| en2                = 2872

<!-- Ballistic data, load 3 -->
| bw3                = 180
| btype3             = Core-Lokt Soft Point
| vel3               = 2700
| en3                = 2913

<!-- Ballistic data, load 4 -->
| bw4                = 200
| btype4             = Partition
| vel4               = 2569
| en4                = 2932

<!-- Ballistic data, load 5 -->
| bw5                = 220
| btype5             = RN
| vel5               = 2500
| en5                = 3036

<!-- Ballistics data source -->
| test_barrel_length = 24 inch (61 cm)
| balsrc             = Federal Cartridge<ref name="federal">{{cite web |url=http://www.federalcartridge.com/ballistics/ |title=Federal Cartridge Co. ballistics page |access-date=2007-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922160252/http://www.federalcartridge.com/ballistics/ |archive-date=22 September 2007<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> / Accurate Powder<ref name="accurate">{{cite web |url=http://www.accuratepowder.com/data/AccurateGuideV3-2.pdf |title=Accurate Powder reload data table |access-date=2009-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320043840/http://www.accuratepowder.com/data/AccurateGuideV3-2.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2009<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>
}}

The '''.30-06 Springfield''' [[cartridge (weaponry)|cartridge]] (pronounced "thirty-[[Names for the number 0 in English|aught]]-six" {{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|ɝ|t|i|_|ɔ:|t|_|s|ɪ|k|s}}), '''7.62×63mm''' in metric notation, and called the '''.30 Gov't '06''' by Winchester,<ref>''Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Rifles'' Wayne van Zwoll, p 186</ref> was introduced to the [[United States Army]] in 1906 and later [[standardization|standardized]]; it remained in military use until the late 1970s. In the cartridge's name, ".30" refers to the nominal [[caliber]] of the [[bullet]] in inches; "06" refers to the year the cartridge was adopted, 1906. It replaced the [[.30-03 Springfield]], [[6mm Lee Navy]], and [[.30-40 Krag]] cartridges. The .30-06 remained the U.S. Army's primary rifle and machine gun cartridge for nearly 50 years before being replaced by the [[7.62×51mm NATO]] and [[5.56×45mm NATO]], both of which remain in current U.S. and NATO service. The cartridge remains a very popular sporting round, with ammunition produced by all major manufacturers.