Military cartridges inevitably turn into favorites of sportsmen, police and civilians.
In the U.S. this has always been the case – from the 45/70 Government, which I currently hunt elk with, to the lesser-known 30-40 Krag that took our armed forces into the modern smokeless powder era, to the 30-03 which begat the improved 30-06 that virtually every American is familiar with today.
As I stated in last month’s column, the .308 Winchester (7.62x51mm NATO in its military…