.30-06 Springfield ballistics chart
The .30-06 Springfield trajectory with a 168-grain bullet: drop, wind drift and retained velocity from a 200-yard zero to 900 yards.
Overview
The .30-06 Springfield has been a standard American big-game cartridge for over a century. It drives the same .308-diameter bullets as the .308 Winchester roughly 100-150 fps faster thanks to its longer case, which flattens the trajectory and extends effective range on game.
Factory ammunition spans 150-grain deer loads to 220-grain projectiles for the largest North American game, making it one of the most versatile hunting cartridges ever produced. It is a field cartridge first; dedicated long-range shooters have better options.
Typical uses: All-round big-game hunting from deer to moose and large bears, and vintage / M1 Garand shooting.
Sample load
The trajectory below is calculated for this representative factory load in a standard ICAO atmosphere. Your rifle will differ — enter your own chronographed velocity and verified BC in the calculator for numbers you can dial.
- Bullet
- Hornady 168 gr ELD-M
- Muzzle velocity
- 2,800 fps
- Ballistic coefficient
- 0.263 (G7)
- Zero
- 200 yd
.30-06 Springfield trajectory table
| Range (yd) | Velocity (fps) | Energy (ft⋅lb) | Drop (in) | Elevation (MIL) | Elevation (MOA) | Wind 10 mph (MIL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 2,624 | 2,568 | 1.8 | -0.5 | -1.7 | 0.2 |
| 200 | 2,453 | 2,246 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| 300 | 2,289 | 1,955 | -7.6 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
| 400 | 2,132 | 1,696 | -21.8 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 0.9 |
| 500 | 1,981 | 1,464 | -43.6 | 2.5 | 8.3 | 1.1 |
| 600 | 1,836 | 1,258 | -74.4 | 3.5 | 11.8 | 1.4 |
| 700 | 1,696 | 1,073 | -115.5 | 4.7 | 15.8 | 1.7 |
| 800 | 1,560 | 908 | -168.7 | 6.0 | 20.1 | 2.0 |
| 900 | 1,430 | 763 | -236.2 | 7.4 | 25.1 | 2.3 |
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