.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.
What is the .30-06 Springfield?
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. The bullet is an entry from the app’s bullet library, so the calculator opens with it already selected. Your rifle will differ — enter your own chronographed velocity and verified BC in the calculator for numbers you can dial.
- Bullet
- Federal 168 gr Berger Hybrid Hunter
- Muzzle velocity
- 2,800 fps
- Ballistic coefficient
- 0.251 (G7)
- Zero
- 200 yd
.30-06 Springfield key figures
- Muzzle energy
- 2,925 ft⋅lb
- Supersonic to
- About 1,110 yd
- Point-blank range, 6 in zone
- 279 yd (238 yd zero)
- Point-blank range, 3 in zone
- 216 yd (185 yd zero)
- Drop at 300 yd, 100 yd zero
- 13.0 in
Point-blank range is how far you can hold dead on and still hit a target zone of that height, using the zero shown. Work it out for your own load with the maximum point-blank range calculator , or see how the .30-06 Springfield stacks up in the cartridge comparison chart .
.30-06 Springfield trajectory table
| Range (yd) | Velocity (fps) | Energy (ft⋅lb) | Drop (in) | Elevation (MIL) | Elevation (MOA) | Wind 10 mph (MIL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 2,615 | 2,552 | 1.8 | -0.5 | -1.7 | 0.2 |
| 200 | 2,437 | 2,216 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| 300 | 2,266 | 1,916 | -7.7 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| 400 | 2,103 | 1,649 | -22.1 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 0.9 |
| 500 | 1,946 | 1,413 | -44.4 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 1.2 |
| 600 | 1,795 | 1,202 | -75.9 | 3.6 | 12.1 | 1.5 |
| 700 | 1,650 | 1,016 | -118.3 | 4.8 | 16.1 | 1.8 |
| 800 | 1,510 | 851 | -173.4 | 6.1 | 20.7 | 2.1 |
| 900 | 1,375 | 706 | -243.9 | 7.7 | 25.9 | 2.5 |
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