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frozen thicket
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This is mainly for folks who might not know about rifle calibers irl, to hopefully help you understand the game and what people talk about on here.

.30 caliber covers a wide variety of cartridges that all use a common bullet diameter. In this case the diameter of the bullet is .308.

.300 Win Mag (Canning Magnum in game), .30-06, .308, .30-30, .303, 7.62x54r, and 7.62x35 all use .30 caliber bullets.

Each cartridge has a VERY DIFFERENT power level and general use. .300 Magnum for example is the most generally recommended caliber for animals the size of mule deer, black bear, elk, and moose.

.30-06 is the most recommended caliber for general hunting. That'd be anything from small feral pigs to Alaskan moose. .308 is also a generally recognized hunting cartridge and works in shorter, lighter rifles without excessive recoil

.30-30 is the oldest .30 caliber cartridge still in use in America and it's another amazing general purpose hunting rifle for the same kinds of animals as the .30-06. The difference is the powder capacity of the smaller .30-30 case. It doesn't reach the same distance as a .30-06, so it's typically used for close range hunting within 200 yards generally.

.303 is essentially the 30-06 of England/Britain and their former colonies

7.62x54r is Russia's general purpose rifle as well.

7.62x35 is the weakest .30 caliber cartridge in the game. It's called the .300 blackout irl and is generally used for coyotes and feral hogs.

Compared to their use IRL none of these rifles are classed correctly for in the game use. They are heavily restricted by gameplay rules and poor performance in several cases.

frozen thicket
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Also, for reference. The .270 is essentially a .30-06 shell case that has been necked down to hold a .270 bullet. It should be performing way better than it it does, but like all the base game ammo it suffers from Old Coding

fair sigil
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I have to admit, I like the Blackout for the Feral Goats, Roos, and Axis Deer in the Outback region of EC. Fun gun for that, but not much else except for maybe some of the medium size species on Te Awaroa.

frozen thicket
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regal sluice
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I use it for 2-5 game in-game only upset was the SP's and anything passed 200m with a zero up to 300m it's like throwing rocks. If its Reclassed, Re-zeroed, and SP's get buffed its perfect.