new 30-06 offering from Federal 175gr

[ben walker]

Just curious what you all think of this new offering from federal ammo they are calling edge TLR for 30-06 , its a 175 gr bullet with reported mv of 2730. If you compare it to any 175gr offering for 7mm rem mag it shows that it exceeds the 7mag performance in pretty well all areas . How is this possible when ( I assume) the 7mag has a larger powder capacity?

 

[Slamfire]

Impressive ballistic coefficient for a 175gr 30 caliber bullet, 0.536.

7mm Rem. Mag. factory ammo is a 175gr at ~2900 fps (?). Depends on the b.c. of the 7mm bullet if the 30-06 Federal TLR ammo has higher downrange numbers.

https://www.federalpremium.com/ammunition/rifle/bullet/edge-tlr/edge-tlr/p3006etlr175

 

[Slamfire]

7mm Rem. Mag. Federal Fusion ammo is 175gr at 2760 fps, and the b.c. of the bullet is 0.537 so the 7mm RM will have a bit higher muzzle and downrange speed and energy numbers.

https://www.federalpremium.com/ammunition/rifle/family/fusion/fusion-rifle/f7rfs2

 

[Slamfire]

However, 7mm RM Federal Premium 175gr Bear Claw ammo has a b.c. of only 0.407 so the 30-06 TLR has more energy beyond about 40 yards.

https://www.federalpremium.com/ammunition/rifle/family/vital-shok/vital-shok-trophy-bonded-bear-claw/p7rt1