Thread: .223 Rem vs. .308 Win

Greetings All,
To me the two cartridges are complementary rather than competitors. There is a considerable overlap between them but each has an edge for some things. The .223 is a great target and light game cartridge, up to deer with the right projectiles and the .308 excels for longer range target and general hunting. Perhaps the last word should be left to Bell. Bell was a proponent of lighter cartridges and reputedly killed a Cape Buffalo with a .22 Savage Hi-power. A cartridge with ballistics easily matched in the .223. When asked late in life what modern cartridge he would prefer for elephants he was reputed to have answered "The .308 with 200 grain round nose solids". Not surprising as he used the .318 Westley Richards late in his ivory hunting days with about those ballistics.
Regards Grandpamac.