Talk:.30-06 Springfield

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[edit] Picture

Why is there a picture of a .303 British shell on the .30-06 Springfield article? It should be explained that the picture is of a contemporary but different cartridge.

Disregard, it turns out the same picture is used on most (all?) rifle cartridge pages. I don't know enough about templates, or I'd do this myself, but it'd be nice if someone put an indication in the caption that the picture is not of the cartridge the article focuses on.

• Could someone provide a picture of this round next to a different round for scale? Possibly next to a .308 round, as the fact that they are different rounds with the same caliber can cause some confusion. Bad ideas 02:18, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

This is a good idea, but I want to say that there shouldn't be any confusion from them being the "same." .30-06 Springfield and .308 Winchester are obviously different when written in the English/Standard system and in the Metric system (7.62x63mm Springfield and 7.62x51mm NATO respectively). -- Thatguy96 12:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)