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Let's use the correct term- CARTRIDGE. Bullet is the PART of a cartridge that comes out of the end of the barrel.

The 30-06 (usually pronounced as thirty ought six) is a .30 caliber rifle cartridge- meaning that the bullet is 30/100ths of an inch in diameter. It was developed in 1906. It was called that to help distinguish it from an earlier .30 caliber cartridge- the 30-40 Krag (which had a .30 caliber bullet, driven by 40 grains of black powder, and was created by the Krag/ Jorgensen Company)

Naming practices tend to change over time, and are not always uniform. Good question, tho.

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