Bolt Action means less killing power? WTF. You claim to be a hunter with an '06, yet you think a .223 is more powerful?
The .30-06 is roughly 3x more powerful than the .223 fired by an AR15 which is really just a glorified varmint round.
I seriously doubt you really shoot/hunt/own weapons based on the statements you just made.
I meant "less" because it's so much slower to reload.
I was not commenting on the "power" of the rifle/round itself.
Obviously, a muzzle loading .50 has lots of "power", but I'd wager you couldn't kill many people in a movie theater with one, as apposed to a semi-auto (of any caliber, really).
I seriously doubt you really shoot/hunt/own weapons based on the statements you just made.