Thread: 165 gr ssts for my 308 m77

Hi there again!

Finally done it and purchased some dies, a bud of mine has all the rest of the equipment and is going to show me how to load. I was tossing up between the 168gr amaxs and the 165gr ssts and After countless hours reading and chatting with others, I have gone with the ssts.
Can try both 2206h and 2208 if needed, with white river primers.

Anyone else had any luck with them out of an m77 mk2 ?
Barrel is 19 inch,1-10

I'm down to my last 7 rounds of factory ammo. For reference I've been keeping the brass from my 150g sako sps. It does shot them well at less than an inch and also done a couple of groups of another mates ammo of the hornady white tails at 3/4

Keep the factory rounds so you have a reference round for what does work. I do this so if at some point I'm struggling with load development I can check with a known load that it is the reload thats the issue and not something else.

Mate!! That's sick! Great advice hey. Funny after all the hours that's the 1sr time I've heard that cheers man.
I was given a heap of the 165 interlock sps too so if i can't get the ssts consistent I'll try them

I reload some 308 for a friend. In her rifle the 165SST's and the 165SGK's simply perform, nothing gets away. The Interlocks are a great projectile as well, so it looks like you have a choice of several good projectiles. 44gn's of 2206H behind the sst's for 2700 -2750.

In the .308 there is not too much between the Interlock sp and SST - most people aren't really getting to the ranges where the plastic makes that much difference. The 165 is quite a chubby little pill, hits hard at close range but tends to run out of puff further out especially from the short barrel - so if you are planning on using it at 300m+ consider that. The 150gr range might be a better solution, but what I found is the 150gr SST is a much different animal than the 165gr version and much more like a varmint bullet than a heavier big game one.

2208 is the standard option for most in .308, just down to the fact that 2206H is harder to come by. It works though.

Originally Posted by No.3

In the .308 there is not too much between the Interlock sp and SST - most people aren't really getting to the ranges where the plastic makes that much difference. The 165 is quite a chubby little pill, hits hard at close range but tends to run out of puff further out especially from the short barrel - so if you are planning on using it at 300m+ consider that. The 150gr range might be a better solution, but what I found is the 150gr SST is a much different animal than the 165gr version and much more like a varmint bullet than a heavier big game one.

2208 is the standard option for most in .308, just down to the fact that 2206H is harder to come by. It works though.

What he said. 2208 seems to be one of the powders that tend to stay in stock more, so I'd stick with that if you can. I get exactly the same performance with 44gn of 2208 and 43gn 2206h behind 168gn A-max in my 16.5" Bergara 308.

And if you need some 2208 and don't want to buy a whole kg, I have some spare...

I've used 165gr sst and SP. Both great projectiles. The both have excellent terminal performance. Once upon a time I would have said the SP is easier to get to shoot well, but I was fooling myself with three shot groups... If the SST meets your accuracy expectations, then load up and be happy.

Yeh 300s a big shot any how. It would be nice to know i can go abit longer if needed but doubt that's going to happen that often. Those numbers look pretty much like what I was hoping for from the manual iv been reading. Do you know the muzzle velocity out of the 16 off the top of yah head?
And cheers for the offer if I run out of the bit iv been supplied mid development ill hit yah up eh cheers!!

Yeh 300s a big shot any how. It would be nice to know i can go abit longer if needed but doubt that's going to happen that often. Those numbers look pretty much like what I was hoping for from the manual iv been reading. Do you know the muzzle velocity out of the 16 off the top of yah head?
And cheers for the offer if I run out of the bit iv been supplied mid development ill hit yah up eh cheers!! Pretty sure I should have enough to get a load made up before buying some more hopefully haha.

Originally Posted by Randynz

Hi there again!

Finally done it and purchased some dies, a bud of mine has all the rest of the equipment and is going to show me how to load. I was tossing up between the 168gr amaxs and the 165gr ssts and After countless hours reading and chatting with others, I have gone with the ssts.
Can try both 2206h and 2208 if needed, with white river primers.

Anyone else had any luck with them out of an m77 mk2 ?
Barrel is 19 inch,1-10

I'm down to my last 7 rounds of factory ammo. For reference I've been keeping the brass from my 150g sako sps. It does shot them well at less than an inch and also done a couple of groups of another mates ammo of the hornady white tails at 3/4

They have 125gr in SST. I load the 110gr TTSX for a mates 308 but might get him some 110gr Hornady as he chews through the pills. The biggest gain for him is that he has no recoil. He used to use factory 150gr SST. Look at the 1970's gun mags ...all using 180gr.

moving slightly off topic @TeRei but +1 vote here for 125gn 308 pills for shots under 400m, definitely nicer/softer to shoot than the 168gn, but to be fair I don't really notice it in the field, more at the range.

The sst won't "run out of puff" realistically until probably closer to 500 yards depending on your muzzle velocity.
The 168gr amaxs certainly excel in shorter barrels. Plenty of people on here would have used them out quite a long way out of 16" barrels.
Sst will likely work fine though.

Originally Posted by TeRei

They have 125gr in SST. I load the 110gr TTSX for a mates 308 but might get him some 110gr Hornady as he chews through the pills. The biggest gain for him is that he has no recoil. He used to use factory 150gr SST. Look at the 1970's gun mags ...all using 180gr.

Yeh the ruger did kick abit even with the 150s till I put the suppressor on. Now I could almost shoot it one handed haha.
Maniatis makes pretty decent cans eh.
Really hoping the ssts do the job otherwise will grab some amaxs to see.

Originally Posted by TLB

The sst won't "run out of puff" realistically until probably closer to 500 yards depending on your muzzle velocity.
The 168gr amaxs certainly excel in shorter barrels. Plenty of people on here would have used them out quite a long way out of 16" barrels.
Sst will likely work fine though.

Yeh after reading the manuals of i can get the desired results it seems the knock down energy is still over 1000 at 500m so on the odd occasion and if it feels right should be able to stretch the legs out.

Would like to set up some targets out at range for verification somewhere once iv set up the load.

Don't underestimate 2208. There is plenty about for good reason.
Interlocks just work.
165gr is a good middle of the road choice.