Sorry I’m sure this has been done to death. Pet .308 loads out of a 16 1/2 “ barrel ? Thinking I will
Use 180gn pills of some variety.
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Sorry I’m sure this has been done to death. Pet .308 loads out of a 16 1/2 “ barrel ? Thinking I will
Use 180gn pills of some variety.
I'm running the following;
Kimber Hunter and Savage Lightweight Hunter both 16" barrels.
Sierra Gamekings 150grn.
AR2208 46.5gr
CBTO 2.172"
2735 FPS.
Not sure you're going to gain much in terms of stopping power going to a heavier projectile.
hornady 180grn round nose are lovely and soft.... I just went two grains below max of powder and went n shot stuff deader than dead thing. terminal preformance was outstanding.
Consider using 3030 projectiles, or as said above a nice round nosed one, If they feed properly. Honestly a spitzer style bullet offers no real advantage at ranges out to 300 or so metres, the difference in trajectory between the more streamlined bullet and the round nose is negligible. You'll probably be dialling anyway at that distance.
150g corlokts 43g 2206h,110g Barnes 45g 2206h as lighter option with less recoil for my boy..both kill well at bush ranges.
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Originally Posted by Makros
Use this, exceptional projectiles
I used 150gr sst factory superformance in my 16 inch kimber for years and they just worked on everything from right up close to 400 yards. I think they were going about 2750fps. I’d imagine the 150gr bt would go just as good.
If you want to try something light go the 130ttsx. Have this zeroed at 200m and 165g sst zeroed at 100m for the longer shots.
Running 130ttsx at 2950 with h335 out of 16.5 inch barrel.
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150Gr Nosler ballistic tips and 44Gr 2208 gives me 1" groups at 100m in my single shot .308. I should be able to get better with a bit more development but have no spare brass at the moment
Might be the go then aQuote:
Originally Posted by Makros
The 150 sst never shot well in my kimber :-( all right for stuff within 50 m( I shot a sow at 25m with them) but at 100m it was up to 2.5” group.
The 168gr sierra match kings on the other hand are grouping from 1/2 moa to 1/4 moa and I have killed close to 10 deer with them and not lost anything yet.
I'm going to shoot 150gr BT using 2206h in my 16" jobbie. Got everything to get started, except free time.
Aiming for 2725-2750fps.
Greetings,
Hodgdon lists loads and velocities for a 15 inch .308 in their pistol section.
GPM.
As does ADI as well on their website :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by grandpamac
That’s the data I usually go to.Quote:
Originally Posted by grandpamac
I just use 165gr hornady BTSP out of 18inch for the the bush going not very fast and they nothing walks away.
168 amax 42 gns of 2206h is my go to was initially done as a reduced load for a friends kids but it shoots so well we didn’t bother doing full noise loads again
CFE223 is a great powder in 308 if you're looking for speed. Even with a 168g its capable of 2800fps (as far as Sierra manual suggests) with 47.0g.
I reckon you'd be right on that. H335 is similar to CFE223 and winchester 748. The Lyman max load there is 45.7gn giving 2714ft/s. Worked up (safely of course) I reckon you'd hit 2800Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames