Thread: .308 and Speer 180 grain BTSP bullets

Thanks guys, I appreciate the replies.


Flyblown - your answer is a fine recommendation for that bullet, and lays any doubts I had to rest.

What load do you use in the .308 with that Speer bullet?

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

What load do you use in the .308 with that Speer bullet?

Remember that mine is the 165gr.

Speer 165gr BTSP
44.5gr AR2208
2.850" COAL
2.220” COAL to ogive
2,559 ft/sec

18” barrel.

For your application you don’t need to chase high velocity. Around 2500 ft./s would be perfect and I guarantee you it’s going to make a big fat, wide mushroom and shed some peripheral weight to create a broad wind channel.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Remember that mine is the 165gr.

Speer 165gr BTSP
44.5gr AR2208
2.850" COAL
2.220” COAL to ogive
2,559 ft/sec

18” barrel.

For your application you don’t need to chase high velocity. Around 2500 ft./s would be perfect and I guarantee you it’s going to make a big fat, wide mushroom and shed some peripheral weight to create a broad wind channel.

I am running almost identical load in my 20" howa 308win.
COAL: 2.8"
ADI 2008: 44.5GN
165GN BTSP Speer
Velocity: 2585 fps
Super accurate