Thread: Light 308 Projectiles

I agree 7mmwsm I think in my heart the 155's will be the business. But having just sold my 300 Blk I had quite a few lighter 110gr projectiles left to run for this little experiment. (Hornady and Barnes)

Didn't help last trip having one of our party having a fallow run away from a 223 Fiocchi poly tip rounds in the boiler room (hit leg bone breaking it but exiting) at around 200m. Then having to run the animal down and having to dispatch - So the experiment was hatched...

Wanted to look at lighter faster rounds effects, vs heavier rounds (155 and greater) for frangibility, wound channel and stopping power & meat saver power from the 308 platform instead of the 223 we've always relied upon for meat saver neck shots from a heavier platform (308 as all 3 of us had bushpigs suitable for this).

Another Mate also had a factory 7mm corelokt (140/150-ish gr weight) hit the front end of a fallow at about 75m in the boiler room and whilst almost immediate drop - the front end was stuffed with bruising from the hydraulic internal effect of the round.

I also put a 162 amax into a Fallow neck shot on two occasions and round in one case exited and blew out the neck and head almost off good result lights out at 320yrds whilst the second looked perfect lower neck shot but upon butchering it had gone the other way blown out along the spine rearward stuffing the last 4 or so inches of back steaks. The spine section itself was missing about a 3.5 inch section completely gone at the bottom of the neck. Externally there was one bullet entry hole -no exit in the skin.

Over a few beers the experiment was hatched to take a look at light and fast projectiles, and heavy and slow (for a bushpig) from a 308 platform options as an alternate to the 223 in first instance and our long guns (7mm rem mag 300 win mag) that usually accompany us to shoot animals and Gongs respectively.
Can't wait to see the results - going to try both wet phone books (bullet retention) and some ballistic gel recipe that Terry is cooking up.

Also a good opportunity to play with a few options of projectiles and a lab radar and gel for shits and giggles - with a hope of getting to a couple of options for better terminal performance.

Hope that better sets out what we are trying to do..and why!