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Hey guys im about to enter the world of reloading soon thanks to a fellow forum member whos kindly offered to help me out. Im not sure how to mention his tag quite yet but hes a good bastard! thanks again neil. Anyway I was wondering what the other forums members have had success with in their .308 loads. Ive bought some 150grain SSTs so will start there I guess. Cheers team
That’s what I use in my 308 they work awesome good choice
Be careful it gets addictive.
I use 125gn in mine so not much use to you.
How do the 125s perform?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shootm
Good one. To mention somebody just put @ in front of the name ie @Been Upto.Quote:
Originally Posted by Been Upto
Haven't used one for a while but when I had one meat shooting I ran (not sure if you can get them anymore)
130 speer HP and 748 powder.
Was doing around 3050 on an old chrony out of a mod 7 rem.
Was never shooting any great distances but the load worked really well for me.
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@25/08IMP Cant thank this guy enough, even taught me some stuff about trigger pull which got me alot more animals on the deck thanks mate
Thanks mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Headroom
Still making them, they still work and are still cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
I'm using 2206h with 150s and cfe223 with 165s...prolly just use 165s when the 150s run out. 1 load near and far seems to have the same felt recoil
Barnes 130gr TTSX, 2206H at 3000ft/s.
I just discovered the Belmont 150gr hornady soft point load shoots 5 shot 1moa groups, $125 for 100 rounds posted.
My reloads that i bashed together do 5 shots for 1.5moa and cost about $170 So im not going to bother loading except to use up my inventory and Subs
Great info here...for me....308 WIN....168gr magtech....first defense sniper round.......a close second would be R93,s choice...[I] have those as well.....the 168gr for a longer shot
ADI 2208 or 2206 powder depends on how short your bbl is. 2206 faster burn rate suits shorter bbl.... in theory. Both work great.
Pills 150 gn cup & core (Speer, Hornady Interloks, Coreloks, Partitions best but expensive) for bush loads and 165 gn NBTs or SSTs for longer range
180grn round nose hornady for bush load.....R93s suggested speer 130 hps for lighter stuff...awesome on goats,they are called "hand granades" for a very good reason,its a projectile you can easily load down to gentle velocity aswell and it will still open up as they are very soft (as is most speer stuff) soft=good in humble .308
150gr sst will work great as an all round load. When I had one AR2206h was my go to powder.
That's what I run in mine mate. 46.5 grains 2206h pushes them at 2751fps out of my 16 inch tikka. Very accurate out to 500m in good conditions. That's getting hot though so definitely dont start there. I'd suggest use the ADI reloading book as a referenceQuote:
Originally Posted by Been Upto
44gn's 2206H, 165 SGK or SST. Accurate as, and bang flop
Thanks to all the bros who shared their loads its a good start. Cheers
I use 2206h with 165gr bullets (hornady SPs or SSTs, and will try serria hpbt some stage this year too).
Those 130 ttsx look awesome.
150gr Sierra gamekings Norma brass 2206H powder 2830fps out of 18” Tikka.
Use to use 46.5gr 2208 with Sierra 165gr hpbt gamekings and get about 2550 but lethal bush round. Have a heap of speer 125gr hps that I ran out of the 308 @ 2984fps(16" bbl) which were hilarious on varmints. Can have them cheap if you want to reload
8 posters here used ADI 2206H powder. Food for thought.
It seems to do the job! Will have to try it outQuote:
Originally Posted by Max Headroom
ADI2206H works!
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2206h or 2208 with 165 sst works a treat at short and long range then Leigh 168 for subs over the dog.
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2206 or w748 for lighties and 2208 or cfe223 for heavies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Headroom
Take up photography if you don't get joy with any of these
It's the "go to" powder for .308 Win, that's for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Headroom
Barnes TTSX 130gn , federal 210 primer, H335 ~ 3000fps. Runs awesome in my 16" Kaimai MPR. I'd get your hands on a chrony so you know what is going on. Some loads online are pretty hot so watch out. I get deformation of lapua cases at 48gn.
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Same but 49gr in 14.5”Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwiswede
110g Barnes TTsx with 45g 2206h or 150g interlocks with same powder load,used the 150sst but a lot of meat damage at bush ranges,better as long range pills I reckon,accurate tho.16in suppressed A7
For my Kimber and BSA I use 150 SSTs, 45gn 2208, Norma case, Win primer. Great accuracy and kills well.
[QUOTE=MSL;784506]Same but 49gr in 14.5”[/QUOTE @MSL, what cases you using?
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Lapua
[QUOTE=burtonator;784145]2206h or 2208 with 165 sst works a treat at short and long range then Leigh 168 for subs over the dog.
��[/QUOTE @burtonator, what flavoured brass are you running with the Leigh's CF? I found the lapua wouldn't hold/seat them concentric. No probs with federal.
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[QUOTE=kiwiswede;784575]I’ve just been using lapua and had no problemsQuote:
Originally Posted by burtonator
Something a bit different... I've picked up a lot of 308 (and 7mm08) brass over the last few months. FL sized it all and loaded it with a CCI200, 41.4gr of AR2206H, and a Hornady 168gr HPBT (the Sierra would work too).
Trawling a few forums, this seems to be a pretty common charge weight with that powder for a lot of rifles, and it's shooting well in mine too. There will be another accuracy node somewhere higher, if you are prepared to work up to find it, but I suggest don't bother. 41.4gr keeps it mild (which, isn't a bad idea, considering this is with mixed headstamp brass that will have varying powder capacity), uses relatively cheap components, groups around 1MOA for me at 100m, and it's supersonic to 800m out of an 18" if you want to try out long range shooting. Obviously not a hunting bullet though.
168gr Hornady ELD 43.5 gr 2206H 2.82 OAL 20" Heavish contour barrel.
To be fair though as mentioned above some of the factory ammo available for 308 is outstanding and very hard to match yet beat. Most other calibres this is unusual and that's why we reload.
Hornady Superperformance 165 & 150 SSTs are outstanding for hunting. There other match ammo loadings also very good. Federal Match & the Geco 170 Hollow points very good, and not bad prices.
155 HBC match hollow point with 45gr 2206h, 2.77 OAL.You can pick these up cheap if you buy bulk.
Have some 175 TMKs with 4064 but don't have my book on me.
Just moved from ADI to Lapua cases with 168 ELDMs and I’ve settled on 43 gr 2206H a reasonably mild load giving 2656 fps with great accuracy and lowish ES. Haven’t got my book either but it’s something like .3 MOA and ES of 11. The Lapua cases seem to have more volume than the ADI as pressures look to be lower. This is 20” barrel.
Oh and with that sort of MV eldms seem pretty ie very effective near and far.
