Thread: .308 round choises 150 grain vs 180 grain on red stags

im new to .308 and wondering what rounds i should run for reg stags at 30m to 100m. im sighted in at 100m on Winchester 308 Win Super-X 150gr Power Point rounds. does anyone have experience with these rounds on red stags? i was also looking at Hornady 308 Superformance 150gr Polymer Tip Hornady SST if anyone can give me any knowledge on the stopping power differences on these two rounds or if i should go to a heavier round for red stags.

Stags won't know the difference.

Any difference at that distance is academic.

The .308 has enough legs within 200m (and further out but lets say 200m so no one can argue) that basically any standard deer hunting factory round will do the job as long as you put the bullet through the boiler house or CNS.

Changing bullet weights or types from what you have will involve money and time, but will not achieve any tangible benefit at the hunting ranges that you have tabled.

150 grain is basically the 'industry standard', 180 grain will work too but generally have a bit more recoil.

yea he's asking If you do though mate seeing as your in here STC.

Originally Posted by JMMAC

yea he's asking If you do though mate seeing as your in here STC.

Read again what i wrote. Longshot explained it very well in more detail, but might be too hard to comprehend to some people.

If stags don't notice a difference neither will hunters.

The rest is personal preference, based on beliefs and what rounds might shoot or not shoot in a particular rifle.

I like speer 150 btsps: why? They shoot well in my rifle to the ranges i am comfortable with and are cheap.

I've used both and the win 150 power point is awesome as a bush hunting load. Buy three packets, sight your rifle to be bang in st 50 meters and go hunting and shoot stuff in the bush until you run out of ammo. should see you right for a couple of years. spend the rest of your money on fuel to go out hunting.

have used .308 now for the best part of 50 years - stay with 150 grain only because as long shot says 180grain will boot a bit more - dont over complicate what bullets will do comparing commercial brands - they will all do the job they were designed for - just smack your stag hard in the engine room he will die - the only time I choose carefully commercial rounds is with my .222 - some american made rounds dont work well on deer since likely they were designed for woodchucks YUK YUK the euro made i.e norma sako work better generally -so if you can compare brands for accuracy in your rifle - choose and away ya go - american made .308 150 grain will have been designed for deer -euro certainly will have also - so good to go

Bullet placement is more important than weight. Use what u got.

awesome cheers for the info boys, just wanted to make sure i was on the right path with the grain as there seams to be alot more diversity and options with .308 rounds rather than .270 witch is all ive ever used and the stag reference was just to reference larger game.

Go down the middle of the road and go 165btsp

I will buck trend and say buy a box of plain winchester 180grn cup n core loads..they recoil LESS than the same in 150...dont ask me explain why as dont know..possibly because its loaded slower?? and is more of a shove than a boot..but its a real thing..and they kill awesomely,its a soft pill so mushrooms well and leaves huge blood trails from chest shot as big exit.
I would not use sst load..have said why elsewhere,others love them.

try three of the 180s on paper so know where they going...... leave scope alone so your 150grn load is still sighted in perfectly for the maybe longer shot and use the 180s stalking in bush etc...best of both worlds then.

I wouldn't use the sst as a close range load.
Would be more inclined to go to a soft point interlock and or 180gr

Haven't used 30 cal SSTs but I know that 139 7mms are very explody close up. Generally levels the beast but total jelly inside and a fair bit of unnecessary meat loss.

150gr Corelocts in my 308. Haven't tried 180gr. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

150gr Corelocts in my 308. Haven't tried 180gr. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

wisdom Chur Bay wisdom