Came looking for exactly the same question, found this thread.
Thanks all!
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Came looking for exactly the same question, found this thread.
Thanks all!
I’ve had 308’s for 34 years. Almost every deer I have shot has been shot with this caliber. For factory loads Hornady 165 grain are great. Used the exclusively for 12 years. Never lost an animal. Accurate and kill well.
I now shoot handloaded 165gr SST’s at 2550. Slow but really accurate out to my limit of 300m. They can go further but I don’t take shots that far. At this speed great up close too. Great killers when hit in the engine room which is where I always aim. My six cents worth based on quite a bit of practical experience. Hope this helps.
BTW the handloads are out of a Tikka bush pig.
Have used .308 for 42 years, a few different rifles using both factory and reloaded ammo. 150gr projectiles almost exclusively, currently use Speer or Remington Core-lokts. Have shot untold numbers of game and only lost I think two deer due to shooter error. Reload to about 2600 fps these days using 2206h, does the job. As i stated in another thread I've shot every big-game species in NZ with this caliber. It's a good reliable accurate caliber, never needed anything else although my primery culling rifle these days is a .223.
My current choice is Hornady 168gn Superformance Match with the ELD-M bullet. Kills spectacularly at all ranges from 20 to 600yds, and is reliable regardless of the target size. I think the beauty of the 165-168gn weight is that they will open up on light animals, but also have enough mass for decent penetration. Pretty much any 150gn projectile will work in this country, and let’s face it it is the ‘standard’ but the extra 15-18grains of bullet weight give you just a bit of insurance. As others have mentioned the 165 SST is a goodie in the Hornady factory ammo too.