Thread: Factory Hornady precision hunter 178 and 308 short barrel Howa

Has any one chronographed this ammo in a short barrel, such a heavy bullet I’m curious to see how much velocity is lost, I thought generally you tried to stay with lighter bullets in shorter barrels, I have an 18inch 308 and am curious if this would be a better load for out to 500m than my usual 165gr 2206h load. Velocity would be lower but the bc may make up for it. The printed velocities are for a 24inch barrel 2600fps which Cigar is getting pretty close to in his 23.5.