All things .308 Win

[Hondo64d]

I’ve recently been playing with the .308 again. The cartridge has enough great qualities to have its own thread, so post away!

My most recent .308 consist of an Aero Precision Solus action (which I’m really diggin’ so far), 20” Bartlein 3B 1:10 twist, AG Composite Adjustable Hunter, and Triggertech Special. All ‘smithing was done by Jon Beanland, and there is none better.

Here is a picture of my most recent “group.” It is five shots with five different charges of StaBall Match pushing 168gr TMKs. The intent was to find max charge. I never expected it to do this.



Here’s a ten shot group with no load development. A previous .308 really liked the Berger 185gr Classic Hunter pushed by 44gr Varget. With this rifle, I didn’t have any 185gr CHs on hand to try so just substituted the 185gr HVLD loaded to 2.85” OAL and this is what it produced.



Here’s a series of charges with N150 and Berger’s 168gr Classic Hunter. All are ten shots groups. As you can see, any one of those charges provides more than adequate precision so with this bullet, I just chose 45gr and rocked on.



Here’s a pretty decent sized boar taken with a 178gr ELD-x from the same rifle at 410 yards. DRT…



My 6.5 Creedmoors are 7mph guns with the 147gr ELD and my .22GTs are 6mph guns with the 88gr ELD-m, but my .308 doesn’t lag far behind, being a 5mph gun with almost any botailed bullet, and a 6mph gun with the most slippery offerings. When going with shorter barrel lengths for suppressor use, the .308 suffers less velocity loss than most. Recoil isn’t bad, and barrel life is absolutely amazing.

There’s a lot to love about the .308, and I’m really enjoying mine.

John

 

[BLJ]

No wonder you were so quick to trade those 155 TMK’s………..

 

[Hondo64d]

No wonder you were so quick to trade those 155 TMK’s………..

The 155 TMKs haven’t shot bad for me, putting ten with nearly every charge under an inch, but, admittedly, they don’t shoot as well as the 168 version.

John

 

[BLJ]

The 155 TMKs haven’t shot bad for me, putting ten with nearly every charge under an inch, but, admittedly, they don’t shoot as well as the 168 version.

John

I’m glad they’re working for you.
If the weather ever breaks here, I’m going to work something up for the 155’s.
Nice shooting.

 

[General RE LEE]

Shot my 20” Tikka CTR 308 today. There is an appreciable difference when a 178 ELDX smacks a steel plate at 600 yards vs a 108 ELDM. Guilt free shooting with the long barrel life and reasonable recoil.

 

[AZ_Hunter]

I like the 308 for what it is. I like other cartridges better, but the 308 is like a basic 4WD F150. It does most things a truck needs to do good enough without much fuss.

 

[dreamingbig]

1 shot kill at 362 yards on a big Montana cow with my .308. 165 grn nosler accubond trophy grade ammo. The bullet was just under the hide on the offside elbow. You can see the bulge in the picture below.

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