All things .308 Win

[gman82001]

I also have a 6.5CM. and I find speed kills. The .308 may be fatter, but the 6.5CM just knocks down big game. Vortex has a video 6.5 vs .308. It's on youtube. 6.5 kills better. I also hunted with a .270, and that just kills too. I believe it's about speed.

It’s posts like this that make the creedmoor jokes write themselves. Plus vortex? Really?

 

[Stinky Coyote]

‘All things 308’ thread...

6.5 Manbun guys ‘hold my whiteclaw’

 

[mj23polaris]

Man this thread makes me want to get a 308 barrel for one of platforms. staball match is plenty around me and I currently have a few lbs and 30 cal bullets are cheap.


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[Fireflyfishing]

Man this thread makes me want to get a 308 barrel for one of platforms. staball match is plenty around me and I currently have a few lbs and 30 cal bullets are cheap.


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Highly recommend.

 

[mj23polaris]

Highly recommend.

Yea I used to shoot a lot of it, found 6.5 creed and been shooting that in comps for a while. Got away from 308 for hunting switched to 300 and 6.5 prc. Now I’m bored of everything and want to go back to 308 for practice and certain hunts.

Sadly just bought a 223 barrel for my seekins to train with. Him hawed between that and a 308.

I’ll probably grab a savage take off 308 barrel off northland shooters for my aero solus/hnt26 setup.


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[General RE LEE]

Man this thread makes me want to get a 308 barrel for one of platforms. staball match is plenty around me and I currently have a few lbs and 30 cal bullets are cheap.


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I run Varget, but I’m starting to find the magic of good metering ball powders. Dropping charges once set up directly into the case.

Amazing how much faster I can load up a 50 case loading block.

 

[Hondo64d]

Man this thread makes me want to get a 308 barrel for one of platforms. staball match is plenty around me and I currently have a few lbs and 30 cal bullets are cheap.


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Still working with it but StaBall Match is showing much promise so far.

I think the thing I like most about the .308 is they are just 9000ish rounds of drama free fun.

John

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

Still working with it but StaBall Match is showing much promise so far.

I think the thing I like most about the .308 is they are just 9000ish rounds of drama free fun.

John

What bullets are you putting in front of it?

 

[Hondo64d]

What bullets are you putting in front of it?

168gr Tipped Match King.

John

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

168gr Tipped Match King.

John

I have a 1lb I could pick up locally to try, but also contemplating just getting 8lbs of varget and just shooting.

 

[Hondo64d]

I have a 1lb I could pick up locally to try, but also contemplating just getting 8lbs of varget and just shooting.

If your .308 won’t shoot Varget well, it won’t shoot anything well.

John

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

If your .308 won’t shoot Varget well, it won’t shoot anything well.

John

It shoots Varget well, hence just taking the easy route out and loading up on Varget.

Always fun trying new things though and I’m new to 308

 

[Erussell01]

Anybody have experience with 178 eldx on game from a 308?
I recently stumbled into Forms knowledgebase of death using 168 amax and eldm and am kicking around hunting with the amax coming up but because I'm a tinkerer i always have to try new stuff.

In my head the negative reviews I've heard of the eldx are usually high speed impact but since the 308 doesn't run fast in the first place Im wondering if the eldx is a decent solution for 500 yards and in since it is supposed to reliably expand to lower velocities. Unsure exactly what the expansion looks like at those impact velocities and since I bought a metric crap ton of black box amax on sale I should probably stop thinking and go make love to my rifle

I mean wife....

Oh wait 10 months from now is november?, better not. Where is my rifle.....

 

[Stinky Coyote]

Anybody have experience with 178 eldx on game from a 308?
I recently stumbled into Forms knowledgebase of death using 168 amax and eldm and am kicking around hunting with the amax coming up but because I'm a tinkerer i always have to try new stuff.

In my head the negative reviews I've heard of the eldx are usually high speed impact but since the 308 doesn't run fast in the first place Im wondering if the eldx is a decent solution for 500 yards and in since it is supposed to reliably expand to lower velocities. Unsure exactly what the expansion looks like at those impact velocities and since I bought a metric crap ton of black box amax on sale I should probably stop thinking and go make love to my rifle

I mean wife....

Oh wait 10 months from now is november?, better not. Where is my rifle.....

This guy does. Said good mushroom offside hide.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Anybody have experience with 178 eldx on game from a 308?
I recently stumbled into Forms knowledgebase of death using 168 amax and eldm and am kicking around hunting with the amax coming up but because I'm a tinkerer i always have to try new stuff.

In my head the negative reviews I've heard of the eldx are usually high speed impact but since the 308 doesn't run fast in the first place Im wondering if the eldx is a decent solution for 500 yards and in since it is supposed to reliably expand to lower velocities. Unsure exactly what the expansion looks like at those impact velocities and since I bought a metric crap ton of black box amax on sale I should probably stop thinking and go make love to my rifle

I mean wife....

Oh wait 10 months from now is november?, better not. Where is my rifle.....

I shot a few deer, nothing at anything over 150 yards. Zero issues and works great for my sample size.

 

[mj23polaris]

Anybody have experience with 178 eldx on game from a 308?
I recently stumbled into Forms knowledgebase of death using 168 amax and eldm and am kicking around hunting with the amax coming up but because I'm a tinkerer i always have to try new stuff.

In my head the negative reviews I've heard of the eldx are usually high speed impact but since the 308 doesn't run fast in the first place Im wondering if the eldx is a decent solution for 500 yards and in since it is supposed to reliably expand to lower velocities. Unsure exactly what the expansion looks like at those impact velocities and since I bought a metric crap ton of black box amax on sale I should probably stop thinking and go make love to my rifle

I mean wife....

Oh wait 10 months from now is november?, better not. Where is my rifle.....

Killed a pile of elk, deer, antelope, and a sheep with the 178 from 500 and in. Killed everything faster than a 225m from a 300prc and 147m in a 6.5 prc. Always lung shots and just turns everything into soup.


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[Taudisio]

I am considering loading for a 16” 308. Curious if I should go with the 155 TMK for increased velocity over the 168 TMK. For hunting and long range practice.

 

[Hondo64d]

Anybody have experience with 178 eldx on game from a 308?
I recently stumbled into Forms knowledgebase of death using 168 amax and eldm and am kicking around hunting with the amax coming up but because I'm a tinkerer i always have to try new stuff.

In my head the negative reviews I've heard of the eldx are usually high speed impact but since the 308 doesn't run fast in the first place Im wondering if the eldx is a decent solution for 500 yards and in since it is supposed to reliably expand to lower velocities. Unsure exactly what the expansion looks like at those impact velocities and since I bought a metric crap ton of black box amax on sale I should probably stop thinking and go make love to my rifle

I mean wife....

Oh wait 10 months from now is november?, better not. Where is my rifle.....

Check the OP.

John

 

[allstajacket]

Current go-to whitetail round is 165gr interlock over IMR4064. Haven’t chrono’d it yet but it’s killed everything I’ve shot with it so far.

Have collected some Varget, though, so I’m going to be switching over to that for a while I think, and trying out some other bullets.

Purely for the fun of trying something new, being that I don’t generally shoot whitetail over 150-200 yards. It doesn’t really matter much what version of .308 win hits them.


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[Erussell01]

This guy does. Said good mushroom offside hide.

Am I right in the numbers with an average barrel length- impact velocity should be around 1750 at that range?