All things .308 Win

[rookieforever33]

Pretty happy with the 150 gr partitions from Federal. Recoil isnt an issue. My slide unloved 3 shot groups are consistently about 1moa. Had pass throughs on the 2 deer I've shot under 200 yards. Quick bleed outs.

 

[Speaks]

I searched the forum for Forms posts and started reading. Pack a lunch, because he has a lot of knowledge to drop and he has convinced me I know far less than I thought.

I'm currently past mount stupid, but I'm learning.

Thanks @Formidilosus

Ok got it, I was thinking there was some compilation thread.

Yea super interesting info, I was kind of heading the same direction on my own before finding this stuff but it has been eye opening for sure. Im really still just past mount stupid as well and hope to be climbing again shortly.

 

[Speaks]

Whats really interesting to me is that I was hell bent on needing a 7 rem mag, 7 prc or 300 win mag for my next rifle elk trip and then I got into the weeds on bullets and realized that for 99% of all the shots I would be capable of making, I wouldnt need a magnum rifle if I selected a proper bullet and made a shot selection based on that bullet.

I started shooting my 308 a ton and I fell back in love with the rifle. Its not the best rifle, but its mine and I shoot it pretty dang well for what I'm capable of. Given the low cost of ammo I can shoot it a ton to practice recoil management and learning my rifle better. Now I'm excited to use it with a new bullet option and I can't wait to have a chance to see how they perform. I've got steel hung up on my property at various distances and I have been practicing shooting off a pack, bipod, shooting sticks, and trying to get as much real world practice as I can.

Its been really fricken fun to shoot in the wind and see what that does to my bullet impact at the farther distances that I'm able to shoot at home.

In a similar spot. I had a 270, 7mmRM, 300WM, and 338WM. Essentially came to the conclusion that the 270 was overkill for everything and my other rifles had no real purpose. I did pick up a 6.5 and have a 223 on order. But I also have nearly 6k round of 308 (nothing special just the 147g fmj stuff but that is still an absurd amount of low cost practice ammo) so looking to pick up one of these as well.

 

[Southern Lights]

If only the 178gr AMAX was still made. The difference in the ogive and tip on the ELD-M dramatically changed that bullets behavior.

I don't know what it is with that bullet, but yeah it's just dynamite. I still have 900+ of them. Makes me want to get a .308 load working with them again.

It was that 178 AMAX and 155 Scenar that got me to just stop using hunting bullets altogether.

 

[saltfork]

Whats really interesting to me is that I was hell bent on needing a 7 rem mag, 7 prc or 300 win mag for my next rifle elk trip and then I got into the weeds on bullets and realized that for 99% of all the shots I would be capable of making, I wouldnt need a magnum rifle if I selected a proper bullet and made a shot selection based on that bullet.

I started shooting my 308 a ton and I fell back in love with the rifle. Its not the best rifle, but its mine and I shoot it pretty dang well for what I'm capable of. Given the low cost of ammo I can shoot it a ton to practice recoil management and learning my rifle better. Now I'm excited to use it with a new bullet option and I can't wait to have a chance to see how they perform. I've got steel hung up on my property at various distances and I have been practicing shooting off a pack, bipod, shooting sticks, and trying to get as much real world practice as I can.

Its been really fricken fun to shoot in the wind and see what that does to my bullet impact at the farther distances that I'm able to shoot at home.

This mirrors my journey almost exactly. I hunted with the .308 a bunch in my early years. Then moved onto several different rounds; bigger, faster, flatter. Sometimes smaller. When I got a. 300 win mag, I thought I would never hunt with anything else again. Then I noticed that it kicked harder, was louder and heavier, and didn't seem to kill anything deader than my .308. Went back to the. 308, and with all the new bullets out there, my .300 just sits at home.