All things .308 Win

[Hondo64d]

I can show you plenty of not very good groups from multiple 308 barrels. I can show you plenty of excellent groups across multiple powder charges from cartridges other than 308. While I don't dispute that those groups you showed are extremely precise, and your experience may be that your 308s do this and your other cartridges do not, your groups do not prove that 308 is somehow more inherently accurate/stable/less finnicky than other cartridges.

Until another of my chamberings does what I have shown some of my .308 barrels will do, I will continue to believe they are more eager to please than the other chamberings I shoot or have shot. What other chamberings of yours have done as well?

John

 

[solarshooter]

Got it. Pumping up the 6CM in the 308 thread allows 1/3 to equal damn near half. Made up numbers is all I was sayin’. And you confirmed with your very own spreadsheet.

Oh boy, good job, you got me. So it's only 1/2 the recoil for better ballistics from a shorter barrel. Owned!

 

[solarshooter]

Until another of my chamberings does what I have shown some of my .308 barrels will do, I will continue to believe they are more eager to please than the other chamberings I shoot or have shot. What other chamberings of yours have done as well?

John

I've found it really has more to do with the barrel than the cartridge, personally. Better barrels shoot everything better.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Do you really think you are going to turn any of these 308 heathens into creedmoor flatbillers?

Common man. Might as well get onto chubbychasers.com and start preaching about skinny chicks

 

[sierracharlie338]

Do you really think you are going to turn any of these 308 heathens into creedmoor flatbillers?

Common man. Might as well get onto chubbychasers.com and start preaching about skinny chicks

Darn tootin! I may not be old enough to be a fudd but my 308s aint going anywhere!

 

[solarshooter]

Do you really think you are going to turn any of these 308 heathens into creedmoor flatbillers?

Common man. Might as well get onto chubbychasers.com and start preaching about skinny chicks

You're right, I give up!

 

[North of 60]

Why does it have to be either/or?

Why not have both .308s and creeds of all types

 

[rookieforever33]

Why does it have to be either/or?

Why not have both .308s and creeds of all types

Personally I admire women of all sizes as well as cartridges of all sizes.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

I want to know why people love the 308 so much. I had one and it didn't live up to my expectations. I'm trying to understand what I missed. Not derailing anything.

There are many posts here discussing and displaying why we like the .308. Maybe go back to the beginning and start reading…with that open mind you have.

 

[Jbehredt]

Oh boy, good job, you got me. So it's only 1/2 the recoil for better ballistics from a shorter barrel. Owned!

Simply called you out as a person who was using exaggerated numbers to bolster their point. You no longer deny that. And your amended position of 1/2, better, shorter checks out. Glad we got that sorted.

 

[FredH]

At the risk of reigniting the dumpster fire: Can do everything better? Incorrect, the 30-06 can't fit in an 84M action. Have had a couple of 84Ls in 30-06, but they're just not the rifle the 84M is and went down the road.

That is true but that half inch of action length, so pesky.

 

[Taudisio]

You can shoot 35gr projectiles up to 250gr projectiles in a 308. Armor piercing, incendiary, tracers. Try that in your creedmoor.
(I love my creedmoors too though!)

 

[lelliott8]

Let's get this thread back on track.

This is a 130ttsx recovered from a whitetail buck that a friend of mine shot with my 308. MV is 3100ish and shot was sub 80 yards. Surprised that I found the bullet. Small sample size but ive been happy with this bullet so far.

 

[Undrgrndprdcts]

Let's get this thread back on track.

This is a 130ttsx recovered from a whitetail buck that a friend of mine shot with my 308. MV is 3100ish and shot was sub 80 yards. Surprised that I found the bullet. Small sample size but ive been happy with this bullet so far.

Man that thing is flat. Guess that's what 3k fps will do. What did the wounds look like?

 

[lelliott8]

Man that thing is flat. Guess that's what 3k fps will do. What did the wounds look like?

Ignore the hair I wasn't there to teach him any better

 

[dårlig jeger]

Let's get this thread back on track.

This is a 130ttsx recovered from a whitetail buck that a friend of mine shot with my 308. MV is 3100ish and shot was sub 80 yards. Surprised that I found the bullet. Small sample size but ive been happy with this bullet so far.

Not to derail but would you please add this to :

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Thread 'Copper Mono Success on Big Game'

Nov 26, 2025

It seems like we have a _______ success on big game thread for most every caliber, but I am interested in a success thread for copper monos of any caliber/cartridge.

I am interested more and more in shooting copper. I went hunting with a 308 shooting 130ttsx at 3025fps with the idea of keeping shots under 300 yards but haven't been able to connect yet.

So please share any success photos or stories you have when shooting monos on big game.

Thanks!

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Thanks!

 

[Steve O]

Let's get this thread back on track.

This is a 130ttsx recovered from a whitetail buck that a friend of mine shot with my 308. MV is 3100ish and shot was sub 80 yards. Surprised that I found the bullet. Small sample size but ive been happy with this bullet so far.

What was the angle of the buck and shot?

 

[lelliott8]

What was the angle of the buck and shot?

Buck was broadside and slightly downhill of the shooter. I didnt get any photos of the shoulder where the bullet entered.

 

[SaffaUK]

I’ve long felt 308 is the most boring cartridge in the world. Capable but dull as dishwater. And that it’s only real home was in a battle rifle.

Then when I moved here I knew instead of having a safe full of options I likely need to make one rifle work for all my hunting for at least the next few years. I also would need to pay better attention to logistics because I wasn’t going to be able to load up the peculiar metric calibres that I liked for no other reason than I liked them. I’m unlikely to ever get a shot past 300yards and shots at 50 are a lot more common than shots at 200. Coupled with a lead ban for hunting coming in a few years. It was impossible to make a logical argument against 308.

As mentioned earlier barrel lasts forever. All my local shops have a variety of ammo options. And it will kill everything from a muntjac to a red stag with most of the ammo on the shelves

At least the rifles pretty.