JimIsland
Lil-Rokslider
I'm not a handloader but I thought this might be of interest to any of us old school hunters that still shoot a .308.
I went to the woods yesterday to try some factory Barnes copper bullets. I've heard great things about them, so I bought a few boxes and gave them a run. Rifle is a Savage Timberline that I actually bought from a member on the Forum here. After getting it zero'd at 200, I pushed out to 300, 400 and then 460 yards which is as far as I've got. After putting all the data into a ballistic calculator (True Data) I was able to make impact shots very accurately. The 460 yard was an 8" steel plate I had just bought. I'm no dialer but the MOA data provided from the Ap was very accurate. My 10-shot velocity avg was 3065 fps out of a 22" barrel. Box velo is 3125. I'm guessing with a 24" barrel you would get closer to box velocity. Groups were easily <MOA. I'm 61 and not as steady as I used to be so I'm sure someone else could do much better. Also, the scope was a Trijicon Credo HX 2.5-10X56.
I'm no LR hunter so 460 is nothing for a lot of guys, but I was pretty happy with the results from this ammo and the data that True Date provided.
For you hand loaders, what kind of velocity are getting with these projectiles?
I went to the woods yesterday to try some factory Barnes copper bullets. I've heard great things about them, so I bought a few boxes and gave them a run. Rifle is a Savage Timberline that I actually bought from a member on the Forum here. After getting it zero'd at 200, I pushed out to 300, 400 and then 460 yards which is as far as I've got. After putting all the data into a ballistic calculator (True Data) I was able to make impact shots very accurately. The 460 yard was an 8" steel plate I had just bought. I'm no dialer but the MOA data provided from the Ap was very accurate. My 10-shot velocity avg was 3065 fps out of a 22" barrel. Box velo is 3125. I'm guessing with a 24" barrel you would get closer to box velocity. Groups were easily <MOA. I'm 61 and not as steady as I used to be so I'm sure someone else could do much better. Also, the scope was a Trijicon Credo HX 2.5-10X56.
I'm no LR hunter so 460 is nothing for a lot of guys, but I was pretty happy with the results from this ammo and the data that True Date provided.
For you hand loaders, what kind of velocity are getting with these projectiles?
