Beginner .308 reloading - where to go next

[Caseknife]

VLD reamer in the case mouth makes a huge difference in seating monos

 

[Saluki91]

I plugged your 24" barrel, 2.800" COAL and 150gr CX into QuickLoad... If you are willing to consider alternatives to the Winchester powder you mentioned, and want a highly efficient load with as much speed as possible (ie. monolithic bullets), I'd look at these three powders first:
VV N530 (may be difficult to find)
AA2520 (aka "Camp Perry Powder")
IMR 8208XBR

-OR-

Follow the advice of the guys at Hornady: "If you can shoot Varget, shoot Varget."

Re. seating depth and a load for shooting game at typical distances... not a rabbit hole worth exploring IMO, especially in .308. Seat your bullet of choice 5 thou under your lands and look your node. It won't take long to find what you are looking for.

Have fun!

 

[Fireflyfishing]

As others have mentioned, 130 TTSX is the way to go for a mono in a .308 Win.

 

[whoami-72]

Thanks for the input guys. After my last loading session I realized how much I hate measuring powder was about ready to stop reloading again.

Sooooooo, I designed up a couple different auto dispensers that use any beam scale and your existing trickler to dispense powders for you and stop when you hit the desired weight. Once I get that running I'll start testing again.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Thanks for the input guys. After my last loading session I realized how much I hate measuring powder was about ready to stop reloading again.

Sooooooo, I designed up a couple different auto dispensers that use any beam scale and your existing trickler to dispense powders for you and stop when you hit the desired weight. Once I get that running I'll start testing again.

What issues are you having measuring powder?