Is the 308 dead?

[Ajsomp]

Any suggestions for someone not looking to reload their ammo for a suppressed 308? Im just getting into supressed rifles and dont have an idea on how to pick a good grain or manufacturer.

Are you asking for subsonic or just 308 ammo? Just because you add a suppressor doesn’t really change the ammo you shoot, unless you’re looking to shoot subs.

Shoot 155-178s in any factory load. Hornady AMAX, ELDm/x or Sierra TMK. Pretty easy to find something your gun will shoot.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Any suggestions for someone not looking to reload their ammo for a suppressed 308? Im just getting into supressed rifles and dont have an idea on how to pick a good grain or manufacturer.

Federal 150 grain blue box...I shoot 150gr for most game..elk size I bump up to 180gr.

 

[Huntingfarandwide]

No....very efficient cartridge.

 

[peaceful_ruler]

What other cartridge can deliver a reliably expanding 30 caliber copper bullet on target at 400 yards at 2100+ FPS with moderate recoil in a 7# gun? And then turn around and shoot a game animal facing you at 25 yards and still get 30+" of penetration and 90+% weight retention....My .308 aint going anywhere. With a 22" barrel, no less.

 

[Timberline001]

It should be

 

[Timberline001]

A memory popped up (real memory not zerkerburg trash) of a conversation young me overheard at the range with a Wyoming silhouette shooter about why he hunts with the 308. This was back when today’s meemaws were a little younger and had big hair. I can still smell the hair spray.

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He liked being able to shoot thousands of rounds a year while getting a handful of years out of the barrel, be competitive in silhouette shooting to 500 meters one weekend, hunt antelope during the week, deer the next weekend and elk the week after that all with the same rifle. Not much has changed, other than meemaw.

Sounds like me describing a creedmoor

 

[mtblackdog]

Growing up in Wyo and MT I never really thought it was alive unless it was on the shoulder of an out if stater.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

308 will never be dead.
Same with 6.5cm and 30/06.
It’s always a good option.Maybe just not as popular.

 

[menhaden_man]

 

[Aussie Dan]

308 will live until the military replaces it.
Even after that happens, there will probably be a 20-30+ year replacement inertia situation where the guys who collected it for SHTF situations end up plinking it away or end up keeping it for SHTF still.

Is it as relevant as it once was in competition and hunting circles? Obviously not. Is it still viable for both those uses, of course. To suggest otherwise is demonstrably false.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

308 will live until the military replaces it.
Even after that happens, there will probably be a 20-30+ year replacement inertia situation where the guys who collected it for SHTF situations end up plinking it away or end up keeping it for SHTF still.

Is it as relevant as it once was in competition and hunting circles? Obviously not. Is it still viable for both those uses, of course. To suggest otherwise is demonstrably false.

There is enough of those SA 140 rd Nato headstamped battle packs floating around it will live long after the military replaces it...

 

[Aussie Dan]

There is enough of those SA 140 rd Nato headstamped battle packs floating around it will live long after the military replaces it...

I said 20-30+ years, could definitely be a helluva lot more.
I used those numbers for sake of the conversation, I dont have specific data.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Growing up in Wyo and MT I never really thought it was alive unless it was on the shoulder of an out if stater.

Cant shake a stick around here, without hitting a 270 or an '06. But as for folks that are hunting, I know of very few 308's being used.

 

[mtblackdog]

Cant shake a stick around here, without hitting a 270 or an '06. But as for folks that are hunting, I know of very few 308's being used.

My dad and his buddies were old school Wyoming Elk and big mule deer killers. I had a cousin on my moms side show up in elk camp with a 308. The old man wouldn't let him take it out of the truck lol. Gave him his back up 300 Win Mag instead.