sell the 308 and buy a 300 WM?

[16Bore]

You’re better off taking up hand loading

Oof....that’s a deep rabbit hole! Probably one of the best things about a 308 is there’s so much damn good ammo available.

Followed by the 30-06....but both soon to be passed by the 6.5 Flatbrim

 

[DangerRanger]

Oof....that’s a deep rabbit hole! Probably one of the best things about a 308 is there’s so much damn good ammo available.

Followed by the 30-06....but both soon to be passed by the 6.5 Flatbrim

True, but opening up to loading your own gives you even more high bc bullet possiblilities that are knocking on the door of factory 300 win with much less powder and less recoil.

granted now that you can get factory Berger loaded ammo you could just go that route. 200.20x @2600 will perform as well or better than factory 180 win mag loads.
I love win mags, but exploring other bullets in 308 can make for an EXTREMELY versatile cartridge for most hunters distance abilities/limits that is cheaper and doesn’t have as much recoil.

 

[16Bore]

I’d buy a bucket of factory loaded 155 Lapua Scenars and never look back.

Wish they’d roll that bullet in a 30-06 case. It was stellar in my Tikka but handloading was like watching paint dry.....

 

[Wilderlife]

My first rifle was a .308 and I shot stacks of game with it over here in Australia over the years. Many pigs, goats, and fallow deer, as well as a few scrub bulls. It's a nice mild cartridge and loaded up with good bullets perform well on some fairly large game.

Within the last year I bought a .300WM, mainly because a friend of mine was selling it, and I was living in a different area at the time and was considering doing more trips down south to chase our sambar deer. I haven't shot anything real big with it yet (just the regular pigs and fallow deer) but it hits with a lot more authority than a .308. Of course, there is extra noise, cost, recoil, etc, but if you can shoot one accurately, it's a fantastic cartridge.

I was given a box of 150gn Interlocks by a friend and I have shot lots of stuff with them since, but they're going a little fast for what that bullet can handle. Sure, everything has died emphatically, but they blow up and don't hold together and may be a bit risky on some bigger stuff. I've since got some 180gn Woodleigh PPSNs to reload and I'm keen to see how they go.

I'm not selling my .308 anytime soon, though.

 

[recurveman]

Stay with your .308. Great round and plenty of power for elk. I've got a safe full of way to many guns and bought yet another .308 this year and took it hunting this year. I would spend the money on ammo and practice with your rifle. Way to many guys can't shoot their 1/2 MOA rifle for crap because they don't practice. Half of them don't practice because they gun kicks to much or the ammo is to expensive. The .308 doesn't have either of those problems.

 

[Runningwater]

You need to have both, and a 6.5x55 and a 35 Whelen..................