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CFE-223 isn't far from Big Game on the burn rate chart. I've had good luck with BG and 130 gr. bullets. This group is with 130 gr. Ralph Council bullets. I've killed WT's, same load, with the 130 gr. Hornady although Ralph says his bullets work well on WT's.

DF

I was looking at TAC for 150 NAB from a .30-06





P

TAC is right there with 4895 and Varget.

Others in that cluster are BLC(2), H-335, 748, 8208 XBR and RL-12. You don't see that many '06 loads using them, maybe 748, but bet they'd work. I got'em all, just never took the time to check them out.

DF

Dang thread almost trying to make me get my first 308....

Shot the 130 Speer often in a 10" TC 30/30 in college, best weight, 125 BT explosive, perhaps more so then - if they changed them.

To me the 130 Barnes really changes the 308 for 400 yds and under hunting....flat and less recoil. Accurate n Deadly.

Loonies enabling Loonies...

The Fire does have that effect...

(You should have had at least one .308 by now, anyway...)

DF

40 grains of 4198 under a 110 TTSX

110gr V-Max are fun in the 308. I don't load them, but my buddy does and he uses Varget in his Ruger Predator 308.

DF, the time is getting closer

You all wear a fella down! Lol

Dirtfarmer,

You shouldn't push the .308 so much on the Campfire. The guys who actually buy one will be at a loss for questions on how to tweak their handloads.

48.5gr of I 8208 with a 125 nbt works for the jr. loads I build.Also one cow elk to this load

279.99. Just saying...
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Man, I wouldn't mind another one of those.... My 223 shoots very well.

Out of interest I did a wet newspaper penetration test yesterday when I fired some light, 130g Hornady SPs, some 150g Interlock SPs and some 168g Amaxes all into the same stack of paper.

Each bullet type was fired at two different speeds to simulate impact at 50y and 200y.

Both the Interlocks penetrated 26.5cm, with the slower one retaining more weight. Of the 168g Amaxes, the fast one went 23cm and the slower one also went 26.5cm.

The little 130 grainers gave a very good account of themselves though which is the point of this post.

With the 130g SPs, the faster one (doing 2900fps) penetrated 24.5cm, while the slower one (2500 fps) penetrated 26cm, iow only 0.5cm less than the heavier Interlocks. Expanded diameter of all four SP and Interlocks was pretty much identical. (The Amaxes expanded wider than all of them)

I thought this was pretty good performance from a light bullet. They shoot good out of my A7 too with H4895.

130g SPs on the left, Interlocks centre, Amaxes at right. In all cases the faster bullet is at top...

Good stuff.

JB, probably like my experience with 6BRs....some Loonies like doing things the hard way, circling back around after trying the rest

Yes that is a value - the Ruger. Was thinking S2 or T3.

Blue Dot or RL 7

bobnobber,

I forgot all about the 130gr SP's. I will look for those at the store.

So far these things are running great. Makes me almost like owning a .308.



Travis

Norma 201 or VV-133 if you're feeling flush.....

I've been shooting the 125's and 130's for a couple of years. Hadn't killed an animal with any, but that may change this year.

I'd been using Varget and TAC. Never thought about RL7. Learn something new everyday...

My daughter has had great results with her Vanguard using 130 TTSX and 45.0 grains of IMR 4895. Gives 2947 fps on the chrono and is sub MOA.