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Originally Posted by Reloder28
So, all of you proponents of the 308, what would you say is the best bullet weight for general field hunting?


The only BG I hunt is white tails and hogs...at ranges as close as a couple yards out to 200 yards...a little longer on rare occasions.

Pretty much any bullet in the 150 - 165 gr weight will work. I've had good success with Hornady 150 gr spire point, and Seirra 165 gr. BTHP.

I have pretty much settled on the 165 gr. Sierra BTHP. I use it with both 308 and 30-06. I have not been dissatisifed with its performance in ether chambering. It is curently my go-to bullet.

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Hard to beat the .308 for target shooting or hunting game. I am shooting three-a guide rifle with 168 TTSX's, a VSF with 155 Scenar's and a LTR with 168 A max's.

This is my nephew shooting the LTR at 700yds
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We had to shoot from the truck to clear a slight rise and tall beans in the field
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ET and I both scored with a borrowed 308 on our reunion speed goat hunt with eh76 a few years back.The kill shots were between 350-420 yds respectively with some very old saved gunship 7.62 cases loaded with 150 TTSX. Don't think it'll go away anytime soon...

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Originally Posted by Mackay_Sagebrush
Time is limited, and I would rather be in the field shooting/hunting than dinking around with load development and such.


True, but you should live a little and buy yourself a new camera, The faces in your pics are always out of focus.


It is a smudge on the camera lens..


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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy




I have pretty much settled on the 165 gr. Sierra BTHP. I use it with both 308 and 30-06. I have not been dissatisifed with its performance in ether chambering. It is curently my go-to bullet.


I have shot a BUNCH of those, and can attest to both their accuracy and terminal performance on mule deer and elk. The only thing I did not care for was the fact that due to their profile they really get blown around by the wind past 600 or so, as compared to some other projectiles.

For a 500 and in bullet though, they are seriously G2G.

This dog was dumped right at 500 (lasered) with us shooting off the top of a hay stack. The wind was really blowing, and the field had just been cut, wind was hard to read, so my wind call was off.

He ended up taking a round in the guts instead of the chest. He expired immediately, so oh well.


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Originally Posted by FlyboyFlem
ET and I both scored with a borrowed 308 on our reunion speed goat hunt with eh76 a few years back.The kill shots were between 350-420 yds respectively with some very old saved gunship 7.62 cases loaded with 150 TTSX. Don't think it'll go away anytime soon...

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I like to see pics of does for a change. They are some of our favorite meat.


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Originally Posted by sbhooper
I like to see pics of does for a change. They are some of our favorite meat.



Meat is meat. Can't eat the horns.


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As the Chou brothers(mentioned in the original post) know, the Berger 200 hybrid is a fantastic bullet for F-T/R.

This is an electronic target screenshot from this weekend at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. I had a couple leak out due to elevation, but I'll take a 198-10X any day. Convertible sighters were part of the program, so I took the 2 10's to start the match.

For those not familiar with F-Class, the X ring at 1000 yards is 5", and the 10 ring is 10".

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It was a bit damp.

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Originally Posted by Mackay_Sagebrush
Honestly the 155 Scenar pushed by stout loads of Varget does so well that I really don't bother with much else.

Between the .223, .308 and .300 Win, all my centerfire needs are easily met.


The older I get, the less I want to fiddle with a bunch of different cartridges. Time is limited, and I would rather be in the field shooting/hunting than dinking around with load development and such.



This. Although having both shoulders operated on makes by stable look like 223, 243, 308.


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My buddy just killed a 10" mountain goat with his .308. Worked just fine.

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Originally Posted by FishinHank
My buddy just killed a 10" mountain goat with his .308. Worked just fine.


That is really SHORT!

He could have hidden behind a Rockchuck!



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With a 308 Bart Bobbitt shot a 3.2" 20 shot group at 800 yards in 1997 and Krieger put an ad in a magazine saying he used a Krieger barrel.

With a 308 I shot a 0.97" 5 shot group at 100 yards in 2009 with a Parker Hale sniper trainer bull barrel.
I currently own (13) 308 rifles. I am planning to hunt with one of them this fall.


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Originally Posted by Clarkm

With a 308 I shot a 0.97" 5 shot group at 100 yards in 2009 with a Parker Hale sniper trainer bull barrel.


.97" at 100 yards? Congrats?


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How about ten shots, 1/2 moa, guided by a 6x scope? grin

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You're a machine. grin


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Wow! The guys at Camp Perry wouldn't stand a chance against the 24HCF guys.


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Yes, I'm a 308 devotee.


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Originally Posted by dingo

Yes, I'm a 308 devotee.


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I hope that's dust and not rust...


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Hunting on a motorbike and things can get a little dusty.



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Originally Posted by SKane
You're a machine. grin


Damn SKane, that's just mean...... grin grin grin


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