There is no "best" bullet weight.
The .308 is a very flexible round, used in a number of settings. For LR shooting, high B.C. bullets make sense.
For WT hunting, 2-300 yds, I like 130 gr. Hornady. It will blow thru a WT chest with good exit/entrance wounds and bleeding, often DRT. The 130's can be pushed at 3K fps.
For bigger critters, heavier bullets make sense.
So, for a "best" bullet, one needs to specify the task at hand. The answer changes.
IMO.
DF
Have you ever needed to go in or out through a shoulder with that one? If so, how did it do?
Mathman I just saw this query.
I always found the 130g Hornady SP pretty tough on shoulder shots on pigs. It seemed just as tough as heavier ones so I eventually ran it in a comparison test with the 150g Interlock and 168 Amax on wet newspaper.
As agricultural as my test methodology might have been, the little 130 held up very well in comparison.
I'll post the link to the test below for anyone interested.
Bob
https://forum.nosler.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=33673
