Originally Posted by Mackay_Sagebrush
Originally Posted by Hammerdown
Originally Posted by Mackay_Sagebrush
Bumping this thread up for the upcoming season!

Yes, lets do this again.

Looking forward to another hunting season.

I just might run with my .308 Win. this year. I'm thinking it would be a good move on my part.

I'm just about all dialed in with the 155's I also have a load with 168 grain, Nosler Long Rang A/B.

Wish you all the best.



This cow got Scenar'ed with my 20" .308 T3. she was a shade over 600 yards (about 615).
She was moving through the trees and while I actually meant to put the bullet right behind her shoulder, I caught her square on the shoulder, but given the uphill shooting position that I had I did not complain.

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It is the only time I have ever caught one of the projectiles too. Found it just inside the offside hide.
Did precisely what I needed it to do. Filled my freezer with zero drama, as always.




What velocity is the bullet leaving the barrel at? I also have a 20” 308 (with a suppressor) that I’d like to be effective on game out to 600 yards. Tricky thing is my very accurate 155 load leaves the barrel around 2720 FPS and holds 2000 FPS out to 500 yards. I’ve seen many examples on this forum of people having success with velocity at and above 2000 FPS

You are one of the few people I’ve been able to find that is shooting a 155 out of a short barrel, lower velocity 308 and making long kills. How did the bullet perform? Was there much trauma inside the elk? Where did you hit the elk at?