"Best" is usually subjective. My Family and I have killed lots of Deer with 150 grain bullets. The Wife and I use 150 Sierras and the boys when younger used 150 RP, Winchester, Speer, Hornady, ect. Mostly because they tended to loose them from hunt to hunt. With Hogs, its a mute point. We hunt them off of stands like Deer and I usually wait for a head shot from the side.
I just built another 308 with a 20" Varmint weight barrel and a 1-10 twist. My favorite load of 150 Sierras and 4064 shot well but not as well as I wanted so I have some 168 Berger VLD Hunters loaded but have not tried them yet.
The problem with a 308 is choosing the "best" load. They usually shoot so many things well.
These "Best" threads grate on my nerves.
It implies sampling every possible bullet, under every condition, using
every possible gun, then proclaiming a single one as clearly superior.
Mule Deer, through his profession and passion, along with an anal record keeping thing trait, has extensive experience and data.
Yet when he enters one of these threads, he often will mention multiple
weights, brands, and mono and cup/core. Their will be mention
of expansion, penetration, and integrity. Not sure if he ever uses
the word best, even to assign it to a particular trait.
More, better....but not best. Even when he mentions that he or Eileen
have settled on a specific bullet in a cartridge, it's still not labeled best.
A pet peeve?
No.
It's about accuracy and intellectual honesty.
