Firstly because it is a Military chambering. Secondly,it is amazingly well supported in componetry,because of the above. Thirdly,it offers a nice combo of performance down range,relative damage to the pocketbook for fodder and relative barrel life. Fourthly,recoil is essentially dick.
I'm no great fan of the 308,as it pretty much makes me yawn,but it's melding of attributes make it tough to overlook for high volume Precision and dat's why I have a few.
A sound 308,will squarely get you into the game,with minimal fuss..................
^All this. To explicate on one of Stick's lines, there has historically been a ton of cheap factory match ammo for 308, generally for less than you could load it at home. If you're just getting into the sport will be much easier to learn on a 6.5 creed but you maybe won't appreciate how good you have it.
