Originally Posted by fremont
My nephew bought one of the closeout Rem 798's in .308 Walnut, and he's stopping by to roll some of his own.

I've got some Hornady 150 SSTs I was thinking about using, and I'm desperately trying to reduce my stock of W748 (received via a trade).

Any success with a 150/W748 combo in 308?


I've had good results with 748 in the .308, but like either Varget or IMR4895 better, at least in my rifle.

I do not like what those particular bullets do to up-close deer. They are very frangible. I used them out to about 50 yards or so, and they were too explosive. If you are going to have shots that are 100+ yards, then they may behave better. They are accurate, though, which leads me to believe they (the SSTs) would be an excellent long range bullet.