Oh, the 8x57 is leaps and bounds ahead of the 308! Remember, the area of the bullet increases with the square of the radius. Same goes for knockdown power. And there's something special about 8mm bullets too, but nobody can explain it. There's even more magic in 8mm bullets than 7mm bullets, or even 6.5mm bullets! My 8x57 Konigschlossengrossen shoots flat to 652 yards and is only down 2 inches at 847 yards. Back in '79, I shot a left-wing extremist in the gall bladder in Lower Backstabistan from 1487 yards. He was DRT.
Really!
...another "metric-hater"...
