|
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 703
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 703 |
You don't hear much of folks using the .308 in Alaska. Is it popular or really used for hunting, it would make a great mountain carry riffle caliber.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 86,379 Likes: 38
Campfire Oracle
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 86,379 Likes: 38 |
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 2,345
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 2,345 |
Anytime I'm not on Admiralty or after the big furry guys go to bed!!!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 32,250 Likes: 9
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 32,250 Likes: 9 |
I have a .30-06 with 17 inch barrel which I would guess has equivalent velocity to a 22" .308. Maybe even less - have not chroned it. Use it a lot. Works fine. Have taken caribou with it to almost 400 yards, sheep to over 300, a number of moose, a couple black bear. Nice carry gun.
My .243 and .260 work also, tho I've taken fewer animals with them
It isn't so much what one hits them with as where, within reason, given good bullet construction and range considerations. And of course pucker factor.
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,918
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,918 |
Anytime I'm not on Admiralty or after the big furry guys go to bed!!! Same here
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 17,491
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 17,491 |
The 308 is one of my favorite rifles and I've probably used it more than anything else - have certainly carried it more. One of my favorite and most productive bullets has been the 139 Interlock........ that's a .284 diameter bullet BTW
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,219
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,219 |
[quote=las]I have a .30-06 with 17 inch barrel which I would guess has equivalent velocity to a 22" .308. Maybe even less - have not chroned it. Use it a lot. Works fine. Have taken caribou with it to almost 400 yards, sheep to over 300, a number of moose, a couple black bear. Nice carry gun.
I also have a 17"bbl .30-06. Federal 180gr Power Shoks give 2505fps. 150gr CoreLokts with 56gr of IMR4350 go 2545fps. At 6.6lbs all up it's joy to use.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 8,243 Likes: 20
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 8,243 Likes: 20 |
I've hunted Kodiak and Afognak as well as the interior with the 300 Savage in both a 99 and a bolt rifle. I guess that's pretty much the same thing as using a 308.
And while I don't reach for one of the 300s first when heading off after a brown bear I wouldn't say I'm afraid of them if that's all I'm carrying either.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,865 Likes: 13
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,865 Likes: 13 |
My wife carries a BSA Majestic in 308. It works on moose.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 7,634
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 7,634 |
I grew up with a BSA .308, great gun which is deadly in the300-400 yard range. Passed her down to my son who has taken some big moose with it. Great gun
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 703
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 703 |
What bullets/ammo are you using and a Leupold 3-9x40mm should be plenty enough magnification. Some guy's like the 130gr TSX, 150gr Core-lokts and the 165gr NP for hunting the -48 states.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 8,243 Likes: 20
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 8,243 Likes: 20 |
150gr Hornady IL or Nosler Btips in my 300s. Been using 150gr Normas lately but I'm almost out. Shot a 150 Hornady out of my 99 into a middlin sized blacktail on Kodiak from the front, bullet angled down from the base of his neck and exited the bottom by the last rib then went back in his leg and smashed the knee joint and exited again. Point being I don't think you need to get too worked up about bullets at the velocities you'll be talking, just pick one that shoots well.
Maybe Waterrat will chime in, his Mrs has killed some big stuff with an old 722 and the 165 Nosler if I'm not mistaken.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 18
New Member
|
New Member
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 18 |
My Boys used a old Browning BLR in 308 Win when they were young and learning to hunt moose. With 180gr Nosler Part bullets and IMR 4064 we done quilte well but we kept our shots on moose under 250 yards.
Now they shoot 300 Win and 338 Win.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 24,851
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 24,851 |
This coming fall I'm using my .308 Rem TI on my moose hunt. Most likely be using Barnes Tsxs
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,254 Likes: 5
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,254 Likes: 5 |
What bullets/ammo are you using and a Leupold 3-9x40mm should be plenty enough magnification. Some guy's like the 130gr TSX, 150gr Core-lokts and the 165gr NP for hunting the -48 states. I typically run the 150 TTSX or 150 NPT Gold. Plan on trying the 130 TTSX w/ CFE-223 just to see . . .
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 25,700 Likes: 45
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 25,700 Likes: 45 |
I've taken a lot of game with my Sako .308 and Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40. I use 150TTSX for virtually everything but have used 168TSX on deer, elk and black bear. I don't feel under gunned but have a .338 should I need to step up in power. The whole package is about 7lbs and is a pussycat to carry and shoot.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
--------------------------------------------------------- ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,865 Likes: 13
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,865 Likes: 13 |
While I have never been all that whipped up about Barnes TSX bullets, that's the one my wife's rifle likes best and it performed perfectly on her moose. I'm at work on the slope right now so can't tell you what powder I used. Her rifle wears a Leupold VXII 1-4X.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,084
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,084 |
While still hunting with rifles (mid-70's - 1991) I used everything from 375 H&H to 308 with just about everything in between. I've killed lots of moose and caribou with a 308 through the years and have complete confidence in it except for brownies. If you hit a moose or sheep or or sitka blacktail or caribou broadside with a 308 you will not need anything more. The 308 is a fine cartridge and proves that super magnums (which I've owned and used) are not needed.
|
|
|
|
599 members (06hunter59, 10gaugeman, 12344mag, 10gaugemag, 10Glocks, 1234, 54 invisible),
13,428
guests, and
1,018
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,195,124
Posts18,542,310
Members74,057
|
Most Online21,066 May 26th, 2024
|
|
|
|