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I like 150 sierras for deer and pigs

And again...good combo right there. My gold standard.

I believe the 308 does its best work with a 180 gr bullet like the SST or BT

155 Scenar with 50.5 gr. of PP MR-2000 is what I use.

I like a 165 Nosler BT but I'm not shooting way out there!

You ask on a LR forum, so you'll get some of those answers but for short range shots, out to 200, you can use about any dang thing really.

I don't care so much for CC bullets due to damage to game mostly. in your situation I"d be really tempted to be running light barnes TTSX in the 130 range

OTOH I've never seen a failure to kill with the 168 smk and I never hesitate to use those. Would'nt blink twice if thats all I ever had to use.

I've never had a 12 twist 308, not sure why they would do that but then factories don't think like nuts do. LOL.

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I wonder how the 130 Barnes would do??

There is no "best" bullet weight.

The .308 is a very flexible round, used in a number of settings. For LR shooting, high B.C. bullets make sense.

For WT hunting, 2-300 yds, I like 130 gr. Hornady. It will blow thru a WT chest with good exit/entrance wounds and bleeding, often DRT. The 130's can be pushed at 3K fps.

For bigger critters, heavier bullets make sense.

So, for a "best" bullet, one needs to specify the task at hand. The answer changes.

IMO.

DF

I'm thinking a 130 gr. TTSX over max Barnes load of TAC (accuracy load) at 3,246 fps would be a killer.

Haven't tried it.

DF

Have you ever needed to go in or out through a shoulder with that one? If so, how did it do?

We chest shoot deer to save meat.

I've never tried one thru the shoulders, although on a WT I wouldn't bet against an exit.

If I was a hard core shoulder buster, I'd probably go with 130 gr. TTSX's at 3,200+. My .257R, shooting 100 TTSX at 3,200 is a proven and impressive killer.

DF

Not a 130 hornady but I have put a few 130 ttsx's through deer shoulders at 3450fps via 300 WSM with exits every time. One was at 438 yds and the exit was a little bigger then a silver dollar, no meat loss. Once at 255 and the exit was pushing 1 1/2" with relatively little loss of meat. Last one was at maybe 75 yds on a wounded deer I was helping a guy track. Center punched the on side shoulder and out the far side. Exit was 3 1/2" and the both legs had a significant amount of meat loss

Yeah DF, I figured you weren't going deliberately for shoulders with that one at that speed. I was just wondering if it had happened. That said, your reports on the bullet indicate it is tougher in action than Hornady's description would have us believe.

For deer around here i've had good luck with my LTR with the Nosler 125gr BT and the Sierra 125gr PH with Varget and RL15. The Speer 150gr Hot-Cor also shoots very well.

For punching targets I like the Nosler 168gr CC and use Varget and RL15 with those as well.

I don't know about "Best", but 155 Scenars pushed by Varget are a pretty hard recipe to beat.

Yep!

Depends upon whether you're going for paper, steel, or bear!!

A 308 that wouldn't shoot??? Wow, now I've heard it all.