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Just snagged a 308. Will be used on whitetails and pigs in LA/MS. What bullet? 150 or 165? Thinking Nosler NAB or Hornady Interbond or GMX. Shots will be 400yds max

165's and the 308 are peas and carrots...

I've been very happy with the 165 or 168 Ballistic Tip with CFE223, Varget, or H4895 behind it. Works like a champ on TX deer and hogs.

165 AB or BT's.

I use TAC powder. meters well, and shoots great in my Savage.

308 Win
168 Nosler Bt
46 gr Varget
fed 210m
Lapua brass

This load shoots great in my Winchester Classic fw .5 3 shot groups at 100. Not sure on fps.

yep..........have to agree 165-168's with the 308 Win.....

Nosler data is a good place to start

https://load-data.nosler.com/load-data/308-winchester/

For reasons unknown, except for my late, lamented Kimber Longmaster, I've had much better luck with 165-ish bullets in my .308s. RL15 has been the best so far, but I'm going to try very hard to get CFE223 to work for logistical and practical reasons. My RL15 loads are very mild, but kill well.

Haven't given up on the 150s totally, because I've got 4 or 5 hundred Partitions on hand.

Varget is a good one, accurate with low S.D.s generally.

Don't forget about Cutting Edge Bullets. Check'em out on line.

They are the mono equivalent to the Partition, accurate with great terminal performance.

My .308 is a Classic Kimber with 5C Broughton SS barrel. It was one of those Kimbers that had a bad barrel; this one cured that.

DF

Good load for me but in roomier brass than Lapua.

Lake city brass will lower your powder consumption.

There are tons of loads here, on the campfire, as well as other sites - most seem to center around Varget.
When I built my 308 I had a pound of Varget, bought some winchester brass and started loading. I ended up loving the 130 Barnes because my rifle loves them.
Haven't shot an animal with it YET.

.308's are easy. Pick the big game bullet you want and some Varget, combine in proper proportions, go forth and fill the freezers.

I've used 125 - 180 grains and RL15, Benchmark, 748, and others I've forgotten, but 165's and Varget are at the top of the heap.

Enjoy.

Always have been.

May be why it has been going strong for 65+ years now, and will be going strong for another 65.

What are you guys thoughts on Nosler brass? Thought I'd buy some factory ballistic tips and once I burn those I'd have some good brass to reload

try these.........brand new.........or.......Lapua........when in stock.....or Hornady........or................

as said.......308 is easy.......enjoy

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/73647

I bought some Starline 308 with high hopes but it didn't measure up, the neck walls were not very uniform.

If there's another powder shortage you can use a combination of ground up charcoal briquets and match heads. It's fairly fast burning so I wouldn't fill more than half the case, but in the .308 it will still give half inch groups.....

Thanks for taking one for the team.

165gr Hornady Interlock or 168gr Barnes TSX, 44.0gr of IMR-4064, LR primers. It's isn't the fastest horse in the stable, but it is very accurate and will kill anything you are going to hunt.

I also load Barnes 130gr TTSX over 46.5gr of IMR-4064 or a max book load of Varget. All three loads are very accurate in three different .308's.

The Varget load is moving out just a hair over 3,000 fps in my Savage 10-PC with a 20" barrel.

Ed