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I have had several 308s through the years, but shot only a few head of game with it. I've owned a Mod 742, Mod 70 FWT, Mod 7600, Mod 700 ADL, a 98 Mauser, a Ruger Ultralite (kicking little devil!) and a few M1As. I loved shooting the M60 Pig in the Army, but hated packing it around! My old hunting partner here in Utah uses his HS graduation gift in 1970, Model BLR in 308 on everything here, including Henry Mnt Bison! His choice is the 150 corlokt, factory or handloaded. I used the factory 150CLT on one whitetail, and the old, softer Nosler 165 BT handload on an Axis buck. Always been a "bigger faster freak", ha. For woods deer/hogs, love the 30-30. You figure from WW1-Korea the 30-06 was using a 150gr around 2700...thats Modern 308 speeds easy cheesy! Not bad company to be in. Its a fine round. Having said that, I only shoot the M1A anymore, currently use the 270 Win, 300WM and "fixing to" use the 338 RCM. Do I "need" any of them over the 308? Nope, just "life is too short, so many rounds to play with, so little time."

Long live the SA 30/06

You are not wrong. The .308 isn't sexy, but you can't argue with results, and I've only had good ones with the .308. Seen a lot of animals fall to it over the years, and no "hinky" stuff.

308 been veddy , veddy good to me.

For what it’s worth….the 308 Winchester is my second favorite rifle cartridge. (First being the 7mm-08 Remington) I only have one, and that is a Ruger stainless MkII. I will not sell it.

Dedicated suppressor host. 16” Douglas, timney, PTG DBM, McMillan classic. Loves 155gr scenars.

I like that concept there. What kind of velocity are you getting with the 155 in the 16" barrel?

Cool gun Jack

I've had a few throughout the years. I just found a used 85 Black Bear .308. It came with Talley 30mm QDs and is awesome with the short barrel and iron sights.

I think I've had 6 of them over the years, still have 2. Can't imagine being without one.

46.5 gr varget is getting me 2635fps
24” barrrel with that load should be closer to 2950fps

Thanks. Sounds about right. I saw 2,700 in an 18.5" tube with 150's and Varget.

I have three Ruger M77 RSI rifles in .308. (Don't ask) I got into every one of them cheap as their previous owners said they were inaccurate and couldn't find a load that would work. Well, the long story short is it took a little over two years to find something that would work Turned out it was the 165 gr. Speer Hot Core over a charge of W760. Velocity was all of 2550 FPS and groups averaged 1.5". Later I relieved the edges of the metal cap on the fore end and groups dropped tp 1.25". Killed a few deer with that one. My wife decided she wanted to hunt and I told he to pick out a rifle and she grabbed the RSI. As luck would have it, I found another that I got for an even trade. Worked up to the load that worked in the first one and relived the cap and bingo, it shot just as nicely as the first. When number three showed up, I said what the hell and bought it. Same load and cap treatment as it shoots as nicely as the first two.
Interesting story on the rifle I traded for RSI #2. It too was a Ruger M77 tanger and the guy said it wouldn't shoot. As I looked it over, I noticed the scope was so loose I could twist it back and forth. I told the guy that the reason he couldn't get groups was the loose scope. He told me I was nuts and he was getting rid of that POS. We dickered on the price a bit and I took it home. Got the scope lined up and tightened down. Pick up a box of factory ammo and went to the range. Worst five shot group was .80". I still regret trading that one. The guy that got it was a friend, otherwise I think I would have kept it.
Paul B.

This is my .308 Ruger Ultralight with a Leupold M8 4X.

Pillar bedded, free floated barrel, with new stock (previous one was ruined by a shadetree gunsmith).

I've never shot it - I don't like short-barreled rifles and I only got my hands on this one because of a good trade.

But if anyone's interested in owning it, PM me and maybe we can work something out.

Dang, that’s a hummer CZ. Sharp little woods killer!

My favorite 308 shoot .284 caliber bullets. 🤠🤠🤠🤠

Mine too LOL. I’ve got an 8” hawk hill sporter contour meant to re-barrel that .308 above, but I gotta bunch of scenars to shoot up before I do it.

Yep, a better bore from the start.

What length and profile do you have there?

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