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I love that bullet the 165 SST is a great hunting bullet to

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The Sierra 155 gr. Palma bullet through my .308 Winchester works pretty good for me. Here's ten shots I fired yesterday from 900 yards.

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Pretty bloody nice!


That's a crazy impressive 10 shot group from any cartridge/rifle at 900 yards. Somebody was telling the wind "peace, be still" on that one (or ten). Wow.....

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I settled on the 150 Interlock loaded over CFE223, at 2900+ fps. Smucks deer well. My RA shoots this load into 1/2 moa, on the days that my eyes allow me to do it.


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Old post, but I had really good luck with the Berger 185gr Classic Hunter launched at 2640 fps. Grouped stupid good and was very effective on pigs out to 465 yards, which is as far as I shot at any.

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My Rem 700 likes 150gn Nosler Accubonds & 47gns Varget.




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My 26" 1:12 long-throat Remington shoots 168 SMKs into decent groups at 800 yards. Gets reliably to 1,000 yards even on cold days down here near sea level with the 175 SMKs. Just from the cases of ammo I remember buying I've put 3K rounds of 175 SMK through that rifle, nearly all of it shooting from 600 to 1,000 cards, and all of it being fairly slow factory GMM ammo.

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You can use the 175 SMK and the FGMM brass to mimic the Mk 316 Mod 0 cartridge. Add 41.7-41.8 grains of IMR 4064 lit by a Federal 210M and watch the little groups appear.

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John, would you share your load data with the 185’s ……


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I also “dupe” that MK316 load. Fed brass, Fed 210 or GM210M, 175 MK’s. I just rounded up to 42 IMR4064. The current Federal GM ammo , GM308M2, 175 MK’s,does about 20’ per second more than my hand loads. Not sure what powder they are using ,,,some kind of “blend” I’m guessing.


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Originally Posted by Sendero
John, would you share your load data with the 185’s ……


Very warm load and might atomize someone else’s rifle so work up to it. Scroll down a couple of post to see which seating depth turned out best. My OAL listed includes the Sinclair Hex Nut bullet comparator so subtract 1” from the shown OAL for true base-to-ogive measurement.

Good .308 Loads

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Hard to beat a Lapua 155 Scenar over any decent mid range (TAC, Varget, CFE223) powder.


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I use 150 and 165 grain bullets. For deer or pronghorn I like150 grain Interlock bullets. Lighter TTSX shoot very accurately, I have not tried them on game though. For elk I’d go heavier - up to 180 grain with cup and core, 150 or more with mono or partitions.


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Regarding the 155 Scenars for game, are you guys using the open or closed tip, or does it matter?
Thanks in advance.

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I’ve had sub moa with SST out of my 270 and 06. They are also Some of the cheapest bullets out there.
Sierra tipped Game kings have also been good to me

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Originally Posted by mathman
You can use the 175 SMK and the FGMM brass to mimic the Mk 316 Mod 0 cartridge. Add 41.7-41.8 grains of IMR 4064 lit by a Federal 210M and watch the little groups appear.


Yes sir, my only difference is mine all roll at 42.2 but I have not found a .308 that did not shoot tight groups with this combo!


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Originally Posted by hunting1
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You can use the 175 SMK and the FGMM brass to mimic the Mk 316 Mod 0 cartridge. Add 41.7-41.8 grains of IMR 4064 lit by a Federal 210M and watch the little groups appear.


Yes sir, my only difference is mine all roll at 42.2 but I have not found a .308 that did not shoot tight groups with this combo!


What speed does that load generally run?


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Originally Posted by swiper
Working on a new varmit barrel 308 win. in 700 Remington 1 in 12 twist. I had one of these guns 15 to 20 years ago never could get it to shoot. i felt the twist was to slow because standard barrel hunting rifles had 1 in 10 twist. I messed around and got rid of a beautiful rifle. Now Remington still making this lazy twist so it must have been my gun. My question is what bullet weight do you guys shoot with this twist?

Anything up to 180 should be OK. I've had several Husqvarna 1640s in 30-06 with 21" barrels. They were 1:12 and they all shot very well with 180-grain factory 30-06 loads, which have about the same velocity as 308 factory loads in those rifles.


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If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
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Originally Posted by beretzs
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You can use the 175 SMK and the FGMM brass to mimic the Mk 316 Mod 0 cartridge. Add 41.7-41.8 grains of IMR 4064 lit by a Federal 210M and watch the little groups appear.


Yes sir, my only difference is mine all roll at 42.2 but I have not found a .308 that did not shoot tight groups with this combo!


What speed does that load generally run?


24" Barrel average is around 2550. Accuracy is crazy and was what I ran in PRS when playing.


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Originally Posted by hunting1
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Originally Posted by mathman
You can use the 175 SMK and the FGMM brass to mimic the Mk 316 Mod 0 cartridge. Add 41.7-41.8 grains of IMR 4064 lit by a Federal 210M and watch the little groups appear.


Yes sir, my only difference is mine all roll at 42.2 but I have not found a .308 that did not shoot tight groups with this combo!


What speed does that load generally run?


24" Barrel average is around 2550. Accuracy is crazy and was what I ran in PRS when playing.


Thank you. Looking for a good load for the AR that I can load a pile of.


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