Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Any 308 Win Haters

For years I kinda disdained .308's as a .30-06 wannabe, until I acquired a couple:





Both are very accurate, and very unfussy. I also have a Chinese knockoff of the M1A that I bought cheaply years ago, which didn't do much - but I haven't shot it much or tuned it, either.

IIRC JB's comment about the .308 was that it would probably shoot well with powdered horse manure

Spent a bunch of time using the 308Win, not a hater, but not a big fan.

Not a fan of the .308, same with the 30-06. Best things about .308's have already been mentioned. Necking the suck out, I believe it is called.

R.

I have a savage 99 in 308 that my brother says kicks like a mule. My daughteer begs to differ as she loves it.

I have a custom made 308 bench rest that really shoots nice. I thought I had mastered the reloading art when my first load for development shot a .25" five shot group. The next load went into .15" and the next .10". My friend loaded it with surplus ball ammo and it shot .45". So much for the expert reloader notion.

There is nothing wrong with the 308

Randy

I prefer the 30-06 over a 308, but even so the 308 can get the job done when need be.

The 308 seems to be one of those cartridges that performs much better in the field than it's 'paper ballastics' would lead you to believe.

Even though most wouldn't consider the 308 to be the best choice for large game I've seen more than a few very large 1,200+ pound Water Buffalo dropped with a M14 firing regular FMJ ball ammo.

Most didn't require more than a couple of well placed shots, and no doubt the Partition or TSX type bullets would make the cartridge even more efficient..

Dang Tex, that reminds me of that little AR 10-T I sold in a moment of sheer stupidity.
I miss that 308.

Gunner

How could anybody not love the 308? It's the 2nd best cartridge evr made (30-06).

It's a great source for .358 brass!

I've owned a few, mostly military-pattern rifles but also one bolt... there's not much bad you can say about .308.

That said it bores me to death <g>. I'm more interested in about every other cartridge off that parent case, than in the .308 itself.

After using the 30-06 for so long, it is hard to warm up to the 308 . That's not saying I'm not trying!!!! I've got 2 great rifles in 308, but they just don't do it for me . No that doesn't mean they're for sale either

Stating a fact.

It works but would not be my choice for big game hunting

Easiest cartridge to get to shoot well I have ever dealt with.

John

I like my PTR-91 in .308, but don't have any desire to own one in any other form than in a semi auto. Not that it isn't a capable cartridge, I'd just rather have other stuff.

I hate one thing about the 308, takes too long to wear the barrels out.

I know it works but have no love for it....I can dig it if you must have a short action;tactical rifle;or want the tiniest groups from a target rifle.

But none of the above applies to me,so I never saw the need when there was a perfectly good 30/06 to be had....

308 does 90+% of an 06 with half the recoil whats not too like ?

I like the 308. Of course 7mm bullets are hard to beat, as well as a lot of others.

I drank the koolaid. Barnes 130 grain TTSX, case full of 4895, and CCI bench rest primers. Hard to beat for accuracy and performance.

Yes! I just have the 308 I bought in 68, barreled to a 7-08, thanks to Dober. I just never caught on to the 308 craze!

I greatly prefer the .30-06.