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Hunting bullet recommendation for short barreled 308
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<blockquote data-quote="Thebear_78" data-source="post: 1319885" data-attributes="member: 1545"><p>I worked up a load with CFE223 and 168 Berger classic hunter. </p><p></p><p>It was the first time I tried the OCW method versus running a ladder. It worked out pretty well. I settled into a cluster at 48.0gr of CFE 223 for 2595fps. I got it up to 2670fps but the accuracy at 2595 was much better. I played with seating depth a little bit and got it shooting quite well. Closest I could get to the lands is .077" off the lands and still run thru the magazine.</p><p></p><p>According to my ballistic program this combo should stay supersonic out to 1000 yards and should be moving fast enough for expansion out to 500 yards and still carrying almost 1200fpe of energy. </p><p></p><p>After hearing so many people having good luck with the bergers I'm hoping it will work out for me too. The only failure of a Berger I have seen was on a goat where one came apart in the front shoulder out of a 300 WSM. Mt goats are built like tanks and have tested many premium bullets. Being that I'm running it 400fps + slower it shouldn't blow apart out of my 308.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thebear_78, post: 1319885, member: 1545"] I worked up a load with CFE223 and 168 Berger classic hunter. It was the first time I tried the OCW method versus running a ladder. It worked out pretty well. I settled into a cluster at 48.0gr of CFE 223 for 2595fps. I got it up to 2670fps but the accuracy at 2595 was much better. I played with seating depth a little bit and got it shooting quite well. Closest I could get to the lands is .077" off the lands and still run thru the magazine. According to my ballistic program this combo should stay supersonic out to 1000 yards and should be moving fast enough for expansion out to 500 yards and still carrying almost 1200fpe of energy. After hearing so many people having good luck with the bergers I'm hoping it will work out for me too. The only failure of a Berger I have seen was on a goat where one came apart in the front shoulder out of a 300 WSM. Mt goats are built like tanks and have tested many premium bullets. Being that I'm running it 400fps + slower it shouldn't blow apart out of my 308. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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