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Making A Case For The 308 Winchester By Michael Eichelle
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 461076" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>Thank you.</p><p></p><p>I have never had any trouble running 200 grain pills in the 308. I prefer the SGK. They are a bit shorter than the Accubonds and open up at lower velocities. This is a good choice for elk, moose and bears. The BC's are very close as well.</p><p></p><p>For deer and sheep I like the 168, 178 and the 208 AMAX. I prefer the 208. The 208 I am running at just over 2600 FPS and is deadly accurate way out there. With its high BC, it offers minimal wind drift. Windage of the 308 has long been the largest complaint among shooters for years next to bullet drop. With the advent and availability of the laser range finder, the drop has all but been forgotton but not the windage. </p><p></p><p>The 208 has made a dramatic improvement in the 308s windage department. I had been concidering switching to the 7mm08 a while back due to the 162 AMAX and 168 Bergers. After testing the 208, the windage is neck and neck. Granted, there is a bit more recoil with the 208 versus the 162 however with all trade off's there are certain advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is the recoil. The advantages are barrel life, down range energy, a bigger hole and a lot more material to be shed inside the critter. It is a legitimate 1000 foot pounds at 1000 yards load. Add 5000' of elevation on a deer or sheep hunt and it becomes over 1200 foot pounds of energy. This is a contender for a 1K deer/antelope/sheep load and definately a legitimate 800 yard load with 1500 foot pounds.</p><p></p><p>With RL17 or VV N-550, you should have no trouble finding 2600-2630 FPS in a 24" stick. You may have to load them 1 at a time. I personally dont like to do that. I use a Wyatt box magazine (extended length) and use N550. It takes a bit less powder to reach 2600 and it is a smaller size which takes up less case capacity. I can seat the bullets for magazine feeding without any trouble.</p><p></p><p>M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 461076, member: 1007"] Thank you. I have never had any trouble running 200 grain pills in the 308. I prefer the SGK. They are a bit shorter than the Accubonds and open up at lower velocities. This is a good choice for elk, moose and bears. The BC's are very close as well. For deer and sheep I like the 168, 178 and the 208 AMAX. I prefer the 208. The 208 I am running at just over 2600 FPS and is deadly accurate way out there. With its high BC, it offers minimal wind drift. Windage of the 308 has long been the largest complaint among shooters for years next to bullet drop. With the advent and availability of the laser range finder, the drop has all but been forgotton but not the windage. The 208 has made a dramatic improvement in the 308s windage department. I had been concidering switching to the 7mm08 a while back due to the 162 AMAX and 168 Bergers. After testing the 208, the windage is neck and neck. Granted, there is a bit more recoil with the 208 versus the 162 however with all trade off's there are certain advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is the recoil. The advantages are barrel life, down range energy, a bigger hole and a lot more material to be shed inside the critter. It is a legitimate 1000 foot pounds at 1000 yards load. Add 5000' of elevation on a deer or sheep hunt and it becomes over 1200 foot pounds of energy. This is a contender for a 1K deer/antelope/sheep load and definately a legitimate 800 yard load with 1500 foot pounds. With RL17 or VV N-550, you should have no trouble finding 2600-2630 FPS in a 24" stick. You may have to load them 1 at a time. I personally dont like to do that. I use a Wyatt box magazine (extended length) and use N550. It takes a bit less powder to reach 2600 and it is a smaller size which takes up less case capacity. I can seat the bullets for magazine feeding without any trouble. M [/QUOTE]
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