What Berger for 308win?

[DoubleGobble00]

Thanks for all the good info... after view.. I'm going to give the 180 elite hunters a try since I want to target shoot and hunt with it. It has a 0.576 BC which is second best hunting BC for hunting and I should still get some good velocity. I'll let you know how the load development goes.

 

[jsthntn247]

Thanks for all the good info... after view.. I'm going to give the 180 elite hunters a try since I want to target shoot and hunt with it. It has a 0.576 BC which is second best hunting BC for hunting and I should still get some good velocity. I'll let you know how the load development goes.

I have a long throat in my Tikka and am running them with 44.5gr of H4895 jumping 10k in Alpha small primer brass. Right at 2650 FPS in a 20" barrel. 7.5lb scoped rifle that's got 1k energy out past 800 yards.

 

[Kimber7man]

Don't overlook the 155 Scenar. There's a pile of dead animal pictures over on 24HourCampfire from that bullet.

 

[Canhunter35]

Don't overlook the 155 Scenar. There's a pile of dead animal pictures over on 24HourCampfire from that bullet.

That's bogus, I've shot more coyotes than I should've testing them, you can shoot a coyote from snout to arse and they will not expand. On heavy bone they'll probably expand, but zip one through the ribs, no way, they're poking a hole

 

[MudRunner2005]

That's bogus, I've shot more coyotes than I should've testing them, you can shoot a coyote from snout to arse and they will not expand. On heavy bone they'll probably expand, but zip one through the ribs, no way, they're poking a hole

Also, why would you handicap your .308 Win by shooting a 155 grain bullet? I shoot 168's as the lightest, and been shooting 210's/215's for the last 8+ years...And everything else in-between 168-215...But nothing lighter than 168. Just personal opinion.

 

[Canhunter35]

Also, why would you handicap your .308 Win by shooting a 155 grain bullet? I shoot 168's as the lightest, and been shooting 210's/215's for the last 8+ years...And everything else in-between 168-215...But nothing lighter than 168. Just personal opinion.

The 155scenar has the same bc as any 168, the idea was I could run them faster, but they settled in at the same velocity as 168amaxs, eventually I moved to using 168s, but the 155/168s have almost identical ballistics.
The 208/215 have too much bc degration in my 11.25tw barrel. The 195smk is the sweet spot for my rifle

 

[okie man]

Soon as I burn up my supply of loaded 178 hornadys I'm switching over too the 155 scenars. Almost the same bc and I can get them close too 3000 fps in my rifle. Less recoil, good ballistics, why not?

 

[Oi.223]

Use Varget, there are a couple of good nodes. Most run them at the high node for long range and the lower node for mid range.

The high node charge depends on barrel, chamber, and throat, but typically comes in somewhere near 43.5 to 44.5 grains. This will be right at or near max, so work up.

 

[Kimber7man]

That's bogus, I've shot more coyotes than I should've testing them, you can shoot a coyote from snout to arse and they will not expand. On heavy bone they'll probably expand, but zip one through the ribs, no way, they're poking a hole

So don't believe me then...

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...7343/155-scenar-as-a-deer-bullet#Post13627343

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/4977783/1

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...cs/13559098/do-it-all-308-bullet#Post13559098

 

[Canhunter35]

So don't believe me then...

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...7343/155-scenar-as-a-deer-bullet#Post13627343

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/4977783/1

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...cs/13559098/do-it-all-308-bullet#Post13559098

I've tried them extensively, they don't expand. A guy I know uses the 139scenar in 6.5 with great results, but the 155 308 is a Terrible hunting bullet.

 

[Kimber7man]

I've tried them extensively, they don't expand. A guy I know uses the 139scenar in 6.5 with great results, but the 155 308 is a Terrible hunting bullet.

Different strokes for different folks.

 

[436]

I think it would be hard to beat a Berger 175gr VLD with LR-15 started off with a Fed210M... just get a solid 2650 fps and you're golden out to 1k for paper and 600 yards for, big game'..., with proper shot placement.