Long Range Hunting Bullets
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Funny story.
My daughter (19) is home from college last week along with her boyfriend. They both like to shoot and wanted to go to the range and shoot the 500 yard lane.
Her boyfriend had taken the money he had made over the summer and rolled it into a full blown custom rifle, Defiant action, NF Beast, Manners stock, Chambered in 6.5 Lapua, the works. (I may have played some part in poising this young man as I also taught him how to reload a few years ago)
So we head to the range. My daughter is shooting my .308 target rifle. A cold front had come through that morning and the wind was gusting from 9 to 12. She sets up prone, dials in her elevation and fires 2 sighters, hold off for wind, then puts the next 5 in the center of the target with a max spread of 2.5”. She looks over at her boyfriend, clears the rifle and puts it back in the case.
He put up a valiant effort but never matched her results.
So the point to this story for the .308-haters is there’s a pretty little 5’2” 19 year old girl who would clean your clock with a .308 from 600 yards in with whatever you wanted to bring and all the academic discussion on internet forums about drop tables, ballistic coefficients and imputed accuracy wouldn’t save your ass or your ego
My daughter (19) is home from college last week along with her boyfriend. They both like to shoot and wanted to go to the range and shoot the 500 yard lane.
Her boyfriend had taken the money he had made over the summer and rolled it into a full blown custom rifle, Defiant action, NF Beast, Manners stock, Chambered in 6.5 Lapua, the works. (I may have played some part in poising this young man as I also taught him how to reload a few years ago)
So we head to the range. My daughter is shooting my .308 target rifle. A cold front had come through that morning and the wind was gusting from 9 to 12. She sets up prone, dials in her elevation and fires 2 sighters, hold off for wind, then puts the next 5 in the center of the target with a max spread of 2.5”. She looks over at her boyfriend, clears the rifle and puts it back in the case.
He put up a valiant effort but never matched her results.
So the point to this story for the .308-haters is there’s a pretty little 5’2” 19 year old girl who would clean your clock with a .308 from 600 yards in with whatever you wanted to bring and all the academic discussion on internet forums about drop tables, ballistic coefficients and imputed accuracy wouldn’t save your ass or your ego
Captcurt
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It would have been fun to see if her BF could hit with the 308. Many times it is the man or, in this case, the woman squeezing the trigger that is the reason for success.Funny story.
My daughter (19) is home from college last week along with her boyfriend. They both like to shoot and wanted to go to the range and shoot the 500 yard lane.
Her boyfriend had taken the money he had made over the summer and rolled it into a full blown custom rifle, Defiant action, NF Beast, Manners stock, Chambered in 6.5 Lapua, the works. (I may have played some part in poising this young man as I also taught him how to reload a few years ago)
So we head to the range. My daughter is shooting my .308 target rifle. A cold front had come through that morning and the wind was gusting from 9 to 12. She sets up prone, dials in her elevation and fires 2 sighters, hold off for wind, then puts the next 5 in the center of the target with a max spread of 2.5”. She looks over at her boyfriend, clears the rifle and puts it back in the case.
He put up a valiant effort but never matched her results.
So the point to this story for the .308-haters is there’s a pretty little 5’2” 19 year old girl who would clean your clock with a .308 from 600 yards in with whatever you wanted to bring and all the academic discussion on internet forums about drop tables, ballistic coefficients and imputed accuracy wouldn’t save your ass or your ego
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Nothing like having your manhood taken away by a 5'2" looker...
I'm sure it keeps the boyfriend in line, as he is always within range...
Good job dad!
climbnjump
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Yes, the 30 cal 165gr SSTs are still in the Hornady catalog:
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/sst-(super-shock-tip)#!/
Inside 400, a 308 as a hunting rifle is a great choice. People forget to factor in bore diameter when they're looking at the effectiveness of a cartridge. It's not all about energy.
Back to the OP's question.
I like 168 AMAXs. I have a stockpile of them.
Really any ballistic tip or cup and core bullet will work on deer. Elk would be a different story.
rondaxe
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Thanks for all the input. I am set up for reloading 30-06 ammo and have lots of different bullets for that, most would work just great for the 308. so buying a different caliber is not something I'm interested in. Plus I reload for a Enfield model 2 that I own so I'm set up with 308 dies already. I do have quite a supply of 150 gr. Hornady Interlocks, but wasn't sure how they would fare at ranges over 200 yds. I now have a few spots where I can hunt deer that offer some longer shots than I'm used to, and I do have a spot where I can practice up to 400 yds. I don't know why people are so dismissive of the 308, do a search on sniper shots over 1250 meters and you will find the 308 and 30-06.
I like the 168 AMAX. Have used it the last 6 years on deer from 25 to 200 yards. All pass through 1 shot stops.
I also like Sierra Pro Hunters.
If you already have the Interlocks, and they shoot well enough in your gun there would not be any reason not to use them.
I also like Sierra Pro Hunters.
If you already have the Interlocks, and they shoot well enough in your gun there would not be any reason not to use them.
stillquietvoice
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I used to have a m88 win in 308 liked 150 to 180 gr bullets for deer. Bullets and cartridge worked well.
For 3006 I decided on the 165 gr weight bullet. It was toe a perfect combination of retained energy and trajectory. I researched what competition shooters were using and found that aot were shooting 168's. I figured that the 165 was as close as I could come to what they were using.
The cal and bullet weight resulted in 10 drt's from 40 to 200 yds.
Ks5shooter
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Hornady ELD-X line has performed well for me in several calibers.
Soooooooo, most bullets I'd recommend shouldn't be used haphazardly under 75 yds, that being said, a 165 class bullet will leave the station just a Lil slower so that helps. For what you're discussing, 200-400 yds generally means soft+windbucking. Berger, btip, sst, eldx, tgk, ablr, and speer btsp if you want cheap. The rest is in the bangswitch operator.
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