Ammo choice with scarcity of .308

[courtgreene]

Like the others have said, any of them will work fine. My go to load for Whitetail Deer is the Sierra 150 Grain Pro Hunter. I like the 150 Grain weight.

I just tried that for my reloads when the hornady I had been using became impossible to find. They grouped WAY better than the others. Not only that, but when I tried them on deer this year they seemed to hit harder too. Quite pleased.
Sorry for the off topic reply.

 

[Nature Boy]

I use the 180g ProHunter in my 30-06 loads

 

[Stevenvalleyky]

I agree with you on this. Federal is my go to manufacturer for hunting ammunition for any rifle that I don't have time, interest or desire to work up loads for. Folks used to say that if Federal Gold Medal Match doesn't shoot in your rifle there's something wrong with the rifle. I've come to a similar conclusion for their Vital-Shok Trophy Copper products. I've shot that stuff in numerous chamberings for numerous rifles and 99% of the time it produces excellent results. They have consistently been a top tier manufacturer.



I worked for Remington for a couple of years as an ammunition R&D engineer and one of my projects was to develop a .308 Win 150gr CLUB load for the FBI. The FBI liked the Core-Lokt bullet but wanted it to stay together when passing through various barriers so that meant using a bonded bullet. They also wanted waterproofed primers and case necks and were going to buy millions of rounds a year for their new LaRue carbines. One of the benefits of waterproofing the case necks was that it improved the consistency of bullet pull tests and it shot considerably better than the standard Core-Lokt products. I ended up taking a fair amount of the DV ammo home for "personal testing" and still have at least 500 rounds of it. I've been saving it for "apocalyptic" scenarios which is probably ridiculous but I don't use it for hunting or for target practice.

Off topic abit, but did that job with Remington happen to be in Elizabethtown Ky? Many of the former employees of that plant started ADG brass after Remington left town.

 

[MCMXI]

Off topic abit, but did that job with Remington happen to be in Elizabethtown Ky? Many of the former employees of that plant started ADG brass after Remington left town.

I was at the plant in Lonoke, Arkansas where all of the ammunition was made. There were corporate offices in Elizabethtown, KY and sales, maybe some engineers were based out of there too, but I don't remember a manufacturing plant. More than a few of my colleagues went to work for SIG in Jacksonville, AR when ammunition manufacturing moved there.

 

[tosainu1]

I don’t think there’s any difference in those 3 cup and core style bullets. I’ve used Remington Core Lokts 150 gr before and the deer went down so fast it looked like it magically disappeared but more typically they run a short way. I use Winchester Power Point, Core Lokt, Federal Soft point and Hornady Interlok 150 interchangeably to good effect on deer.. For the price, these types of cup and core bullets are hard to beat..