What bullet weight do you .308 shooters use? I've used the 165 grain Hornady GMX (good results) and this past season I used the 165 grain SST (which I wasn't too pleased with). I'm going to start reloading and I've heard that a 150 grain may get me better results. Any opinions on bullet brands and weights that I should try out?! Any help would be much appreciated!
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What bullet weight do you .308 shooters use? I've used the 165 grain Hornady GMX (good results) and this past season I used the
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I use Hornady's 7mm/08 139Gr SSt-Lm on White Tales in S.Ga and N.Fla. with great Success on 200+Lb Deer.
What's wrong with your SST Ammo, Bad bullet Placement, too longer a shot, Real Heavy cover, in 28Yr of using this Cal. I have never had a deer move then 2Feet when Hit, in the Neck,Lungs or chest.
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Well, maybe it was me. But I made goods shot on several deer that should of put them down but 2 of them I shot managed to run 150-200 yards before going down and the holes looked pretty small. On one of the deer a shot was questionable while the other shot was well placed. Maybe I shouldn't judge by only shooting 3 deer with it! I did drop a stud at 190 yards with the SST's though. I'll pick up another box of SST's to reload. Anybody ever used the Remington Accutip's? I was thinking about picking up a box!
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I loaded some 165 SST's in .308 a couple of years ago for a guy and he told me the same thing that you did. He thought they ran too far. I just got rid of a 25-06 for that reason I don't want another instance of the same. I do know that the Hornady Interlocks are a very good bullet and perform great on whitetails.
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Of the three loads I have tried so far the Remington CoreLokt 180gr did pretty well on paper during the sight in. The 180gr Federal Prem. Barnes MRX killed a bear at short range quite handily but shot 2 1/2 groups at 100. The Barnes Vortx with 150gr TTSX has been the most accurate on paper but I have not used it one deer yet. I am hoping the 165/168gr Barnes will shoot well and if it does I will just use that for deer and elk. I have not been able to get any due to the current panic.
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