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1,300 with .308

WirgmanUSMC

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Feb 13, 2017
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Flat Rock, NC
Furthest I’ve shot my .308 so far. Federal premium 185s going 2550 out of my 20” Hawk Hill barrel 1/9. Hit it on my third shot and then got a bunch of repeat hits. The target body not counting the head is 12x19” Only took 17.4mils and 2mils wind! Lol
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Thats a good poke. I shot my DD Delta 5 with 20inch barrel to 1,300 with 168 SMK's via Australian ammo. Good cheap ammo. Most of the time we needed 175's to go 1,300.

PB
 
Everyone knows that 168s hit the target sideways beyond 700 LOL! In all seriousness, that's a lot of wind chasing on a 168! Tip my hat to ya sir.

Its strange, cant do it with my other 308's. DD made one hell of a barrel. Maybe I got lucky but this gun is a laser. I have an FN SPR with 24inch barrel and RPR, neither will push the 168's like this bad boy. The gun also like the FGGM 175's just fine.

Every once in a while the blind squirrel .......

PB
 
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Its strange, cant do it with my other 308's. DD made one hell of a barrel. Maybe I got lucky but this gun is a laser. I have an FN SPR with 24inch barrel and RPR, neither will push the 168's like this bad boy. The gun also like the FGGM 175's just fine.

Every once in a while the blind squirrel .......

PB
Faster twist barrels seem to play nicer with 168s from what I have seen. It's kind of a finicky pill. Have seen many of them banging steel out to 1200ish. Shot with a guy (hide member back in yesterdecade) that could smoke any target he had with 168s but I couldn't get them to run to save my life.
 
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Faster twist barrels seem to play nicer with 168s from what I have seen. It's kind of a finicky pill. Have seen many of them banging steel out to 1200ish. Shot with a guy (hide member back in yesterdecade) that could smoke any target he had with 168s but I couldn't get them to run to save my life.
The barrel its a 1/10 twist so not out of the norm. Those twist rates in my experience are a good piece of information, but barrels can surprise. Ie I have 1/9 .223 that shoots 80 grain SMK's just fine. Peeps say 1/9 wont shoot heavies but mine does.

PB
 
If you want to stretch the 308, pick up some 155grn lapua scenars, they have the same bc as a 175 smk but can be pushed to around 2900 out of a 24-26" tube.
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