anybody shooting tac in 308

[308mike]

first i have a shilen 308 barrel 25.5 inches long using 168 smk. next borrowed my crony to some guys and they shot it and said oops sorry. so heres the question. in my winchester book it shows 42 grns of tac as max load for 168 smk but on the ramshot web it shows 44.something. any way I was shooting 42.5 but was not getting good accuracy so a did a ladder test from ramshots min to max and found that 43.1 is very accurate at 300 shooting half inch or less groups but it is putting a lot of fouling in my barrel but just in the middle of the length not at either end but the 42.5 is giving me none to speek of. and I do not know my bullet speed. any ideas

 

[Guest]

Re: anybody shooting tac in 308

We never had any luck with it past 600yds no matter the gun, load or shooter.
Good luck.

 

[308mike]

Re: anybody shooting tac in 308

thanks maybe a powder switch to varget might be in order

 

[Guest]

Re: anybody shooting tac in 308

Varget works for both my sidekick an I in all our .308's just fine.
In fact we have never found a stick that won't shoot it under moa, yet.

 

[Da-Law-Dawg]

Re: anybody shooting tac in 308

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: farmsniper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">thanks maybe a powder switch to varget might be in order </div></div>

+1 for Varget!

We have run 44.0gr of Varget behind a 168 Amax for some time now. It's our go to load and been sub-half MOA thru four different rifles. It's been super consistent with low ES & SD's and doesn't make a mess in the barrel. A great powder in the .308 as well as other cartridges.

 

[308mike]

Re: anybody shooting tac in 308

thanks for all the input guys I am shooting 600 and found out that the 168 smk is not the shiznit either gona try some 175smk

 

[Da-Law-Dawg]

Re: anybody shooting tac in 308

The 175 SMK or 178 Amax will shine on out there. Both are excellent fodder.

 

[Guest]

Re: anybody shooting tac in 308

Stick with the 175SMK, once you learn them from end of the muzzle to past 1K yds the numbers are easy to remember. We both use Varget an 175's for everything except when shooting threw barricades to kill a target.

 

[308mike]

Re: anybody shooting tac in 308

gonna get me suma those this weekend and shoot them and see what i think thanks for the input