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favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

dave338

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hi all
What have you found works best as a target bulllet for a 1-11 26" .308
Had pretty good results with 168 amax,
What would you recomend for 0-600 and 600-1200 ?
All loaded to fit into mag
Cheers
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

175 SMK. Will get you out to a 1,000 yards
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

175 Berger non-VLDs are my personal favorite for 1K shots. The VLDs work really well, actually better than the regular ones. But they are a pain in the butt to get tuned right.
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

168's under 600 & 175 or 155's out to 1K...... I'm trying to whittle it down to just one, and so far I'm leaning towards the 175's for everything.....
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

I have also jumped in feet first with the 175 smk. I am looking into the 178 AMAX and Hornady 178 BTHP based on meplat inconsistency with some of the smks.

Josh
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

I would say 175 but my 1-11.25 in in 300 Win Mag and it loves the 190 and 208s
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

308, what length are you loading your 175s to? I also have a Rock barrel 11.25 but mine is 25.75 in length. The smith told me what he had reamed it to but I don't have that written down right in front of me at the moment.
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

168s crap out at around 575-600. I'd look to the 185 Berger BTLR for something that carrys and can make it to 1200+ before it goes transonic.
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

any one using lapua 185 ?
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

175 skm or 175 nosler custom comps! (noslers are a little cheaper)

My 1-11 24" loves them.
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

178 AMAX pushed by some Varget.
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

175 SMK, 178 Amax(favorite), 175 nosler all good. I've heard good things about the 185 scenar too but haven't gotten to use it yet. As for powder I use varget.
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

I have 3 barrels with 1-11", Rock, Krieger and Bartlein....all 3 drive the 155gr scenar very well.
 
Re: favorite bullets for 1-11 26" .308

been using varget buts its like finding rocking horse shit now,
switching to vit 550 for the next couple of loads,
will have to try the 208amax [do they work in 1-11 ]seems like there is a lot of you liking it,
any one tried the heavys on game