Re: What bullets are your favorite for target .308 WIN
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: saleen308</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Do you all use a FMJ bullet or something else? So far my rifle seems to like 125gr and 150gr bullets. I don't always have the greatest selection at BP for bullets but, can normally find something in the weight I'm looking for.
Is there a good place to buy in large quanities to save some $$$$ </div></div>
Many folks doing their own loading for .308 seem to like boattailed match hollow points or ballistic tipped boattailed match bullets around 155-178 grains. What people seem to end up with seems to be a matter of luck, barrel twist and what you come across first that gets you under 1/2MOA which most folks seem to think is good enough.
I like 168 grain AMAX bullets out to 1,000 yards which the 168 grain SMKs do not seem to be able to match both with MV's of 2,750fps. Out to 800 maybe a tad more the 168SMKs and 168AMAXs seem to be about equal but once the distance is much past 800 yards the 168AMAX's better BC seems to make just enough difference to get them to 1,000 yards. On a low wind day I like the AMAX168s out to 1,000 yards.
In the next heavier weight range I have had slightly better accuracy results using 175 grain SMKs than 178 grain AMAX bullets but for the most part they are very close. I'll be testing some of the newer Hornady 178 grain match bullets in the next few weeks to see if they can dethrone the 178SMKs or not. On paper at least the new 178 grain Hornady match are a better bullet but this remains to be seen in the field.
I'm shooting a tired Remington factory barrel with a 1 in 12 twist and I cannot get anything heavier than the 178's to work well. I have tried SMK190s and SMK200s but saw too many pressure issues to get them moving fast enough to work well so I gave up and stuck with conventional wisdom using 178's as the heaviest bullets I shoot in my old .308.
Hope this helps!
