308 ammo help

[ccupit]

sunday i purchased a winchester model 70 feather weight in a 308 caliber and im waitin on it to come in. now for all the 308 shooters which is your favorite brand and favorite grain to shoot . ?? im lost when it comes to ammunition .and for background im hunitng deep east texas where 100 yds is my max shot . so i need some insight on what to shoot and what to stay away from .thanks in advance for help

[DavisHollow]

Handload or factory? I handload. Nothing over 150 gr makes sense in a 308, I hunt with 150 mostly, 125 gr works fine too but the 308 was designed for a 147 gr bullet, pointless to shoot anything too far on either side of that.

I prefer Sierra bullets, Nosler works fine too (BT, not partition).

[Brazos Hunter]

I handload all of mine. 165gr Hornady Interbond with 45.4gr H414. This is the best OVERALL recipe I have came up with for your kind of shot out of my Whetherby.

~Michael

[bwssr]

buy several brands 4 or five and see what it likes...the .308 was built from a 30.06...they do like 165gr. Mine like "out of the box" Federal premiums...my buddy likes the Hornady

[lsmith]

Hornady ..... 150gr SST

[mrduxs]

Handload I use any from 125g-150g. and have great results. You can have just as much much speed (maybe more)out of a 125g Hornady BT at 125yrds than a 117g for a 25/06, that 308 will serve you will.
Factory loads? I would use the Hornady brand. That stuff is good.

[kornsqueezer]

Hornady ..... 150gr SST

If you are not going to hand load this is the ticket. Try different manufactures , you will probally go back to the Hornady Custom 150 SST. Just my .02 worth.

[ccupit]

factory ammo i will not be handloading

[Brazos Hunter]

X3 for the Hornady Custom 150's.

~Michael

[Tubby]

Another vote for the Hornady SST 150's

Best ammo off the shelf IMO.

[Bonesplitter]

Look at the Barnes vortex line. Great bullets and very accurate.

[ccupit]

ill be lookin into hornady it seems to be really good.. i have one more question about barrel brekain in i was reading on winchester that its good to shoot somthin like full metal throught the barrel to clean the copper out . any advice on the break in?

[Bonesplitter]

If you want to go that route, I usually shoot and clean the barrel every round for the first 10, the clean after every 2 shots for the next 10 and clean every 3 shots for the next 10. Just be careful cleaning your barrel, more barrel's are damaged by improper cleaning than anything else. I shoot the ammo I'm going to target shoot or hunt with for the break in. I really dont have an honest opinion if breaking in a barrel really does that much for you other than keeping copper from building up on the tooling mark's left over from the factory.

[rcjunky007]

168gr

[dc1986]

Green box remington 150 grain psp.Cheap and accurate.Even with that junky SPS stock my gun shoots 3 in a dime every time at 100 yds.Also ,you can find that ammo anywhere.