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308 Win chamber?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 649614" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>The 308 is a fine 1000 yard target rifle but on deer size game it should be held to 600 yards Max.</p><p></p><p>The other thing is that if you look at the ballistics of the175 to 200 grain bullets you will find that </p><p>the velocity is very slow and any advantage to using the heavy bullets is lost at extended ranges</p><p>because of time of flight in windy conditions.</p><p></p><p>The 150 and 168 match bullets are about optimum for all round performance,plus the 1 1n 10</p><p>may not work with the heavy, slow bullets.</p><p></p><p>Having competed in matches to 1200 yards for many years the best bullets for the 308 in my</p><p>opinion were the 168 gr SMKs and the 160 Accubonds should be a great hunting bullet in the 308.</p><p></p><p>As far as changing the 243 to the 308 it is an easy change .the barrel simply has to be replaced</p><p>and no changes to the action are nessary.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 649614, member: 2736"] The 308 is a fine 1000 yard target rifle but on deer size game it should be held to 600 yards Max. The other thing is that if you look at the ballistics of the175 to 200 grain bullets you will find that the velocity is very slow and any advantage to using the heavy bullets is lost at extended ranges because of time of flight in windy conditions. The 150 and 168 match bullets are about optimum for all round performance,plus the 1 1n 10 may not work with the heavy, slow bullets. Having competed in matches to 1200 yards for many years the best bullets for the 308 in my opinion were the 168 gr SMKs and the 160 Accubonds should be a great hunting bullet in the 308. As far as changing the 243 to the 308 it is an easy change .the barrel simply has to be replaced and no changes to the action are nessary. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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