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Bullet Worthy of a Once-in-a -Lifetime Trophy?
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<blockquote data-quote="300win" data-source="post: 115007" data-attributes="member: 5965"><p>One thing no one has brought up is why this 308 is so picky. For the most part the 308 will shoot any quality bullet under an inch. A 10 or 12twist will shoot about any bullet you want. It sounds like you tried quite a few bullets. If you are getting good groups from smk's you can rule out technique or something mechanical such as a harsh trigger. It is almost painful not to get good all around accuracy from a 308. If it was my hunt, I would go with the 175 smk just for the higher velocity and better ballistic curve. Try to shoot them at 2700fps or a little faster and you will have a great long range load. Put the bullet where it belongs and game will drop. Pick your shots, if a good buck is standing in a large clearing at 800 yards let one fly.In a case like this you will poke a hole through the vitals, the deer will run a couple hundred yards and lay down. Now if that same buck was standing on the edge of a cornfield at dusk, the smk would not be the bullet of choice. Now that buck may be dead within 30 seconds of being hit but how far and which way did he go in this track infested cornfield with no snow? That is real world horn hunting not a tv show. A bullet is just a tool and no tool can fix everything. If there is a bullet that works great at all ranges on all game I hope some one will tell me about it. But I probaly could not afford it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="300win, post: 115007, member: 5965"] One thing no one has brought up is why this 308 is so picky. For the most part the 308 will shoot any quality bullet under an inch. A 10 or 12twist will shoot about any bullet you want. It sounds like you tried quite a few bullets. If you are getting good groups from smk's you can rule out technique or something mechanical such as a harsh trigger. It is almost painful not to get good all around accuracy from a 308. If it was my hunt, I would go with the 175 smk just for the higher velocity and better ballistic curve. Try to shoot them at 2700fps or a little faster and you will have a great long range load. Put the bullet where it belongs and game will drop. Pick your shots, if a good buck is standing in a large clearing at 800 yards let one fly.In a case like this you will poke a hole through the vitals, the deer will run a couple hundred yards and lay down. Now if that same buck was standing on the edge of a cornfield at dusk, the smk would not be the bullet of choice. Now that buck may be dead within 30 seconds of being hit but how far and which way did he go in this track infested cornfield with no snow? That is real world horn hunting not a tv show. A bullet is just a tool and no tool can fix everything. If there is a bullet that works great at all ranges on all game I hope some one will tell me about it. But I probaly could not afford it! [/QUOTE]
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