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<blockquote data-quote="winmag" data-source="post: 617937" data-attributes="member: 22166"><p>Uuuhhm, looks like the factory stuff ran out of steam around 400 yds.</p><p>Were you meaning to bullet diameter? Instead of a 308 win cartrige?</p><p>What 308 pushes a bullet bigger than a 150gr past 2800? (Superformance factory ammo stated 24-2900ish with a 165)</p><p>I'm lookin at Hornady 7th edition (pre Superformance load data) right here, & 2800fps with a 150-155 gr is max load.</p><p>So....I turn a couple pages to 190gr bullets and, 2400 fps is max load with 190's....</p><p>How the Hell did you come up with a 200 grain bullet at 2850?</p><p>You got some numbers crossed somewhere friend.</p><p>To put it in perspective, a 300 win mag max load according to Hornadys load book, with a 190 gr is 2900..... That's a far cry from any 308 at any elevation.</p><p></p><p>While the 308 is also a neat round, cheap, & fun to shoot, its no where near an 800yd Elk cartrige. 400 +/- ya.</p><p>Not putting you, or your round down. Just shedding light on some obviously mistaken numbers, for the o.p. so he doesn't make a drastic mistake, & think those numbers were realistic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winmag, post: 617937, member: 22166"] Uuuhhm, looks like the factory stuff ran out of steam around 400 yds. Were you meaning to bullet diameter? Instead of a 308 win cartrige? What 308 pushes a bullet bigger than a 150gr past 2800? (Superformance factory ammo stated 24-2900ish with a 165) I'm lookin at Hornady 7th edition (pre Superformance load data) right here, & 2800fps with a 150-155 gr is max load. So....I turn a couple pages to 190gr bullets and, 2400 fps is max load with 190's.... How the Hell did you come up with a 200 grain bullet at 2850? You got some numbers crossed somewhere friend. To put it in perspective, a 300 win mag max load according to Hornadys load book, with a 190 gr is 2900..... That's a far cry from any 308 at any elevation. While the 308 is also a neat round, cheap, & fun to shoot, its no where near an 800yd Elk cartrige. 400 +/- ya. Not putting you, or your round down. Just shedding light on some obviously mistaken numbers, for the o.p. so he doesn't make a drastic mistake, & think those numbers were realistic. [/QUOTE]
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