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How would you set up a 308 Winchester?
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<blockquote data-quote="Camshaft" data-source="post: 488395" data-attributes="member: 25423"><p>2800 is pretty **** impressive from a .308win. I have a hard time believing that your friend is trailing my 300RUM by only 350fps with half or less grains of powder and them same bullet. I load 178amaxs for my 308win vtr with a 20 1/2" barrel and can barely lay down those kinds of numbers. Granted the barrel is a lot shorter but the bullet is 32grains lighter also. I'm not calling anyone out here I am just conveying my experience. In my 300wsm I push 210vlds to 2720fps out of a 24" barrel with 64grains of h4831sc. And that is Max load in that rifle. I have heard of very fast barrels before. A good friend of mine has a. 300weatherby that trails by rum by only 70fps. It does happen. Anyways back to the topic. You biggest concern will not be just energy but also impact velocity. Depending on your bullet choice you will probably need somewhere around 16-1800fps. If you are competent with your rifle energy is second to shot placement anyhow. Choose something that shoots well for you and opens up at low velocities and get in lots of practice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Camshaft, post: 488395, member: 25423"] 2800 is pretty **** impressive from a .308win. I have a hard time believing that your friend is trailing my 300RUM by only 350fps with half or less grains of powder and them same bullet. I load 178amaxs for my 308win vtr with a 20 1/2" barrel and can barely lay down those kinds of numbers. Granted the barrel is a lot shorter but the bullet is 32grains lighter also. I'm not calling anyone out here I am just conveying my experience. In my 300wsm I push 210vlds to 2720fps out of a 24" barrel with 64grains of h4831sc. And that is Max load in that rifle. I have heard of very fast barrels before. A good friend of mine has a. 300weatherby that trails by rum by only 70fps. It does happen. Anyways back to the topic. You biggest concern will not be just energy but also impact velocity. Depending on your bullet choice you will probably need somewhere around 16-1800fps. If you are competent with your rifle energy is second to shot placement anyhow. Choose something that shoots well for you and opens up at low velocities and get in lots of practice. [/QUOTE]
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