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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 297436" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>I am curious why you are surprised at the different advice? We all come at this from our own personal perspectives and place different wieghts on different priorities. Like you say... different strokes for different folks.</p><p> </p><p>I sure dont mean any offense but in my book, not only does the 308 not win hands down, it comes in close to last for distance shooting. I say that because I look at the question from a purely ballistic point of view. Once you get past 500 yds there are numerous cartrides from the 264 WM up to the big 338's that leave it well behind. There is no real debate about that. The math and the physics speaks for itself. It's hard to argue with velocity and BC.</p><p> </p><p>Now if you say that the 308 wins because there is lots of data, or that it has better barrel life, or there is more factory ammo for it, or it has relatively mild recoil then that is a strong case. But if you look at it purely from ballistics, it comes up short. </p><p> </p><p>Can it do what the OP wants? Yep. Can it do it best? IME... no....</p><p> </p><p>-MR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 297436, member: 11717"] I am curious why you are surprised at the different advice? We all come at this from our own personal perspectives and place different wieghts on different priorities. Like you say... different strokes for different folks. I sure dont mean any offense but in my book, not only does the 308 not win hands down, it comes in close to last for distance shooting. I say that because I look at the question from a purely ballistic point of view. Once you get past 500 yds there are numerous cartrides from the 264 WM up to the big 338's that leave it well behind. There is no real debate about that. The math and the physics speaks for itself. It's hard to argue with velocity and BC. Now if you say that the 308 wins because there is lots of data, or that it has better barrel life, or there is more factory ammo for it, or it has relatively mild recoil then that is a strong case. But if you look at it purely from ballistics, it comes up short. Can it do what the OP wants? Yep. Can it do it best? IME... no.... -MR [/QUOTE]
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