308 subsonic hunting bullet

backwoodsshooter said:

Cavity Back MKZ 195 grain Subsonic 7.62/.308

COPPER BULLETS COPPER PROJECTILES NONLEAD ALL COPPER SOLID COPPER HUNTING TARGET

www.cavitybackbullets.com

that bullet was designed purely for subsonic use.


if you use anything but trail boss or a similar bulky powder, be sure to stuff a cotton ball down in to the case to keep the powder from moving when it's turned horizontal.

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QuietTexan said:

I think the leading cause of baffle strikes are crush washers on ARs, they're just flat not the correct part to use to install something that needs to be aligned, but people keep doing it.

Followed by loosening while shooting, an unsquare shoulder or the threads being cut wrong, then any of the tolerance stacking assembly errors that comes from incorrectly using QDs, muzzle devices, or threaded parts of serviceable cans. All my bolt actions are either direct thread or the large shoulder TBAC 338 mount because it's simple and has fewer parts involved.

Legitimate baffle strikes from stability should be rare. In his case it's low probability, but marginal setups bear a little more scrutiny.


That's why I was testing down so slow, to see what happened and avoid an oops. I'm about to work up a subsonic 308 load for a 20" 10 twist, I'm starting with TB and 190 Sub-Xs.

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Bucklowery said:

I have been looking a all the specialized Bullets but seems like only ones available are for 300 BO and they require a much faster twist than I currently have

Thanks

Buck

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diamonddave2 said:

I just got some Lehigh ME's to try in my 300 BLK. The reviews seem very promising. Here's a link to a YouTube guy who tests both Hornady and Lehigh.

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Bucklowery said:

Anyone with experience with a good bullet for hunting whitetail. Ours are small so needs a bullet that expands quickly and the lower velocity. Any recommendations? I have been looking but all seem to be sold out except for faster twist 300 blackout. It will be a 308 win with 1:10 twist 26" barrel. I finally picked up some tin star powder it is supposed to be the next best thing to trailboss but it is unobtainable now.

Thanks

Buck

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shootski said:

Buck,

Forget about "modern" bullets that are designed to expand; they usually don't at subsonic speeds. Lead MUSHROOMS giving you the wound channel that does the job.
I shoot a .30 caliber airgun 24" 1:10 barrel (Quackenbushairguns.com) just into the transonic range with DEAD SOFT LEAD bullets (hollow point or flat point [Large Meplat for caliber] from 118 to 170 grain) from https://hunters-supply.com/index.php and have taken multiple whitetails up to 350 lbs (on the hoof) with no problems. Shot placement in the vitals is the key. I use a Donny FL silencer https://donnyfl.com/products/2-x-10-5-inches-emperor-v3 with the 6" extender; i have had a herd just stand pat puzzled (on a regulated urban cull) by why some of them them were dropping one by one. Maybe that was because they are dumb to hunting pressure but I think they really didn't hear the report from 120 yards away.
Talk to the folks at Hunters Supply and read the hunting stories of folk that do it with COLDARMS on the Quackenbush site.

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Dave in WI said:

Lehigh 308 194gr ME shot into water jugs at approx 1000fps
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Dave in WI said:

Lehigh 308 194gr ME shot into water jugs at approx 1000fps
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Trnelson said:

Here's a subsonic expanding bullet that will function within your twist rate limitations. I've used their 250g and 260g to harvest several deer and a few hogs.

.308 SUBSONIC - Outlaw State Bullets LLC

Outlaw State Bullets LLC .308, .310, .458 subsonic hunting bullets. .308 225 grain bullets, .310 225 grain bullets, .458 530 grain bullet, .338 spectre. Specialty projectiles. Ammunition.

www.outlawstatebullets.com

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