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308 for hunting??
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 577781" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>The 308 is my favorate caliber and would love to tell you that the 308 is great for elk at 700 yards. I cant do that. I would never say it is a bad round for elk at 700 either but is not optimum.</p><p></p><p>Factory loads can get you to 1K. Not many of them but some. The Federal Gold Medal Match in both 155 and 175 will get you there easily. You will find your factory hunting rounds much more difficult to do that with.</p><p></p><p>For LR elk I would steer you to the 200 grain Sierra Game King. It will expand at 700 yards where alot of bullets at 308 speeds wont. It also will have enough energy to get the job done. It will take 6000-7000 feet of elevation to get a Barnes 175 LRX to open. Fortunately, thats where elk live. If all I had was a 308 in elk country, I would not hesitate to use it at 700 as long as I had the right load.</p><p></p><p>Coyotes, just about anything will work from 155 AMAX's to the 208 AMAX, SMK's, VLD's etc.....</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 577781, member: 1007"] The 308 is my favorate caliber and would love to tell you that the 308 is great for elk at 700 yards. I cant do that. I would never say it is a bad round for elk at 700 either but is not optimum. Factory loads can get you to 1K. Not many of them but some. The Federal Gold Medal Match in both 155 and 175 will get you there easily. You will find your factory hunting rounds much more difficult to do that with. For LR elk I would steer you to the 200 grain Sierra Game King. It will expand at 700 yards where alot of bullets at 308 speeds wont. It also will have enough energy to get the job done. It will take 6000-7000 feet of elevation to get a Barnes 175 LRX to open. Fortunately, thats where elk live. If all I had was a 308 in elk country, I would not hesitate to use it at 700 as long as I had the right load. Coyotes, just about anything will work from 155 AMAX's to the 208 AMAX, SMK's, VLD's etc..... Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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