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Best powder for short barreled 308
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 796218" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>If you are only going to be shooting 100 yards or less it does not matter what powder you are going to use. A deer is not going to know the difference if it got struck with a 165 gr bullet going 3000 fps or 2000 fps if you put that bullet where it is supposed to go because it will be dead shortly. </p><p>From years of shooting a 308 I have found that with it's case size you really don't loose all that much velocity when you shorten the barrel a lot compared to larger cases. I use IMR 4895 for all my 308 loading for the simple reason that I came into a boat load of it from pulled down military ammo YEARS ago FREE. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>By the way if you want a real deer dropper load try this.</p><p>46 grs IMR 4895 with a 125 Nosler ballistic tip. BANG FLOP. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 796218, member: 10178"] If you are only going to be shooting 100 yards or less it does not matter what powder you are going to use. A deer is not going to know the difference if it got struck with a 165 gr bullet going 3000 fps or 2000 fps if you put that bullet where it is supposed to go because it will be dead shortly. From years of shooting a 308 I have found that with it's case size you really don't loose all that much velocity when you shorten the barrel a lot compared to larger cases. I use IMR 4895 for all my 308 loading for the simple reason that I came into a boat load of it from pulled down military ammo YEARS ago FREE. :D By the way if you want a real deer dropper load try this. 46 grs IMR 4895 with a 125 Nosler ballistic tip. BANG FLOP. :D [/QUOTE]
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