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<blockquote data-quote="ltcjwb" data-source="post: 1101236" data-attributes="member: 59196"><p>I'm certainly no expert, but the best 150 grain .308 factory load I can find is the Hornady SST Superformance, at 3000 fps, and it loses punch at 600-650. Assuming that you want 1000 lbs/ft at impact to reliably take down a deer, this round drops below that just short of 650. That's at 500', 59 degrees, and 78% humidity, per Nikon's Spot-On calculator, which is close to Hornady's and all the others I have seen. 7mm-08, with the Hornady 139 grain SST Superformance at 2950 fps drops below 1000 lbs/ft just short of 700, same conditions. Both of these rounds show enough power per the Hornady HITS calculator to take a deer at 700, but both are near the minimums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ltcjwb, post: 1101236, member: 59196"] I'm certainly no expert, but the best 150 grain .308 factory load I can find is the Hornady SST Superformance, at 3000 fps, and it loses punch at 600-650. Assuming that you want 1000 lbs/ft at impact to reliably take down a deer, this round drops below that just short of 650. That's at 500', 59 degrees, and 78% humidity, per Nikon's Spot-On calculator, which is close to Hornady's and all the others I have seen. 7mm-08, with the Hornady 139 grain SST Superformance at 2950 fps drops below 1000 lbs/ft just short of 700, same conditions. Both of these rounds show enough power per the Hornady HITS calculator to take a deer at 700, but both are near the minimums. [/QUOTE]
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