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Optimum weight for 1000y, .308
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<blockquote data-quote="lloydsmale" data-source="post: 668463" data-attributes="member: 41442"><p><strong>Re: Optimum weight for 100y, .308</strong></p><p></p><p>Im a hunter not a paper target shooter. Ive hunted with 06 and 308s for proably 40 years or more. Ive used bullets from 150-180 in both. Anymore when i hunt with either i use nothing but 150 cup and core bullets. I limit them to about 350 yards. Maybe a touch more with the o6. Ive yet to see any animal walk away from one. I prefer the 150s because they tend to knock animals down quickly. the 06 is very popular up here like it is in many places. Id bet i did more tracking of wounded deer shot with 180 grain 06s then all other rounds combined. Most 180 grain .30 cal bullets, even cup and core bullets are designed to hold up to 300 mag velocitys and dont open up well on light skinned deer, especially at longer ranges. There not a good recipe for quick kills. 165s might be a good compromise but with the luck ive had with 150s ive never seen a need to change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lloydsmale, post: 668463, member: 41442"] [b]Re: Optimum weight for 100y, .308[/b] Im a hunter not a paper target shooter. Ive hunted with 06 and 308s for proably 40 years or more. Ive used bullets from 150-180 in both. Anymore when i hunt with either i use nothing but 150 cup and core bullets. I limit them to about 350 yards. Maybe a touch more with the o6. Ive yet to see any animal walk away from one. I prefer the 150s because they tend to knock animals down quickly. the 06 is very popular up here like it is in many places. Id bet i did more tracking of wounded deer shot with 180 grain 06s then all other rounds combined. Most 180 grain .30 cal bullets, even cup and core bullets are designed to hold up to 300 mag velocitys and dont open up well on light skinned deer, especially at longer ranges. There not a good recipe for quick kills. 165s might be a good compromise but with the luck ive had with 150s ive never seen a need to change. [/QUOTE]
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