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Out of the Box: Best Long Range Target Rifle/Caliber/Ammo Combo?
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<blockquote data-quote="OneShot0351" data-source="post: 734183" data-attributes="member: 28987"><p>thats a big Negative on the .308! look at the BC of some of the bullets... 105 berger vld(8), 115 dtac(7), 105 amax(9)... of course all those bullets require a fast twist rate(listed beside it).but any of those bullets running avg speed in a .243 win compared to a 168gr or 175gr .308 at your avg speed, gonna drop less, less wind drift, and i know for a fact w/ the 115dtac have more Ft/lb of energy at 1,000yds also... with the 105 grainers its a tight race... the parts for the .308 are the same as .243 same short action, bolt face size, etc... the 175gr matchking in a .308 has a BC or .505(when pushed over 2,800fps) unless you have a 26-30in fctory barrel in .308 its gonna be hard to push any factory ammo with that bullet over 2,800fps. now, of the bullets listed for .243 the 105 a-max has the lowest BC of the 3, .515 G1, .532 for the berger i think, dtac .585?... now its gonna be hard to shoot any of those bullets below BELOW 2,800 fps... higher bc, higher velocity...(do the math)</p><p>now with that, the .308 factory match ammo will without a doubt stomp the .243 to death... anybody manufacture .308 match ammo, but .243... Corbon, Copper Creek, HSM and thats about it for 105gr + bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OneShot0351, post: 734183, member: 28987"] thats a big Negative on the .308! look at the BC of some of the bullets... 105 berger vld(8), 115 dtac(7), 105 amax(9)... of course all those bullets require a fast twist rate(listed beside it).but any of those bullets running avg speed in a .243 win compared to a 168gr or 175gr .308 at your avg speed, gonna drop less, less wind drift, and i know for a fact w/ the 115dtac have more Ft/lb of energy at 1,000yds also... with the 105 grainers its a tight race... the parts for the .308 are the same as .243 same short action, bolt face size, etc... the 175gr matchking in a .308 has a BC or .505(when pushed over 2,800fps) unless you have a 26-30in fctory barrel in .308 its gonna be hard to push any factory ammo with that bullet over 2,800fps. now, of the bullets listed for .243 the 105 a-max has the lowest BC of the 3, .515 G1, .532 for the berger i think, dtac .585?... now its gonna be hard to shoot any of those bullets below BELOW 2,800 fps... higher bc, higher velocity...(do the math) now with that, the .308 factory match ammo will without a doubt stomp the .243 to death... anybody manufacture .308 match ammo, but .243... Corbon, Copper Creek, HSM and thats about it for 105gr + bullets. [/QUOTE]
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