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Picking the right copper bullet for a .308 Winchester rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Technologist" data-source="post: 1081431" data-attributes="member: 62954"><p>I'd like to resurrect this thread by thanking rooster740 for your good info! </p><p></p><p>What load and what rifle lets your .308 spit out that 168 grain Tsx at 2850 fps? Or was that with the Win mag?</p><p></p><p>You and I have the same wounding philosophy. A hole through the lungs is very detrimental to the health of any mammal. When you're using the .308 like I do, what I end up wishing for is primarily penetration. I don't want a soft 150 gr bullet to break up in the shoulder of the critter I'm shooting at. That's why I'm interested in the monolithic bullets. However... I also want some expansion or at least some tumbling or something to speed up the bleeding for a quick death and preferably a visible blood trail...</p><p></p><p>I'd like to be able to rely on the expansion of my bullets out to 300 meters. I've gotten conflicting info on this, but from what I've read, the TTSX bullets need 1800-2000 fps to expand. If you're launching the 168 grain .308 caliber bullet, then you need a muzzle velocity at around 2650 fps to achieve that. Most factory ammo loaded with the 168 gr TTSX list a muzzle velocity of roughly 2650 fps from a 24" barrel. A "nominal" velocity that low could mean 2400 fps in the real world...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Technologist, post: 1081431, member: 62954"] I'd like to resurrect this thread by thanking rooster740 for your good info! What load and what rifle lets your .308 spit out that 168 grain Tsx at 2850 fps? Or was that with the Win mag? You and I have the same wounding philosophy. A hole through the lungs is very detrimental to the health of any mammal. When you're using the .308 like I do, what I end up wishing for is primarily penetration. I don't want a soft 150 gr bullet to break up in the shoulder of the critter I'm shooting at. That's why I'm interested in the monolithic bullets. However... I also want some expansion or at least some tumbling or something to speed up the bleeding for a quick death and preferably a visible blood trail... I'd like to be able to rely on the expansion of my bullets out to 300 meters. I've gotten conflicting info on this, but from what I've read, the TTSX bullets need 1800-2000 fps to expand. If you're launching the 168 grain .308 caliber bullet, then you need a muzzle velocity at around 2650 fps to achieve that. Most factory ammo loaded with the 168 gr TTSX list a muzzle velocity of roughly 2650 fps from a 24" barrel. A "nominal" velocity that low could mean 2400 fps in the real world... [/QUOTE]
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