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Rebarreling a 308
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 1153736" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>Nothing wrong with the 308. </p><p></p><p>260, 708 are good choices as well. The 260 AI is a sweet cartridge. </p><p></p><p>There are ways to hold the same windage as a 260 with a 308. The notion that the 260, even the AI has half the wind as a 308 is not quite accurate. There are 308 loads that are within 10" of the highly esteemed 6.5-284 running 140 VLDs at 1000 yards. 30 years ago yes, 1/2 the wind. Today, No. Maybe it's half the wind compared against a 150 ballistic tip but not modern high BC projectiles. </p><p></p><p>The trade off is recoil. If you can take the recoil of the 185-215 grain bullets, the 308 offers the same and in some cases better windage than the 260/140 combo. Much higher energy too. Better barrel life to boot. The downsides are recoil and trajectory. With laser range finders, trajectory means little. The only real downside is recoil. </p><p></p><p>None of those choices beats the pant off the others in any category. None of them make the obsolete. Each has pro's and con's. You just have ask yourself, which pro's are more important to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 1153736, member: 1007"] Nothing wrong with the 308. 260, 708 are good choices as well. The 260 AI is a sweet cartridge. There are ways to hold the same windage as a 260 with a 308. The notion that the 260, even the AI has half the wind as a 308 is not quite accurate. There are 308 loads that are within 10" of the highly esteemed 6.5-284 running 140 VLDs at 1000 yards. 30 years ago yes, 1/2 the wind. Today, No. Maybe it's half the wind compared against a 150 ballistic tip but not modern high BC projectiles. The trade off is recoil. If you can take the recoil of the 185-215 grain bullets, the 308 offers the same and in some cases better windage than the 260/140 combo. Much higher energy too. Better barrel life to boot. The downsides are recoil and trajectory. With laser range finders, trajectory means little. The only real downside is recoil. None of those choices beats the pant off the others in any category. None of them make the obsolete. Each has pro's and con's. You just have ask yourself, which pro's are more important to you. [/QUOTE]
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