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<blockquote data-quote="436" data-source="post: 1675864" data-attributes="member: 16609"><p>I actually have used a .308 in many types of rifles both on and off the job; so to speak, and found nothing wrong with the .308 Win/7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. It's a wonderful cartridge and my go-to cartridge'..., for just about anything, yes within reason. Most of my usage was with the 147gr FMJ and/or the 168gr & 175gr match Mk's loads. When I did take one (sporting version) to the game field, I shot everything from 100gr to 200gr bullet depending on the game or varmint. So let say it as oh... I don't know; 175gr class bullet; with 900 fpe at 1000, which is "just" under a .44 Mag at the muzzle, I'm guessing. So, as you step back in the yardage it just gets better... with that said it is a lethal cartridge no doubt. Is it a 1000 yard meat gun, NO! could kill at 1K with the right bullet placement, yes'.., most cartridges will but it's really not a big game cartridge at that distance, however, it does a heck of a job on paper at 1K. and if you can hold the waterline and read wind you can do some real damage to targets at 1K, in fact, I was just messing around one day and I managed to clip at Ground Hog at 1014 yards off a bi-pod rest in two rounds. In matches, over the years, in and out of the United State... I've used the .308 Win with a 175gr in many 1K matches and never felt handicapped. It really is a remarkable cartridge case, and the proof is in the many wildcat cartridges it spawned over the years that became legitimized by the gun industry, now that high praise indeed. So... "Yes, the .308 Win is well worth the effort."</p><p>Here's a couple of my favorites. Good luck.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]141903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141904[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141906[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="436, post: 1675864, member: 16609"] I actually have used a .308 in many types of rifles both on and off the job; so to speak, and found nothing wrong with the .308 Win/7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. It's a wonderful cartridge and my go-to cartridge'..., for just about anything, yes within reason. Most of my usage was with the 147gr FMJ and/or the 168gr & 175gr match Mk's loads. When I did take one (sporting version) to the game field, I shot everything from 100gr to 200gr bullet depending on the game or varmint. So let say it as oh... I don't know; 175gr class bullet; with 900 fpe at 1000, which is "just" under a .44 Mag at the muzzle, I'm guessing. So, as you step back in the yardage it just gets better... with that said it is a lethal cartridge no doubt. Is it a 1000 yard meat gun, NO! could kill at 1K with the right bullet placement, yes'.., most cartridges will but it's really not a big game cartridge at that distance, however, it does a heck of a job on paper at 1K. and if you can hold the waterline and read wind you can do some real damage to targets at 1K, in fact, I was just messing around one day and I managed to clip at Ground Hog at 1014 yards off a bi-pod rest in two rounds. In matches, over the years, in and out of the United State... I've used the .308 Win with a 175gr in many 1K matches and never felt handicapped. It really is a remarkable cartridge case, and the proof is in the many wildcat cartridges it spawned over the years that became legitimized by the gun industry, now that high praise indeed. So... "Yes, the .308 Win is well worth the effort." Here's a couple of my favorites. Good luck. [ATTACH=full]141903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141904[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141906[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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