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What's yer .308 rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jud96" data-source="post: 1009954" data-attributes="member: 69478"><p>Who says .308 isn't long range? The current .30cal sniper record is over 1400yds and is held by a U.S. Army sniper using an M24 chambered in .308 Winchester. I have also witnessed my cousins and my Dad drop deer, ground hogs, and even a raccoon from varying ranges between 200yd-800yds! All of them confirmed kills using mostly 168gr Hornady A-MAXs and a Hornady 168 BTHP was used to take the raccoon and on all of the groundhogs my Dad have taken were with Sierra 168s. So the .308 is a very capable long range round. </p><p></p><p>I personally do not own one but most of my family has one and I consider it one of the greatest rounds of all time, but I have everything covered for now so don't need one. My Dad has an XM25 .308 and a Remington 700 Varmint Special. My brother has a first year production Model 88 Winchester he deer hunts with in .308, both of my cousins who we always hunt and shoot with have .308s. One of them has a stainless Model 700 in .308 and the other a heavy barreled Marlin X7VH in .308 WIN. The only one that is not used for long range is the Model 88 Winchester, other than that, they all have range cards to at least 700yds! gun)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jud96, post: 1009954, member: 69478"] Who says .308 isn't long range? The current .30cal sniper record is over 1400yds and is held by a U.S. Army sniper using an M24 chambered in .308 Winchester. I have also witnessed my cousins and my Dad drop deer, ground hogs, and even a raccoon from varying ranges between 200yd-800yds! All of them confirmed kills using mostly 168gr Hornady A-MAXs and a Hornady 168 BTHP was used to take the raccoon and on all of the groundhogs my Dad have taken were with Sierra 168s. So the .308 is a very capable long range round. I personally do not own one but most of my family has one and I consider it one of the greatest rounds of all time, but I have everything covered for now so don't need one. My Dad has an XM25 .308 and a Remington 700 Varmint Special. My brother has a first year production Model 88 Winchester he deer hunts with in .308, both of my cousins who we always hunt and shoot with have .308s. One of them has a stainless Model 700 in .308 and the other a heavy barreled Marlin X7VH in .308 WIN. The only one that is not used for long range is the Model 88 Winchester, other than that, they all have range cards to at least 700yds! gun) [/QUOTE]
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