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Where does .308 Winchester excel?
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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2620948" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>I have two .308s. One is at my daughter's house in MN; I use it exclusively for my annual MN whitetail hunt. Rem 7, 20" Shaw barrel. Have killed a lot of deer as well as five black bears and four red stag (used it on one of my Scotland hunts). My other .308 is a Browning X Bolt; got it to test back when I wrote for shooting mags. Like my Savage Lapua (which I got to test) it was stunningly accurate so I bought it. </p><p></p><p>I use the Browning as my principal 500 yard gong rifle. Did bring it to Africa once as well. I will bring it to CO when I return next month - it is a great 500 yard rifle, but I have given up on it at ranges of 800 or farther. </p><p></p><p>I see a few posts (including the OP) state that a round that drifts more is great for practicing wind calls. I used to feel this way but no longer do - you need to practice in the wind with rifles that have nearly identical wind drift as the one you intend to hunt LR. When I practice beyond 700 yards, I use 300 RUMs, 28Ns, Lapuas, or a .338 Edge. They all have similar wind drifts. I rarely even enter the wind estimate in my RFs anymore; I know what the drift is based on my estimate of its speed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2620948, member: 3230"] I have two .308s. One is at my daughter's house in MN; I use it exclusively for my annual MN whitetail hunt. Rem 7, 20" Shaw barrel. Have killed a lot of deer as well as five black bears and four red stag (used it on one of my Scotland hunts). My other .308 is a Browning X Bolt; got it to test back when I wrote for shooting mags. Like my Savage Lapua (which I got to test) it was stunningly accurate so I bought it. I use the Browning as my principal 500 yard gong rifle. Did bring it to Africa once as well. I will bring it to CO when I return next month - it is a great 500 yard rifle, but I have given up on it at ranges of 800 or farther. I see a few posts (including the OP) state that a round that drifts more is great for practicing wind calls. I used to feel this way but no longer do - you need to practice in the wind with rifles that have nearly identical wind drift as the one you intend to hunt LR. When I practice beyond 700 yards, I use 300 RUMs, 28Ns, Lapuas, or a .338 Edge. They all have similar wind drifts. I rarely even enter the wind estimate in my RFs anymore; I know what the drift is based on my estimate of its speed. [/QUOTE]
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