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Why do snipers use .308 with so many other options??? What is best re
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 146022" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p><strong>Re: Why do snipers use .308 with so many other options??? What is best</strong></p><p></p><p>Youre right! I would want to be able to know without a shadow of a doubt that I can hit my target and neutralize it so it cant fire back at me. This is going to be accomplished with not paper ballistics, but real range time and KNOWING my weapon inside and out. The point here is that by the time a sniper get fully familiar with a weapon to trust his life to it, some other cartridges barrel's will be of minimal value and a miss may be the order of the day. A 6.5 and a 308 are going to drift. It is up to the sniper to read the wind and calculate his windage and adjust accordingly. Yes the 6.5 may "buck" the wind a bit better with SOME projectiles, but we still have to go back the condition of the barrel. If it is of no value in the accuracy department, less wind drift is useless. Besides, a 308 with the 175 SMK can more than hold its own with the wind in the real world. The fact that barrel life comes into play is a major concideration for the military to concider. I am not saying the 308 is better than the 6.5, but for the application, the 308 is a better choice all around. Better is a subjective term.</p><p></p><p>On a side note, for anyone who thinks the 6.5 spanks the 308 all the way around all the time has never used the 155 Scenar in the 308 against the 6.5 142 SMK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 146022, member: 1007"] [b]Re: Why do snipers use .308 with so many other options??? What is best[/b] Youre right! I would want to be able to know without a shadow of a doubt that I can hit my target and neutralize it so it cant fire back at me. This is going to be accomplished with not paper ballistics, but real range time and KNOWING my weapon inside and out. The point here is that by the time a sniper get fully familiar with a weapon to trust his life to it, some other cartridges barrel's will be of minimal value and a miss may be the order of the day. A 6.5 and a 308 are going to drift. It is up to the sniper to read the wind and calculate his windage and adjust accordingly. Yes the 6.5 may "buck" the wind a bit better with SOME projectiles, but we still have to go back the condition of the barrel. If it is of no value in the accuracy department, less wind drift is useless. Besides, a 308 with the 175 SMK can more than hold its own with the wind in the real world. The fact that barrel life comes into play is a major concideration for the military to concider. I am not saying the 308 is better than the 6.5, but for the application, the 308 is a better choice all around. Better is a subjective term. On a side note, for anyone who thinks the 6.5 spanks the 308 all the way around all the time has never used the 155 Scenar in the 308 against the 6.5 142 SMK. [/QUOTE]
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