.308 Powder help needed????

[Oldtrader3]

It would be a feat unless it was a machine gun to shoot out a .308 barrel. I have a .270, made in 1949 that probably has 3000+ rounds through it mostly from me shooting it and it is much faster muzzle velocity than a .308. It is starting to show some rifling erosion around the freebore transition but it still shoots 3/4 inch groups!

 

[nosler06]

It would be a feat unless it was a machine gun to shoot out a .308 barrel. I have a .270, made in 1949 that probably has 3000+ rounds through it mostly from me shooting it and it is much faster muzzle velocity than a .308. It is starting to show some rifling erosion around the freebore transition but it still shoots 3/4 inch groups!

That is great. I am a fan of the oldies. The new rifles look good, but the old ones have that pure hunting rifle look. I am one of the wood stock fans as well. Not that big a fan of the synthetics. They look and feel a bit cheaper. JMO. I love linseed oiling my old winchester model 70. One day when there is extra money (kids move out) I will look for a pre64 mod 70.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I am a fan of wood stocks as well and do not have any other stock material on any of my centerfire rifles presently except walnut. I also have an assortment of rifles mostly 20th Century vintage up to 60+ years old.

 

[nosler06]

I am a fan of wood stocks as well and do not have any other stock material on any of my centerfire rifles presently except walnut. I also have an assortment of rifles mostly 20th Century vintage up to 60+ years old.

Very nice. They must be alot of fun to have around. Gotta love the older weapons.

 

[Guy Miner]

It would be a feat unless it was a machine gun to shoot out a .308 barrel.

It's not that hard... :mrgreen:

 

[Oldtrader3]

Guy, You must be shooting that .308 an awfully lot. It has taken me 40 years to make a dent in that .270 Win barrel

 

[Guy Miner]

I was. Not as much anymore. Used to shoot it anywhere from 500 rounds to over 2,000 rounds a year.

The factory Rem barrel was replaced at a bit over 4,000 rounds. The Kriegers have gone 5,000 - 6,000 rounds before losing enough accuracy to worry me at the 600 yard line.

Not that hard to do with regular shooting. Get out four times a month, 50 rounds per session, there's 2400 rounds a year.

A typical NRA 600 yard prone match was three strings of twenty shots slow fire, plus a few sighters, so there would go 70 rounds of ammo for every match. Sometimes we'd do two 80+ round days, back to back. So there was at least 160 rounds in a weekend.

Made the switch to Nosler match bullets then, as Nosler was starting to become more well known in competition circles. I had a connection who could get great deals on large quantity orders and I'd usually order at least 1,000 at a time of the 155 or 168 gr Nosler match bullets. They did well and allowed me to shoot my way to "NRA High Master" in long-range prone competition.

Once I got to "High Master" though - I never won another match. Those guys & gals are GOOD! :shock: Drop more than one or two rounds out of the ten-ring at a typical match, and there's no chance of winning, or even placing well. The winners often shot 598, 599 or 600, and often the wins are decided by X-Count, not score. I was always in the bottom part of the "high master" category... Haven't shot a match in a while. Hurt my shoulder, so the pounding in prone takes a toll after a while, and I just don't have as many weekends free as I used to.

I'm not shooting the .308 that much anymore, but it was taking a lot of my time and cash there for quite a while!

Guy

 

[Oldtrader3]

Guy, I shoot twice a week in good weather, probably 40 rounds per trip but I spread the joy between 6 rifles and that reduces the wear and tear of any one rifle somewhat. That is over 3000 rounds per year but spread out over all the rifles.

 

[nosler06]

I did get to the range today, and found after shooting 43.5grs, 44.0grs, 44.5grs and 45.0grs that the 45.0grs started to show the early signs of pressure. I carefully checked each primer and case prior to shot and the primers started to show signs at 45.0grs. I never did shoot the 4 rounds of 46.0grs to see if the tight group would be duplicated. After carefully checking the targets I have decided I will back the load down to the 44.0grs of Varget and shoot my mulie in the fall. The group for the 44.0grs was around
1.25". I am happy with that and will shoot some more groups to see if the group will tighten up. I will try to get some pics when I get time.