Favorite loads in a .308 Win

[jhunter1010]

Thanks guys. I am either looking at buying a slightly used 20" Ruger M77RL .308 or maybe a 24" T/C Encore in .308.

Larry

check out the tc pro hunter with the flextech stock, less recoil and the added velocity of a 28"barrel
the pro hunter also has the rotating hammer,convenient for low mounted scopes, or those with large thumbs

 

[Desert Fox]

Everyone should have, at least one 308 in their battery. It took me a couple of years to finally decided to get one and another 9 months of wait from my gunsmith to built me one. I can't believe I waited so long. I considered the 308 as my plinking rifle. I shoot it more than any of my rifle. It's just so much fun to shoot this rifle and very accurate too.

Here's a typical 5 shot group with this rifle

10 shot during load developement using the Nosler 168 grain Comp bullet. The first 5 shot has 43 grains of BLC-2 and the 5 succesive shots has half a grain more. As you can see the group did not open much. The flyer was my mistake.

3 shot at 510 yards

3 shot at 535 yards on my steel target

The only rifle I used to box test a scope

Here with IOR 3X18X42 scope

With Nikon Tactical 2.5X10

 

[tjRoberts]

I just loaded up some .308s.
And going through my notes,(I keep a seperate book on each of my rifles) The one load that seems to be very good in all my .308s with 165 grain bullets is 45 grs IMR-4064.
My 3 rifles all have 22 inch tubes. I would say the most accurate is my kimber 84 with a ziess conquest 2.5X8
And it may suprise some that second is my winchester model 88. Its a pre 64 and has an old 2.5Xb bushnell scope chief with is still quite a good scope.
With the model 88 I get great groups with a 168 grain barnes tripple shock.
My 3rd rifle is a pre 64 featherweight. That rifle is alos quite accurate and it actually shoots best with W-748. But it shoots quite well with IMR-4064.
The .308 is an easy round to work with.
The only rifle I ever owned that would not shoot the round well was a like new tang safty ruger i bought a few years back.
It was afull ! I would like to try a heavy barrel remington and probably well at some time...tj3006