Load development for hunting rifle

[xphunter]

My cold bore shot at 100 yards off of bi-pod before shooting steel at distance.

A new kid on the block...

I have been shooting a new bonded tipped bullet in my 15.75" center-grip 308 Winchester, XP-100 for a upcoming antelope hunt. Speer of all things...172 grain Impact bullet. With a chosen load and seated deep I still shot around half MOA off of a Harris bipod and small field bag, and it shot...

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[cjmac]

308 Winchester?

Yep 308... specifically with a 168 grain and a 175 grain Sierra match King...
My step brother did 12 Years as a Special Forces sniper. Every once in awhile he would come home and bring me a handful of m118lr boxes. They were supposedly a 175 grain boat tail hollow point loaded by some manufacturer and let me tell you it doesn't matter what you put them in they shot damn good

 

[cjmac]

I put a few rounds of it through my pencil Barrel Ruger gen 1 and it shot good

 

[jimbires]

that target in your original post will hunt all day long , especially inside 100 yards .to center the group over the target, looks to me as needing , about 1 1/2" to the left ? move it left to center it on the bullseye , and go hunting . it's nice to have something that shoots really small , but for a hunting rifle , it's just not needed . there's been a lot of meat put in the freezer with guns shooting way bigger than this . stop frettin , and start huntin . LOL

 

[salmonchaser]

Add me to the spot on list . It takes me some work but when it happens it is cool. That is back to back so I loaded 60. I should be good, lol.

Yep that is pretty dang good, looks under 1/2 moa. It would be difficult to beat that.

 

[cjmac]

that target in your original post will hunt all day long , especially inside 100 yards .to center the group over the target, looks to me as needing , about 1 1/2" to the left ? move it left to center it on the bullseye , and go hunting . it's nice to have something that shoots really small , but for a hunting rifle , it's just not needed . there's been a lot of meat put in the freezer with guns shooting way bigger than this . stop frettin , and start huntin . LOL

This one should work also . The first 2 where reqlly close together. This was 150 winchester power point

 

[Blkram]

This one should work also . The first 2 where reqlly close together. This was 150 winchester power point

I have always had good on-game performance with the Power Point bullets.
I even have some of them .284" 150 gr for handloading that I'll try in the 280 Rem...unless I replace the 284 Win I sold with another Winchester Model 88.