Sako TRG-42.300 mag vs Sako TRG-22 .308
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Search function is your friend here but, briefly, 300 wm will outrange a .308 which will be fine to 600-800 with 168 SMk and 1000 with 175's. Cost of 300 wm will be more than .308 due primarily to powder consumption. .338LM will be further ranging, harder hitting and a f*ck's site more expensive to feed.
Powder, Brass life and magnum match prmers and not to mention barrel life are going to cost you more in the long run to basicly shoot the same yardage at 100-1000 yards with a 308
I have got as much as 6 loads and as little as 3 from magnum belted brass.
I have got as much as 20 neck sized loads from lapua 308 brass.
43-45 gr vs. 70-75 gr of powder at 7000g per Lb almost doubles your powder consumption.
a 338 is in a different world, bullets, brass, powder....close to $3 buck a pop if reloading with match bullets, and will be well over $100.00 if you buy them for 20.
But a 338 is for beyond 1000 to a mile 1760 and than add some, when the 308s run out of poop! ( I shoud not say that its not quite true, some 338 bullets have good BC and buck the wind well and make a good mid range hunting rig with lots of energy) But other than that $
I know some guys that shoot 1000y and most shoot 6 brs 6.5s or 308s
Ballistics wise you can push a bullet farther with the extra velocity of the 300 wm, but I am not sure how accurate it will remain past the 308.
I have got as much as 6 loads and as little as 3 from magnum belted brass.
I have got as much as 20 neck sized loads from lapua 308 brass.
43-45 gr vs. 70-75 gr of powder at 7000g per Lb almost doubles your powder consumption.
a 338 is in a different world, bullets, brass, powder....close to $3 buck a pop if reloading with match bullets, and will be well over $100.00 if you buy them for 20.
But a 338 is for beyond 1000 to a mile 1760 and than add some, when the 308s run out of poop! ( I shoud not say that its not quite true, some 338 bullets have good BC and buck the wind well and make a good mid range hunting rig with lots of energy) But other than that $
I know some guys that shoot 1000y and most shoot 6 brs 6.5s or 308s
Ballistics wise you can push a bullet farther with the extra velocity of the 300 wm, but I am not sure how accurate it will remain past the 308.
I think the 300 win mag adds 200M of effect range over the 308 and shoots a little flatter, 338 lapua obviously adds some more but is overkill as the ammo is costly and recoil is no fun. It becomes the desert eagle of rifles in my opinion. 300 win mag is as big as I need, IF i really need it I'll jump straight to 50 cal. I have both 308 and 300 win mag
