220gr Hornady 308 win
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BenchrestJohn
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- Maple Ridge, BC
I used to load 220gr Nosler Partitions for my Sauer 202 Jagd in 308 Win. It had 26" barrel with 1:11 twist. and it was shooting 1/2" groups on 200 yards.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Hunters in Europe don't worry about ballistic coefficients and trajectory like Canadian and American hunters do. They realize that most game in the forest is shot at well under 200 yards, and for big critters a heavy for caliber and relatively slow bullet will do the trick. For small animals heavy slow bullets damage less meat but still kill efficiently. The last Roe deer I shot in Germany was taken with a 200 grain .308" bullet from a 30-06 at about 60 yds. Very little meat damage, and the deer dropped on the spot from a side on rib shot. Perfect.
I would hesitate to choose a 220 grain load in a .308 Win in open prairie or alpine conditions, but in the thick bush it will do the job on anything you point it at.
I would hesitate to choose a 220 grain load in a .308 Win in open prairie or alpine conditions, but in the thick bush it will do the job on anything you point it at.
longwalker,
exactly but each time i was repeating that i was laughed at.
i can tell you that the hornady rn 220 gr worked well in wild boar, roe deer and red deer as the 180 partition.
a shame the 30-06 was prohibited in those days otherwise it will have been 220 grains at any level ....
i shot 9.3s with 293 tug and roe deer and it worked well despite that bullet a little too hard for this small animal ....
exactly but each time i was repeating that i was laughed at.
i can tell you that the hornady rn 220 gr worked well in wild boar, roe deer and red deer as the 180 partition.
a shame the 30-06 was prohibited in those days otherwise it will have been 220 grains at any level ....
i shot 9.3s with 293 tug and roe deer and it worked well despite that bullet a little too hard for this small animal ....
Dominion i have heard good thing about those homemade no more bullets. i ve seen one guy in Quebec with 220 grains in his 30-06 and that was only what he was hunting with ... worked well on moose black bear caribou and whitetail deer ...
I only ever used a 220gr bullet on game a single time in a .308win. I shot a good sized cow moose at 75 yards. She just tipped over and DRT. I only had 10 of those bullets left after I loaded a bunch in my .300winmag. So I decided "what the hell" and loaded them in my .308win. I decided to do an evening drive and had taken the scope off the .300wm, so I decided to take the .308. Sure enough, I saw the cow and thought why not? (even though I was stupidly by myself.) I would not hesitate to do it again. The gun was a 1:10" twist also.
