308 in winchester 88 loads

[madman25]

ok, making some ammo for my dad's win 88, 308
I have some 185 vld (berger)hunting bullets I have left over from before my switch to 208-210 gr bullets
We also got some 165 interbond hornady bullets.

Mag limits rounds to 2.8 inches, about .150 off lands in his rifle. I m fairly confindent tht the 165's will be fine.
But from what i here 185's may not like such a jump.

Loads are over varget.

Anyone have any helpful advice? should i just use them in mr rig, and get a more suitable bullet, or give them try?
thanks
Matt

 

[Bassmaster]

For what it's worth, my 88 doesn't like 165's...tried hornady and sierra....but the hornady 180 RN interlock is very agreeable

 

[7mmlefty]

My 88 in 308 Win likes 130 grain Hornady sp, over 47.3 gr of IMR 4064 with cci primers in Winchester brass.
It gives a 1-1/2" group at 100 yds with a muzzle velocity of 3000 fps. Its a great deer load.
You didnt say what game youre after so I thought Id give it honorable mention.. Good luck this fall.

 

[fletcher]

Ive used RL12 with Nosler 150gr Ballistic tips 25gr powder charge range.Works well for my 81 BLR

 

[Xfire]

My 88 likes; 150 gr Speer Grand Slam bullets, 44.0 grains of Varget and CCI 200 primers. The brass trim to 2.01" and a COAL of 2.73"

 

[madman25]

These will be a "general purpose" hunting round, so the ability to work a range of game would be nice.
nosler ballistic tip is not too dissimilar to interbond, might just try them as we have them now
give the 185 vld's a try as well, really not to interested in using them in my 700, as working up a load to just use up 200 does not float my boat.

my only real concern in the huge jump to the lands, or maybe I am being too picky given i load for target usually.

 

[skidderman]

I had lots of trouble with my 308 BLR then a fellow at the range said to try Reloader 15. I now use rl15 shooting 165 grain nosler partitions and it shoots awesome.