.308 match

I would not fret it one bit I have pumped out South African, IVI, and Portugese surplus with 0 problems, Its all non corrosive and sometimes you hit a batch that is astounding in accuracy and dirt dirt cheap too boot !!!!!!
 
10-4 good buddy i should have my rig put togeather tommrow or thursday then iam heading out to the back pasture to fire off about 40 rounds at 100 then 200 yards to zreo it. will keep you posted. But i want to start shooting competively so i want some good ammo.
 
If you are going to shoot competitively you will need better ammo than any sort of military spec. I suggest you send an email to the promotions guy at the Ontario Rifle Association via their website. They should know what works best in a 308, they shoot that calibre out to 1,000 yards going for 1 MOA groups and should be able to point you in the direction of the stuff used at the World Championships in Ottawa last August. Other than that, I have found the Winchester Ballistic Silvertip 150g is pretty good, though premium priced.
 
i shoot the silvertips and as a rookie i can get them pretty close grouped, but like tikkaman says comes at a large price if you do alot of shootin, im looking to get into reloadin
 
Handloading is the only way to go to get the best accuracy out of your rifle. The stuff used for the Long Range Championship was handloaded except for maybe some of the team matches that used Hornady TAP.
 
"...'port' surplus 762..." That ain't match grade ammo.
"...so i want some good ammo..." Then you'll have pay for expensive factory(Federal, for one) or reload. There's no such thing as 'cheap' factory match ammo. Mind you, match grade bullets aren't exactly cheap either. And it takes meticulous loading techniques to load good match quality ammo. No powder throwers or progressive presses for one.
 
sunray said:
"...'port' surplus 762..." That ain't match grade ammo.
"...so i want some good ammo..." Then you'll have pay for expensive factory(Federal, for one) or reload. There's no such thing as 'cheap' factory match ammo. Mind you, match grade bullets aren't exactly cheap either. And it takes meticulous loading techniques to load good match quality ammo. No powder throwers or progressive presses for one.
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Bull####. Lots of match quality ammo being loaded with powder throwers and proressive presses. That nonsense is a thing of the past.
 
BC_Guy said:
David Tubbs 550 progressive is so modified it doesn't really count ;)
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How about the countless high-power shooters doing it? On a Dillon 550B it's quite a common practice. Ever hear of loading semi-progressively? You do all of your brass prep work first and set up your progressive the way you normally would. If your powder measure drops powder within +/- .1 grain, you're good to go. Also, as long as the shell plate height doesn't change from excessive play from the shell plate bolt, your seating depth should be consistent from round to round.
 
Depends how accurate you want your ammo to be. I load my 308 precision ammo on a progressive (I own 3). It will shoot .5 MOA all day long in my rifle, as long as I am up to the task. But go to a BR match, you won't see any progressive presses, and I don't know any BR shooters who use them (for that purpose anyway). Oddly enough, they almost all use powder throwers though. - dan
 
Ask the top 50-100 shooter at the DCRA or Palma match if they use progressive presses. You might find one. Now if you asked the same question to a group of cross the course shooters in the US the answer might be 75% or more, but they only shoot 600 yards.
Ammo for long range 800-1000 yards needs to be better than +/-.1 grain. If you have +/-.1 grain you really have .2 gr difference. Not a big deal out to 600 yards, but it could cost you at long range.
 
maynard said:
Ask the top 50-100 shooter at the DCRA or Palma match if they use progressive presses. You might find one. Now if you asked the same question to a group of cross the course shooters in the US the answer might be 75% or more, but they only shoot 600 yards.
Ammo for long range 800-1000 yards needs to be better than +/-.1 grain. If you have +/-.1 grain you really have .2 gr difference. Not a big deal out to 600 yards, but it could cost you at long range.
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The member that created this thread gave no inication what he'll be doing with the ammo. If he lives in the Toronto area, I highly doubt he'll be shooting long range anywhere.

Is progressive reloading best suited to all shooting needs? Absolutely not. However, old wives tales are quickly being dispelled, and it's not necessary to single stage load to produce very accurate ammunition.

I was simply responding to the comment:
No powder throwers or progressive presses for one.
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Which is obviously false.
 
All i was asking is whare is the best price for match ammo. Iam going to start shooting 600+ yards and then once i get good joing f-class or sniper matches. Our feilds are well over 600 yards long so no worries about that. As for reloading i have all the dies i need but would need to find a press scale exc.. So for now iam just going to use match .308 ammo to pratice.
 
jennis said:
I would not fret it one bit I have pumped out South African, IVI, and Portugese surplus with 0 problems, Its all non corrosive and sometimes you hit a batch that is astounding in accuracy and dirt dirt cheap too boot !!!!!!
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Other than the fact that none of this ammo isn't even in the same class as match ammo. What are your groups at 1000yards like?

Nuff said.

I'll stick to Lapua and SMK's.
 
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