tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
A 308 does it's job
.308 win.. The forgotten hunting calibre??
- Thread starter stefK
- Start date
I havnt read the thread yet but I intend too, I thought I would give my opinion on the new-to-me .308 Win cartridge as a hunting round.
When I decided back in the day my first "big game" rifle, I went with a 270, following that I wanted bigger but because everyone had a 30-06 or a 308 I went with 35 whelen....... because the others seemed "boring".....
Now im experienced in hunting an know enough about rifles an calibres, I recently bought a Boring 308..... If I had of been boring 6 years ago I would of Saved some serious Bacon on Rifles, Ammunition etc an still got the Job done just as well as any of the Rifles I own today.
It may be somewhat Boring, or in Aus, very very common but Boy o Boy does it thump Game just as dead as any other Calibre ive used.
Im now a Big fan of the 308, mainly because it is in the Tikka t3 which is a Hunters dream stick, ticking all boxes.
back to read the rest of the thread. looking forward to hearing about the lovely 308
WL
When I decided back in the day my first "big game" rifle, I went with a 270, following that I wanted bigger but because everyone had a 30-06 or a 308 I went with 35 whelen....... because the others seemed "boring".....
Now im experienced in hunting an know enough about rifles an calibres, I recently bought a Boring 308..... If I had of been boring 6 years ago I would of Saved some serious Bacon on Rifles, Ammunition etc an still got the Job done just as well as any of the Rifles I own today.
It may be somewhat Boring, or in Aus, very very common but Boy o Boy does it thump Game just as dead as any other Calibre ive used.
Im now a Big fan of the 308, mainly because it is in the Tikka t3 which is a Hunters dream stick, ticking all boxes.
back to read the rest of the thread. looking forward to hearing about the lovely 308
WL
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I lived in Southern Saskatchewan for almost 11 years. I took up bow hunting in only the last two hunting seasons there, but was only successful with the bow, for various annoying reasons when I first moved to Alberta and got myself sorted out equipment wise.
But my humble Remington 788 in 308 topped with a Leupold Vari X III brought down perhaps thirty white tailed deer. I think I only had two woundings in those days. The rest were bang-flops.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
The .308 Winchester is far from forgotten, just overshadowed in some forums and media, by the
latest hot loads or big-ass metric chambering's. I've owned numerous .308's and had fine results,
both on the range & in the field. It's a great all round cartridge that's also affordable to load in
quantity.
That said, I still have more fun, and have gotten most of my game with old-time rimmed cartridges.
latest hot loads or big-ass metric chambering's. I've owned numerous .308's and had fine results,
both on the range & in the field. It's a great all round cartridge that's also affordable to load in
quantity.
That said, I still have more fun, and have gotten most of my game with old-time rimmed cartridges.
Had this problem with a 770. The stock is pretty crappy and soft. The action screws need to be cut a bit (don't remember which one) after that the bolt will be a heck of a lot smoother. Damn that thing is pretty accurate too. Popped a magpie at 150yds off of the saskatchewan rifle rest.
I thought this youtube video was great.
This young lady performed admirably and shows the ability
to handle this round with ease.
http://youtu.be/bdyRTyHltag
[youtube]bdyRTyHltag[/youtube]
This young lady performed admirably and shows the ability
to handle this round with ease.
http://youtu.be/bdyRTyHltag
[youtube]bdyRTyHltag[/youtube]
