at 300 meters, 308 or 7-08?

Would stick with 308 168-175gr. What are your barrel specs?

I'm running a 24" Bartlein 1:10 and all rounds are touching at 300-400m.

Edit: 168 Sierra match king is good but I've also gotten good results with 175gr nosler
 
For those ranges the 7mm/08 is totally capable of what you want to do, just put the right bullet in the right place and fill the freezer! I have built a couple of 284s now, they are absolute hammers, but mine were built on LA so I could load beyond SAMMI specs, can't do that in your set up.
 
A 7mm-08 with a 150gn Accubond is good for just over 500m, while staying within the bullets design parameters, this is with a muzzle velocity of 2600 ft/s in a 20" barrel. If rebarreling, go with an 8 twist.

The 308 Win will not have a noticeable difference other than harder recoil and useable bullet selection will be more limited.

I do use the 30-06, which isn't much more than the 308W, but I do have the ability to use 200gn bullets at decent velocities, which I do.
 
thanks fellas, ive never felt the need to go with the 160gr ppsn woodleigh for these animals altho many fellow hunters are and do load heavier in the 7-08 for their bush hunting, whereas that is basically a light gr for the 308 , that 150-160 range, the ability to throw 180gr is nice but i dont feel needed, i was looking for the flatter but just as much energy needed to do the job better than the other although it looks like id be sinking around $600-800 into my rifle just to achieve that..... il hang onto the thought, keep my coin and practise my drops out at 400meters a bit more often i thnk!

im a big fan of the little 7, i was just lookin for a tad more- but i been lookin in the wrong place :D
 
The 7-08 and 308 will both knock down a big animal at 300 metres. Although my go-to rifle is a 270wsm and own a few big bore magnums, I often carry my 6mm Remington and have used it to fill the freezer since I was a kid. Shot placement as even my puny 6mm has taken moose and elk effectively. So, the 7-08 and 308 will do it well as they have for decades in the hands of other shooters.

I like the 160 range of weights for the 308 as that is what I used shooting long range comps. The 180s were nice on moose when I still carried a short barrelled 700 in that cartridge. With the 7-08 I preferred the 140-150 weights. More than enough smack for elk and flat enough trajectories to comfortably take longer hunting shots. All that said, I still lean towards a 270 with 130 grain soft points or 140 grain Accubonds.
 
Duncan i agree with ya lookin into the 270 /130 combo over the 7 or 3 08s for distance hunting,

I shot today at 350m and i must say, the ol deer should watch himself out yonder, will push back to 400m and check impacts next few days, had enough breeze to also try test out my wind drift out of interest. all systems go and loved the minimal recoil in the 7-08!

must of been about a 10l oil container i hit 3 from 3 out yonder using my drop mark reticle on the 2nd hash down
 
If it's already a 7-08 it costs you nothing to keep the calibre. You have a very effective hunting rifle as is. Heavier 7mm bullets have some very high BCs and hitting hard and fast enough for deer and elk at 400m.

If however this is your only rifle told need for survival after a civilizations collapse - or if you want to shoot service rifle matches - then .308 would be my choice. But 7-08 is a better cartridge overall in my opinion.
 
with me it's a matter of SUPPLY - most folks around these parts have a 308, but 7 /08 is hard to come by- it's not just a matter of goingto c/t and picking up a box
 
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