Best ammo for Savage 10FP .308

[Frontier Firearms]

I recently picked up one of these fine rifles and took it out shooting today. The only .308 I had at home was the cheeper Igum .308 150 gn SP. At the range I had to sight the rifle in at 6 inches high at 100 yards to hit dead on at 250. According to Remington shoot, most bullets from a 308 will have to be3.5 inches high at 100 to go dead on at 250. I found this ammo performed poor and dropped alot faster then what other rounds advertise, has anyone tried Igum before, and what rounds have worked well in your savage 10fp's?

 

[joe-nwt]

Igum? Never heard of it. Do you mean Ingman?

 

[recoveryarms2]

Savage 10 FP ammo

Well, i have been shooting savages rifle for years. I would say that norma match. If you check out my thread in this precision rifle section, you can see what the savage is able to do. I would recommend the morma match ammo or do some reloading. I have a load that is the same as the norma match but does not fall off at 500 like the norma match.

Also I fould that the winchester 168 ballistic tip ammo is excellent in all my 308 savages.
Just my thoughts

 

[Craig67]

Handload is the way to go.

Craig

 

[JBD]

Handload

had a case of portugese surplus. It would group 1.5 inches at 100 yards.
155 grain sierra palma match with 47 grain varget loaded in a norma case. It grouped 7 rounds into 1 inch at 300 yards. That is the difference ammo makes. I don't think you can go to a store and buy ammo that can be as consistent as that which you make yourself from the very best components.


By the way I sold the case of portugese surplus after my first grouping with handloads.

 

[Airborn_69]

I fired lots of Norinco Milsurp through mine & it was suprizingly pretty consistent..For fun shoots of course.

 

[CanuckShooter]

So is there any reason NOT to shoot the Portugese Surplus through a commercial rifle like the Savage? I have heard of some people having a bit of trouble closing the bolt on it.... slightly diff dimensions??

 

[BigUglyMan]

The moral of the story is that while you can get decent performance with cheap ammo, and good performance with factory, if you want optimum performance, handload.

 

[lcq]

My 20" 10fp likes heavy bullets because of the fast 1:10 twist. If you want very acceptable performance with factory ammo at a decent price go for Winchester 180gr silvertips. If you want outstanding performance then handload.

Brian