lots of good info in this thread, the most cost effective and accurate hunting bullet I have used is the 165 Speer BT, with the right powder and load development it shoots just as accurate as match kings or the amax, pretty awesome for a hunting bullet. I was pleasantly surprised. Have taken caribou with this bullet no issues out to 200 yards. easily sub moa.
best Bullet for a .308 with a 20" barrel 1:12 twist
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a guy I hunt with tried my load(last post) in his browning semi auto with good results. He said it was one of the most accurate loads he has shot outta that browning. He is still using Varget but said that Benchmark is now his backup powder.. He was producing under 1 inch at 100 with the Benchmark and POI was very close to the same out to 200..
Josh
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Personally I wouldn't trust the GMX in a 308 Win. to expanded reliably because of the velocity required. 180 gr bullets are the best for large game, but depending on what you want to hunt, 165 gr. maybe what you would be best with. I've lost my interest in Barnes bullets. Too much fouling in my rifle. Cost of bullets is nothing compared to the rest of hunting expense's. http://www.chuckhawks.com/hornady_GMX_bullets.htm
What since Dave didn't say it I will, 165 gr partition see how they fly first. If there Moa which is plenty hunting accurate to 350 yards then use them with confidence on any game you may stumble across just my opinion.
Cheers
Geoff
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Geoff
Both my bro and I use the same load. Barnes 150gr TTSX over top of 45.5 grains of varget. The 150 TTSX is actually longer than a 175 matchking and shoots very well. And by very well I mean it shoots into an inch to inch and a quarter at 200m. Go a wee bit lighter with the TTSX and drive it faster and it will never let you down.
Hmmm, many things to consider. I would think that a 150 grain bullet would be a little light for moose... Am I wrong? I figure a 165 or 168 grain would be a perfect all around weight for both moose and deer. Does the extra 15 ish grains make that much of a difference? Or is it just a tiny difference?
Most guns will preferentially "tune" to a specific bullet weight. Try a few different weights to see. Personally, I use the good ole Hornady Interlock SP's - cheap and accurate. You don't need a fancy bullet for 308 velocities.
Barnes claims that their bullets perform as good, or better, than cup and core bullet the next size up. Basically, they are saying that a 150gn TTSX will perform better than a 165gn bullet by another manufacturer. Haven't seen that because I don't find enough bullets to compare and the animals are always dead and never tell me how it felt.
I only use "premium" bullets when I elk hunt. I have to travel and it costs money for camp, so I want all the insurance I can get, but I still haven't seen any spectacular difference. Guess I gotta start taking the more "iffy" shots, complete through and through broadside is getting boring, even when it is pushing 400yds. Maybe I gotta take those Texas heartshots so I can say that the .300WM is the minimum for deer like all these guys around me here. Or, deer running flat out, quartering away, off hand... Yeah, that's why the cup and core bullet didn't work...
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150 isn't to light at all. I have used 130gr Sierra game kings in my .270win and buckled moose with it. I switched to Partitions now solely on the threads I have read on CGN and advice from guys like Dave, who have seen this bullet preform on animals for more years then I've been around.
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Geoff
A 130 or 150gr Ttsx will go right through a broadside moose. Think of those bullets as at least equal to a 3006 using 180gr standard cup and core bullets.
I have taken a number of moose with the 165 Partition in the 30-06. [I judge all other bullet by comparing them to the proven Partition.]
If you are switching to the monometal bullets, then one weight lighter will be fine.[TSX, TTSX, etc.]
Absolutely nothing wrong with a 180 Partition, either, but trajectory won't be quite as flat.
You have many choices....find out what shoots, then go with that.
Regards, Dave.
If you are switching to the monometal bullets, then one weight lighter will be fine.[TSX, TTSX, etc.]
Absolutely nothing wrong with a 180 Partition, either, but trajectory won't be quite as flat.
You have many choices....find out what shoots, then go with that.
Regards, Dave.
My first Alberta moose went down to a cheap 150gn bulk Remington PSP bullet from my .30-06. 260yds-ish. Straight through, took her heart. She went 75' into the poplar bush and it took all day to get her out. I have since changed to 165gn for everything from that M77, but I would not hesitate to throw a 150gn bullet from a x39mm case at a moose within 150yds, of course with that rifle, I could make the dreaded headshot at 100yds, but even so, plenty of juice at 200yds for deer.
Shot several deer with a SKS and 125gn bullets within 150yds.
Don't overthink this. Animals are not armoured. Just practice self-discipline. Define your limits and STICK to them.
The 15 gr isn't the issue, it's bullet construction
And " what shot are you making"
Are you doing a lung shot? Head shot? Neck shot
Or shoulder shot, on a moose in 308
I'd be confident in a 150 within moderate ranges
However personally. The big 180 round nose
Has a nitch and moose hunting is it, I loaded some
180 Winchester round nose I pulled off old cruddy brass
That a fella gave me one time, bullets were clean
So I tumbled the cases and proceeded to use H380
And a CCI 250 mag primer, accuracy at 100 yards was
Vg, a dead deer/bear/moose with no worries
I've also had a bit of experience with BLC-2 powder
It to produced gd accuracy
And " what shot are you making"
Are you doing a lung shot? Head shot? Neck shot
Or shoulder shot, on a moose in 308
I'd be confident in a 150 within moderate ranges
However personally. The big 180 round nose
Has a nitch and moose hunting is it, I loaded some
180 Winchester round nose I pulled off old cruddy brass
That a fella gave me one time, bullets were clean
So I tumbled the cases and proceeded to use H380
And a CCI 250 mag primer, accuracy at 100 yards was
Vg, a dead deer/bear/moose with no worries
I've also had a bit of experience with BLC-2 powder
It to produced gd accuracy
Hey whatever works. But personally I'm not going to use some cruddy old bullets some guy gave me when I've spent who knows how many thousand dollars on my 1 hunt per year. I'm going to use a good(new) bullet with a load I know can reach out there a ways if need be. Just me though.
