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After a few trips to the range with the Sako .308, I shot this group today:) . I'm pleased with this load, but I can still go closer to the lands. 44.5gr varget, 165 SST. I also have 4 more bullet types to try...

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blargon said:
After a few trips to the range with the Sako .308, I shot this group today:) . I'm pleased with this load, but I can still go closer to the lands. 44.5gr varget, 165 SST. I also have 4 more bullet types to try...

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that's a great target at 25yds.....
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sorry couldnt resist......mostly cause I just learned how to use those little character things
 
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Jeff/1911 said:
blargon,

Interestingly...my best .308 load to date uses 45.5 of Varget and a 165 grain Nosler Partition. ;)

Jeff/1911.
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I tried some at 45 and 45.5 gr, but the group opened up to 3"
 
crazy_davey said:
Please explain how you know this to be true. Do you have particular experience with the actual above mentioned rifle?

Just curious :)
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He must work at the Sako factory??

yes, 100yds
 
What are you working up the load for, hunting or target shooting? That load will do nicely for hunting. You can go back to 44 grains and work up by 1/10th's to fine tune the load. For hunting, I'd leave it.
If you're working on a target load, work up a load with the 168 grain match bullet. The same powder will be fine.
 
Load is for hunting only, although I may go with the interbond bullets instead of the SST. Squares are 1", all shots at 100yds.

Demonical: How tight of a group should I have for deer hunting??:confused:
 
The .308 is an inherently accurate caliber and with 165gr SST's and careful handloading you ought to be able to fit 5 shots into one of those squares I would think.

Not meaning to offend you, keep trying!

I hate it when I build a load and shoot a group with 3-4 shots tight like that and then get that 5th shot that's a flyer! That makes me crazy.

I have a buddy that bought an old .303 rifle (I think he paid $125 for it) and built some handloads. I went to the range with him and took my $1500 .270 Sendero and 140gr Accubond handloads. It was all I could do to get a 5 shot group just over 1". I never actually got one under 1". While I was doing that my buddy took that old beat up military rifle and hung 5, 5 shot groups on the target and every one was under an inch! I wanted to puke!
Then to make matters worse the SOB fired a 5 shot group with my .270 and put 5 under an inch! :eek:

So there's the other issue. Sometimes the load is just where it needs to be and its the shooter that has to increase his skill a bit.
In this case my buddy is just a better shot then me. I bet he woulda printed 5, 5 shot groups with that .270 of mine if I had let him...
 
Nothing like a load recipe to get opinions flowing...:rolleyes:

Some of them REALLY STUPID opinions too.....:p

Can you hit a pie plate at a hundred yards, ten times out of ten? Dead deer. Nice shootin' blargon!

Doug

PS) If you want I will send you some .308 recipes that worked well for me, or even better ask 762nato for his input, he is an ace.
 
blargon said:
After a few trips to the range with the Sako .308, I shot this group today:) . I'm pleased with this load, but I can still go closer to the lands. 44.5gr varget, 165 SST. I also have 4 more bullet types to try...

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My 50 year old Husqvarna shoots a lot better then that.
 
Maybe a tad OT, but sometimes I wish someone would come up with some sort of rig to take the human factor out of the equation, and some sort of compressed air thingy that would allow one to figure out what the "optimum" velocity is for a particular bullet.
 
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