My new build in good ole 308

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Slipery

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just finished her up! built off a trued Rem 700 SA.

the big reason for the wood grip (apart from reminding me of the old HK dmr type rifles) was because nothing feels quite like wood on a cold day.

Bartlein 18" barrel with a bird cage comp/flashhider
alberta tactical rifle 20MOA base and bolt knob
Trigger is a triggertech
chassis is an XLR carbon fiber
Harris notch leg bipod
MDT rings
Bushnell LRHS
and a few other parts in the mix.
exhibition grade black walnut grip was made by riflesrefined

this one will be used for hunting in fields for Coyote and deer out to around 600yards




 
driller212 said:
Wow beautiful. Love the grip!
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The grip looks cool but doesn't work for SH!!!T

If you use it with a rear bag the hand stop will bump the bag and cause lots of problems. It also forces a high and less stable bipod position which is detrimental to accuracy.

I have such a grip myself, but switched it out for something more traditional for reasons above... I suspect the op will do the same soon enough.

But yes... agreed... it does "look" cool.
 
You can hunt with that!!! Where is the glossy wood stock and blued steel... and the clip is too large too! .308 is only good to 200 yards! You need 7 ‘em ‘em or a 300 to shoot farther!

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Is the whole chassis carbon fibre or just the forearm?
 
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I have a 308 bullet (180 gr) that was removed from a moose shot at 425 yards. No expansion at all. A slight deformation of the exposed lead tip. It could have been re-loaded and shot again.

That was from a 22" barrel. A 18" would give up about 100 fps.

I would say that rifle is a 300 yard deer rifle and longer for coyotes.

If it was mine I would put on a linear compensator to make it a bit easier on the ears.
 
Ganderite said:
I have a 308 bullet (180 gr) that was removed from a moose shot at 425 yards. No expansion at all. A slight deformation of the exposed lead tip. It could have been re-loaded and shot again.

That was from a 22" barrel. A 18" would give up about 100 fps.

I would say that rifle is a 300 yard deer rifle and longer for coyotes.

If it was mine I would put on a linear compensator to make it a bit easier on the ears.
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With all due respect, I believe that was a bullet problem, not a cartridge problem. I've killed a few critters over 450 yards with the 308 and 150gr Sierra bullets and have had some very impressive results.
 
Ganderite said:
I have a 308 bullet (180 gr) that was removed from a moose shot at 425 yards. No expansion at all. A slight deformation of the exposed lead tip. It could have been re-loaded and shot again.

That was from a 22" barrel. A 18" would give up about 100 fps.

I would say that rifle is a 300 yard deer rifle and longer for coyotes.

If it was mine I would put on a linear compensator to make it a bit easier on the ears.
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Hang on a minute... I'm confused...
It killed the moose at 425 yards... I get that.

How the bullet under performed is a mystery to me though.... given that the moose was killed and recovered. That kinda suggests that the bullet worked just fine, but hey... what do I know.

What evidence might have indicated the bullet worked better??? if you recovered the moose and found a bullet deformed/mushroomed in accordance with marketing hype? or possibly resulted in excessive meat damage?
 
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Maple57 said:
The grip looks cool but doesn't work for SH!!!T

If you use it with a rear bag the hand stop will bump the bag and cause lots of problems. It also forces a high and less stable bipod position which is detrimental to accuracy.

I have such a grip myself, but switched it out for something more traditional for reasons above... I suspect the op will do the same soon enough.

But yes... agreed... it does "look" cool.
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Off the bench I have no trouble with it as you have. I have a 6-9” bipod and I can use it on 6” without issue. I run the same ergo style grips on all my precision rifles. The more consistent and comfortable the grip is the better...that’s what they are made for :)
 
BeaverMeat said:
You can hunt with that!!! Where is the glossy wood stock and blued steel... and the clip is too large too! .308 is only good to 200 yards! You need 7 ‘em ‘em or a 300 to shoot farther!

[/sarcasm]

Is the whole chassis carbon fibre or just the forearm?
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This one is a bean field rifle so sit down and get comfortable :) just the forearm is CF
 
Ganderite said:
I have a 308 bullet (180 gr) that was removed from a moose shot at 425 yards. No expansion at all. A slight deformation of the exposed lead tip. It could have been re-loaded and shot again.

That was from a 22" barrel. A 18" would give up about 100 fps.

I would say that rifle is a 300 yard deer rifle and longer for coyotes.

If it was mine I would put on a linear compensator to make it a bit easier on the ears.
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I’m getting 2510fps with a 185gr that’s easily enough ftpounds of energy to take a deer at more than 300 yards with the proper bullet choice. The comp has a shield that screws on for what I don’t want to so loud.
 
savagelh said:
With all due respect, I believe that was a bullet problem, not a cartridge problem. I've killed a few critters over 450 yards with the 308 and 150gr Sierra bullets and have had some very impressive results.
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Yep exactly, bullet choice was most likely the problem. 308 wouldn’t be my first choice for moose anyway, it will get the job done no problem though.
 
All Ganderite is saying is that his rifle & load wasn't driving that particular bullet hard enough at that range to upset in that animal more than tip deformation.

Simply an observation he shared regarding a certain set of conditions to consider.

Very nice rifle, by the way ;)

Rooster
 
358Rooster said:
All Ganderite is saying is that his rifle & load wasn't driving that particular bullet hard enough at that range to upset in that animal more than tip deformation.

Simply an observation he shared regarding a certain set of conditions to consider.

Very nice rifle, by the way ;)

Rooster
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Different bullets will mushroom more easily, you just have to make the correct bullet choice, and load ammo accordingly. I can't believe people are arguing whether or not 308 will work inside 400 yards. At first I thought you guys were being sarcastic! You should be able to take a deer at 500m no problem if you are practiced and have your equipment, and most bullets should mushroom just fine at that distance.
 
Nice rifle, enjoy it. Good call on the 600yd max. For vermin maybe further however as others have mentions bullet expansion is not great no matter what bullet. I like 168 A-Max as it works great on our smallish deer out to say 450yds. I took a Sika calf recently at ~600yds (550m) and bullet did not expand properly. MV was ~2600fps 20" CTR.
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