What's so great about the 308 is that it performs just as well as the 303 British or 30/40 Krag but in a rimless cartridge. !65 grain bullets at around 2700fps will shoot flat enough for any reasonable hunting ranges. 150's at 2850 will flatten the trajectory out a little. A 200 at 2500 is a reliable, consistent performer. Over practical game ranges (which I consider to be out to about 350 yards) The 308 will perform as well as any medium bore cartridge. In the end, within this class of cartridges, the rifle matters more than the cartridge except in our minds.
so, what's so great about the 308 Win cartridge?
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Slight troll here; the 308 is still a touch behind the 7.65 x 53 ballistically, or so I've read. And the 7.65 is from '89 correct?
That'd be 1889 BTW
nowarningshot
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If one had only one choice, and I ate a lot of 308 killed moose, it would be OKAY.
When one has better choices, 308's languish at the back of the safe.
When one has better choices, 308's languish at the back of the safe.
.260. Just do it.
So just for giggles, I compared the 260 to the 308 with a 200yd zero at the upper velocity (2900fps) listed in the #6 Nosler. Bullets selected were both Accubonds in the middle weight for each caliber (130gr for the 260 & 165gr for the 308).
Ballistic tables list both those bullets at exactly the same drop out to 600 yards
That's a great response actually....... speaking of family....
If I had to do everything in north america with only one cartridge family, it would be the .308 family..... something there for everything....
Not sure.
"No and then!"
Ardent
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.308's the most persistent chambering in my cabinet, like a weed I keep trying to eliminate it, but it always rebounds from some unseen tuber in the safe. I have equal fondness for the 7x57 and the .308, and am only more married to the 7x57 as I'm struggling to standardize to all 7mms for small bores. One bullet diameter to stock on the bench.
Like the 7x57 it's a mild mannered sweetheart that kills anything. Unlike the 7x57 it's chambered in utterly everything from drillings to ARs. I even once had a Browning 1919 beltfed in it. There's something to be said for a chambering with that much diversity, and ability. If I was starting at square one and didn't have expensive customs in 7x57, my battery would be .223/.308/.300WM/.375H&H, instead of the motley crew I have now.
Like the 7x57 it's a mild mannered sweetheart that kills anything. Unlike the 7x57 it's chambered in utterly everything from drillings to ARs. I even once had a Browning 1919 beltfed in it. There's something to be said for a chambering with that much diversity, and ability. If I was starting at square one and didn't have expensive customs in 7x57, my battery would be .223/.308/.300WM/.375H&H, instead of the motley crew I have now.
Not to side - track a fine thread but I think I have an excellent compromise.
A 270 / 08 ...
Lol. They all are chasing each other's tail
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Get a .308 because you don't have one allready.
