What is your favourite hunting bullet in 308 win?

[Demonical]

I like the Hornady Interlocks and Interbonds, dollar for dollar as good as you'll get.

Premium accuracy is more important than a 'premium' bullet.

This year I'm using a .308Win (first time ever with a .308) and my load is a 165gr Hornady BTSP w 44grs Varget, which is just over 2600fps.

 

[SamM69]

I had good success with Nosler's 180gr Ballistic Tip on a moose this year. The recovered bullet mushroomed perfectly and had retained more than 90% of its mass. It has also proved to be a sub-MOA shooter in my rifle at the range.

 

[BigBraz15]

Thanks for all the replies everyone, as expected there are may variations in answers. I ended up finding a box of 165 grain accubonds under my bench, so that’s the ticket for now at least. Going to give them a go and see how they work. I thought I had a box of 168 grain ballistic tips but there was only about 10 in the box. It’s nice to use some stock and see how they work, rather than having to buy new.

 

[Bushbasher]

165 ttsx 165 accubonds flatten anything in North America

 

[Beeron]

130gr TSX
Longest blacktail was 339 yards.
Very dead.

I used to only shoot the tipped TTSX but i had a few batches with wildly non-concentric blue tips so decided to do away with the tips altogether.

The tac tx and LRX i have been using in my Grendel and Creedmoor dont seem to have that issue though.

 

[theshootist]

168 A-Max in all of my 308's
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That's my fav too. It makes sense to me... the "A" stands for Animal!

 

[Jimbobob08]

I had good success with Nosler's 180gr Ballistic Tip on a moose this year. The recovered bullet mushroomed perfectly and had retained more than 90% of its mass. It has also proved to be a sub-MOA shooter in my rifle at the range.

Curious to the range? That’s a high % retained for a NBT.

 

[MRP]

So just about all the bullets on the market from the major manufacturers was recommended, because they worked for them. My conclusion is it doesn't matter, vanilla, chocolate or strawberry. I recommend doing the math, find one in your price range that gives you the trajectory and energy your looking for and go. After all it's 100% shot placement 0% talk.

 

[SamM69]

Curious to the range? That’s a high % retained for a NBT.

Lased at 254 yds. According to my ballistic calcs (based on MV from chrony), the round should have been still going ~2087fps at 250yds.

I have a picture of it on the scale at 168.84gr, which (unless I biffed the math) is around 93% retention. I was quite surprised too.

Please educate me if any of this looks wrong. This is the first hunting round I've been able to recover.

Cheers,
Sam

 

[boxhitch]

I have read a ton of things and have a number of experiences, but wanted to see if you are willing to share your favourite hunting bullet for the 308 Win?

I know there will be lots of caveats, so let’s say as an all around hunting round out to 350-400 yards as a max.

150 soft point flat base
cheap to buy as most shooters over-look them

 

['Boo]

I have one rifle - Ruger M77 compact - that loves the 130 TSX. I have another - older Savage 110 - that is in love with the 180 Nosler BT. Each rifle is a law unto itself.

 

[Scoutertracker]

The Hornady 165 gr. InterLock boattail.

 

[wolf300H&H]

180 gr SGK

 

[45ACPKING]

I generally prefer partitions , accubonds and trophy bonded , depending which rifle because I let the rifle choose what it shoots the best......that said, I've killed quite a few deer with the federal powershok

 

[Neo]

I'm assuming the OP is looking for a general use, shoot-everything bullet for the .308. If that means whitetails on the small end and moose on the large end, I'd lean towards either a 150 grain Barnes TSX or a 165 grain Hornady Spire Point. Of the two, so long as it shoots well in your rifle, I'd go with the Barnes. I could probably fill a sea can with all the critters I've shot with a 168 grain TSX out of a 30/06, and I've yet to have one of those bullets fail to perform on anything inside 400 yards.

 

[remington jim]

I have read a ton of things and have a number of experiences, but wanted to see if you are willing to share your favourite hunting bullet for the 308 Win?

I know there will be lots of caveats, so let’s say as an all around hunting round out to 350-400 yards as a max.

For any particular Game ? Or just what to use fir eveything

 

[Duramax6.6]

Lased at 254 yds. According to my ballistic calcs (based on MV from chrony), the round should have been still going ~2087fps at 250yds.

I have a picture of it on the scale at 168.84gr, which (unless I biffed the math) is around 93% retention. I was quite surprised too.

Please educate me if any of this looks wrong. This is the first hunting round I've been able to recover.

Cheers,
Sam

Being the first one, I think if you drilled a tiny hole into the lead mushroom side and tapped threads into it that hole, you could make the wifey a nice little broach.

Dremel down the sharp edges a touch and tell her you made it just for her and call your first mini-sculpture The Ballistulip.

And hopefully next fall you can make her a Hornadaisy.
Just don’t promise her a Bergardenia. They blow-up or fragment so bad there’s nothing to work with!

 

[BigBraz15]

For any particular Game ? Or just what to use fir eveything

I would say this inquiry is for all around game use.

 

[remington jim]

I would say this inquiry is for all around game use.

Then the Nosler 150 gr Accubond ! Loaded to 2850 -2950 FPS

 

[Duramax6.6]

Then the Nosler 150 gr Accubond ! Loaded to 2850 -2950 FPS

Bonded bullets are my first choice in lead bullets if I’m not using TTSXs. The basic cup & core bullet once having soldered in cores by British ammo makers for African safaris in their heyday late 19th to early 20th centuries were ahead of themselves. Or are our mass production bullet makers just late to the game?