What's the lowest recoil 308 ammo available?

I assume money is not an issue…
I have used the Sako 123 fmj, the Lapua 200 subsonic, and the 125 SST mentioned already in an sig cross and the recoil is pleasant. The accuracy award goes to the Sako stuff, all short range.
A reloading setup will get you where you want to go using cast or plated bullets under 1600 fps. Have fun!
 
Redneck Hippy said:
I assume money is not an issue…
I have used the Sako 123 fmj, the Lapua 200 subsonic, and the 125 SST mentioned already in an sig cross and the recoil is pleasant. The accuracy award goes to the Sako stuff, all short range.
A reloading setup will get you where you want to go using cast or plated bullets under 1600 fps. Have fun!
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Money is an issue. If I was single, it wouldn't be......... as much, anyway. :)

I won't be reloading. Too late in my life to get into that.

I'm hoping to finally sell an absolutely fantastic safe queen to the only buyer available this year. That'll give me some money to perhaps buy another toy.
 
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150grn with 12 gr of reddot is a mild load. Gave me under an inch with my Savage 12 at 100.

I loaded up some if my FIL wants to fire his fathers gun again. He is pretty frail.
 
Muzzle break and a Limbsaver recoil pad and shoot whatever load suits your need...I got a light weight 308 with these installed...Felt recoil is about half the recoil of other 308's I have that weigh about the same or a little more.

I would guess it recoils about the same as a 243 which ain't much.
 
With no disrespect intended at all to the OP, and presented purely for the sake of a laugh, some of these replies remind me of the epic reply about .223 recoil (circa 2015ish) from member Gunslingr that some other members went on to use as their signature line:

"I can get ya a maxi pad to slip under your brastrap for that, big shoots, helps to tame the hellish recoil…"

A timeless classic right there...
 
saskgunowner101 said:
I don't mean to be rude, but unless you're 85 years old and knocking on deaths door, you have time to learn how to reload. You'd learn a useful skill, while at the same time be able to make whatever power load (within reason) that your heart desires.
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If I had wanted to get into reloading I would have done that many decades ago. And if I was already reloading, I would not have started this thread.:) I have interests other than firearms that I am pursuing that take time, but I can easily see how firearms lovers would find reloading very interesting and rewarding.

(While I'm typing, I'm becoming more and more interested in BCL firearms -- in particular, this one:
https://www.blackcreeklabs.com/bolt-action-rifles/mrx-bronco-howitzer/
It's supposedly available in 7.62x39, as well as .223 Wylde (which I never heard of until today; a "caliber", a chamber design, that supposedly allows both 223 and 5.56 which, if true, is great). So, a fantastic looking rifle, comfortable recoil, inexpensive ammo and it'll fit perfectly in our cramped safe. But BCL should get rid of the "howitzer" moniker and offer some cameo options that make it look less military or "tactical" -- two features that are like waving a red cape in front of the snorting-bull gun-grabbers that reside on Parliament hill ---and more "hunting and sport shooting"-like.)
 
Iloverevolvers said:
If I had wanted to get into reloading I would have done that many decades ago. And if I was already reloading, I would not have started this thread.:) I have interests other than firearms that I am pursuing that take time, but I can easily see how firearms lovers would find reloading very interesting and rewarding.

(While I'm typing, I'm becoming more and more interested in BCL firearms -- in particular, this one:
https://www.blackcreeklabs.com/bolt-action-rifles/mrx-bronco-howitzer/
It's supposedly available in 7.62x39, as well as .223 Wylde (which I never heard of until today; a "caliber", a chamber design, that supposedly allows both 223 and 5.56 which, if true, is great). So, a fantastic looking rifle, comfortable recoil, inexpensive ammo and it'll fit perfectly in our cramped safe. But BCL should get rid of the "howitzer" moniker and offer some cameo options that make it look less military or "tactical" -- two features that are like waving a red cape in front of the snorting-bull gun-grabbers that reside on Parliament hill ---and more "hunting and sport shooting"-like.)
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Eeeeek
BCL??
Buy and cry
 
Iloverevolvers said:
There are a lot more options available in 308 than 7.62x39, but all of you know that already, probably better than I do. (FWIW, I received a Remington Model 600 Carbine 308 as a Christmas present in about 1965. I think it was around $90 new; those days are long gone; and I loved it, but it's report could wake the dead and it had a huge cone of flame every time I fired it, especially at dusk. It had a substantial recoil, too, and it did not have any recoil pad, only a more or less flat piece of plastic at the butt. I was the human shock absorber of its recoil.)

Anyway, very lately I've discovered some really fantastic looking bolt action rifles with collapsible stocks (BCL TRX Bronco Hunter, Sig Sauer Cross, etc. etc.), but sometimes the only available calibers for them are 308 and 6.5 Creedmoor. Is there any 308 ammo out there that basically tames the wild beast that the 308 can be? I shoot targets, so I really don't care about depth of penetration or shock cavities in gel, or its ability to kill game efficiently. This will be a nice fun-gun for me to take to an indoor range every so often, with some time in between admiring a beautiful piece of engineering.

Thanks for any suggestions.
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Get the Sig Cross, put a Cadex MX1 on it and forget that recoil existed. With that said, invest in hearing protection as you'll need it indoors
 
You want a gun that comes in 308 or 6.5cm. You want lighter recoil and ammo availability...

Computing...

You want a sig cross in 6.5cm



All this fancy light weight 308 bullet nonsense at doule the price.

gods help you if you buy BCL.....
 
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