aister Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 A good friend of mine that I reload with has just purchased a .308 and we were wondering if anyone on here had any good loads for their .308 just to give us a starting point. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Cracking cartridge....can be made to work with a wide range of powders. Favourites of mine were around 45grn+/-1grn of BL-C2 under 150grns. H4895 is brill from 110grn bullets to 180grn bullets. I use to load 50grns of it ....that will fill a case to the brim mind! So drop back a few first but heck was it fast out a 20" barrel! Beat 243 by a good margin ! I have used H322 under 150 grn bullets and got brill results. H4350 is a little slow but under a 180-200grn bullet it makes for a smashing kind to shoot thumper! The fast H4227 (discontinued) will work with light bullets for reduced loads too! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks Underdog. I have had a quick look at a few sites and varget and H4895 looks promising which is good as my RFD has that both in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) 45 grains of Varget 150grain balistic tip gives me 2807 feet per sec but work up to this in your own rifle I love this load but the deer don't Deershooter Ps 44 grains of Vitavory N140 works well with the Same bullet Edited February 23, 2014 by deershooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Vhit N140 with anything around 150 grain bullets, it is a classic combination. Should be able to get to 2800-2900 with good accuracy to whatever range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks guys. Vhit powder seems to be really hard to get up here for some reason, both the RFD's seem to be able to to get hodgdon powder though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussexboy Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I use IMR 4895, 42.6 grains, with a 150 grain boat tailed FMJ Prvi Partizan in a Lapua case, Federal primers. Getting around 2600 FPS through the chrono. Working well for me at 600 yds down the ranges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I'm using 47.3 grains of N540 with 150 grn Hornady Interbonds producing 2700 fps. Superb accuracy and excellent terminal performance with minimal bruising or haemorrhaging. Its fun to go faster but I got fed up with wasting meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgum Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I use 46 grains of varget with sierra 150gr boattails, cci primers, deadly accurate in my Tikka but as stated always back off 10% and work up your load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cervusman Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 If you want a good fast flat and accurate shooting 308 round then try the Hornady 3020 130gr SP over 48gr of BL-C2 , it's like using a 270 with out the recoil and very little meat damage . I use this load in my 308 for about 10 years only lost 1 deer with it . Try it , you'll love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I use 45 grains of vit 140 with a 150 grain bullet ,fabulous combination for all deer . Harnser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Cracking cartridge....can be made to work with a wide range of powders. Favourites of mine were around 45grn+/-1grn of BL-C2 under 150grns. H4895 is brill from 110grn bullets to 180grn bullets. I use to load 50grns of it ....that will fill a case to the brim mind! So drop back a few first but heck was it fast out a 20" barrel! Beat 243 by a good margin ! I have used H322 under 150 grn bullets and got brill results. H4350 is a little slow but under a 180-200grn bullet it makes for a smashing kind to shoot thumper! The fast H4227 (discontinued) will work with light bullets for reduced loads too! U. Hi Underdog, Interested in this comment as keen to learn, what did you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Velocity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 N140 and RL15 work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I used my 308 for foxes mostly. Throttled back on deer stalking after everyone started telling me I needed a piece of paper from experts to show I knew how to do it! Anyway. I used the Hornady 110 vmax in a lapua case neck sized. I worked slowly up to 50 grns with not bad pressure sign but had to stop as 50grn filled the case to the top of the neck. Pouring it in slowly helped. This was with H4895. Quite forgiving in 308w. The compressed loads would often shoot sub 1". During developement I was also getting ready a heavier load for deer ready but could not get the new at the time remmie to shoot a heavy bullet less than 2"! That was untill I noticed rhe bolt handle touches the stock! So I fixed that and then the rifle shot pretty much any load I cared to put in it however the varmint ammo I had developed opened its groups a little. I stuck with it though returning a few long shots to 400yds but felt for how often I shoot beyond 200yds these day it was not worth fiddling with anymore. Anyway. From the 20" barrel it was clocking 3160ish fps. 3/4" high at 100...just under at 200 maybe 2" and around 8" down at 300. It seemed to me to better any of my 2 243 with wound up 100grn loads and with 10grn more bullet weight and not much more powder and on shorter barrel...hence my earleir comment! I lost interest 243 years ago. I know folk rave about it but for me it is an over bored varmint round. I doubt I will ever use a 243 again but would gladly get another 308. Its a personel choice thing. My 243's were happy with 60-70grn bullets , I dont mean accuracy, I mean the whole shooting experience. My 308's on the other hand felt good to shoot with any bullet....even 200grns! Bet you wish you never asked ! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I used my 308 for foxes mostly. Throttled back on deer stalking after everyone started telling me I needed a piece of paper from experts to show I knew how to do it! Anyway. I used the Hornady 110 vmax in a lapua case neck sized. I worked slowly up to 50 grns with not bad pressure sign but had to stop as 50grn filled the case to the top of the neck. Pouring it in slowly helped. This was with H4895. Quite forgiving in 308w. The compressed loads would often shoot sub 1". During developement I was also getting ready a heavier load for deer ready but could not get the new at the time remmie to shoot a heavy bullet less than 2"! That was untill I noticed rhe bolt handle touches the stock! So I fixed that and then the rifle shot pretty much any load I cared to put in it however the varmint ammo I had developed opened its groups a little. I stuck with it though returning a few long shots to 400yds but felt for how often I shoot beyond 200yds these day it was not worth fiddling with anymore. Anyway. From the 20" barrel it was clocking 3160ish fps. 3/4" high at 100...just under at 200 maybe 2" and around 8" down at 300. It seemed to me to better any of my 2 243 with wound up 100grn loads and with 10grn more bullet weight and not much more powder and on shorter barrel...hence my earleir comment! I lost interest 243 years ago. I know folk rave about it but for me it is an over bored varmint round. I doubt I will ever use a 243 again but would gladly get another 308. Its a personel choice thing. My 243's were happy with 60-70grn bullets , I dont mean accuracy, I mean the whole shooting experience. My 308's on the other hand felt good to shoot with any bullet....even 200grns! Bet you wish you never asked ! U. Nope, glad I asked. That is a good speed from a 20 inch 308. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogc Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Vhit 140, 39.5 gr with 168gr heads 1/12 twist better than 0.75" @100m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Thanks again guys. We are just waiting on some bits and pieces to arrive so we can start playing with some loads, I will keep you posted. Aister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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