308 for Benchrest?

[Macropod]

Sako came out with a 7 x 33mm cartridge which I guess is a similar concept. I believe it used lighter projectiles though.

 

[boltman13]

I used to shoot a NBSRA legal Hunter Bench Rest rifle with a tight necked 308. I used mainly 125-135 gr bullets in it. It had a 1:14 twist. Keeping a 10 pound rifle stable and consistent in the rest and rear bag was never easy. I usually averaged about 235 out of 250 possible at both 100 and 200 yards. Since our matches are not sanctioned I brought my F-TR rifle in 308 to one match for grins. Using Sierra 150 gr Match Kings in the 1:10 twist barrel and a Sinclair Bypod I scored a 246 at 100 and a 242 at 200 yards. I had never broken 240 at either distance with my legal HBR rifle. Part of it was probably due to the fact that my F-TR rifle's scope would only go down to 10X whereas my other scope was at 6X. The recoil from the F-TR rifle was much easier to manage with the 18 pound rifle as well. Any round that let's you take advantage of the 30 cal. bullet hole and stay consistent in riding the bags gives the bench rest for score shooter a big advantage. That's why the 30BR is so popular.

 

[riverwolf1]

I started NBRSA matches with a 30x44 which IIRC was 1.5” long shooting Bibs 134gr bullets in a 15 twist barrel pleasant to shoot and produced top notch scores, then I built a Kodak 30x47 NLI which had a 35’ shoulder, still with a 15 twist, and 125gr bullets, and it was flat out the best combo I ever shot, until the 30BR, when this came out it was an absolute no brainer.
rechambered 2 rifles for it in 17 twist & 18 twist shooting Berger 115gr. and Bill Small 118’s and H4198 you just figure out your load and seating depth and basically your done fooling with it.
I have wondered why some of the F Open guys don’t shoot it as velocities in mine are running at about 3,050+ fps.