.308 load suggestion

[Bart B.]

In the heyday of the 308 in match rifle competition, 40 to 44 grains of imr4064 was most popular with Sierra 168's.

Same for Varget a grain or so less will equal or better it.

Ball powders never cut the mustard constantly enough.

 

[Wildcats]

In the heyday of the 308 in match rifle competition, 40 to 44 grains of imr4064 was most popular with Sierra 168's.

Same for Varget a grain or so less will equal or better it.

Ball powders never cut the mustard constantly enough.

I agree Bart,
4064 was my go to powder at the time till i started using VihtaVuori
In the heyday when i used to shoot 308 in comps,i had excellent results with VHT 150 and 550 also.
my loads for 168smk where 41.5-43grn of vht150 or 42.5-45.0 of vht550

 

[Storm Cloud]

IMR8208XBR

 

[68cuda340]

RL15 43.7 grains behind a 168 SMK or 165 Accubond
in our M40a1 M24 and (3) Rem 5R hunting rifles it just rocks
all .25 MOA shooters
CCI BR2 primers
Rem or Hornady Match cases

of course start 10% down and work up your loads

 

[joed49]

With the 168 gr MK you could use any powder mentioned for great accuracy. The .308 is not picky. I use Varget in mine and have never been disappointed with performance.

 

[cw308]

I've been shooting this rifle for 10 years , my one an only . Shooting Sierra 168 MK over IMR 4064 as Bart B listed from 40. to 42. Being I'm only shooting 200 yards all the time I settled on a load of 40.8 seems to do everything I want , until the next barrel .

 

[Steve Ladino]

need advice on load for Sierra 168 match bullet. Mostly powder suggestions for accurate load. Thanks

43.8 Varget

 

[JFrank]

Not the Bullets the OP was asking about however"
My 155 Senars on top of 44.2 gr of H4895 produced 2845 FPS yesterday during load development.
The subject rifle is a Tikka T3 light I managed 1/2 group at 100 yards.
I hadn't shot that rifle for about a year so I wasn't managing recoil very well.