308 round nose

[trader steve]

Guys I'm looking for some accurate 308 round nose hunting loads.have Remington 600 want try loads on deer thank you Steve

 

[MrMajestic]

Steve, The Remington Core-Lokt comes in a 180 gr. soft point, i.e. round nose. The bullet is well known for it's terminal ballistics on light skinned animals. We can debate the round nose requisite if you choose..

 

[Bart B.]

Winchester's 200 grain round nose bullet in their factory 308 Win was a great moose and elk buster. Out performed the same bullet in 30-40 Krags back in its day. Think it was their Silvertips.

Reloads using them with 47 to 48 grains of IMR4350 pushed 'em out about 2400 fps.

 

[Jaybo]

The Sierra 180 round nose works really good in a 30-06 . It's just a hammer

 

[jds holler]

And of course I've gotta ask, why do you want round nose? jd

 

[trader steve]

Lol jd I got a bunch gave to me and heard there a hammer.steve

 

[2506]

What make and weight of bullet do you have. Can't suggest loads if we don't know what bullet.

 

[trader steve]

200gr Hornady round nose.

 

[Bart B.]

And of course I've gotta ask, why do you want round nose? jd

With a lot of exposed lead and thinner jacket, they expand faster than pointy spire shaped spitzer ones. More tissue damage per unit of penetration.

 

[jds holler]

Lol jd I got a bunch gave to me and heard there a hammer.steve

I think they'd probably kill a dear.

If I'd had a bunch gave to me I'd love to tell the guy that gave em that I'd knocked down a buck with em.

And I'd probably just use a case full of IMR 4064, or 4320, since I had a bunch of that gave to me. 4895 would be fine also. Don't take my word for it, but I think any charge sufficient for those bullets will probably be compressed with those powders. jd

 

[Bart B.]

Highest velocity at max safe pressure with Sierra's 30 caliber 200 grain HPMK bullet in 308 cases was about 2450 to 2500 fps with 48 grains of IMR4350.

A very accurate load winning matches and setting records.