Who uses the 308 Winchester for hunting?

[Juppe12]

I would have thought the 308 just barely marginal for a black grouse!!!!! Generally, if go for grouse......that's when I get out the 300 Weatherby!!!!!

Usually I hunt grouse with 222 at season beginning, in the end of season .308 or 6,5*55 Swede is better because you have to shoot longer.
Here in Finland .308 is jack of all trades For our moose it is too small and for grouse it is too big. So it is suitable for everything

 

[Beruisis]

30 cal .308 165 sierra hp bt game king #2140.

what I use on hogs & deer. DRT medicine!

 

[Kermit in Va.]

Me

 

[Baron23]

I have used .308 for black grouse, deer and moose. For grouse Lapua S374 8g FMJ or 9,7g Lockbase. For deer and moose I use Lapua Naturalis 11g N558 solid copper bullet.

You shoot upland birds W a .308??!!

what’s left after you shoot it w a 123 gr bullet....on the ground I presume, right??

 

[Juppe12]

You shoot upland birds W a .308??!!

what’s left after you shoot it w a 123 gr bullet....on the ground I presume, right??

With 8g FMJ or 9,7g Lockbase there is just nice clean hole through bird. Like you have a pen punched through.

 

[mmcu]

The 308 gets used extensively at our place. Many would laugh at the load I developed for it, so I won't even mention it here; suffice to say, it works.

 

[Old Tanker]

I grew up in WY and hunted all over the state with a .308. The Army took me away. The .308 is an excellent caliber but you lose velocity with a pistol so keep it to 165gr or heavier and use ethical ranges. I spent lots of time on the Western slope of the Big Horns because my uncle was game warden there. That was ages ago so I don’t know if Mr Griz has ranged that far east. Do have bear spray and do have a weapon that will give you fast, follow-up shots. Finally, take some time to visit the site of the famed Wagon Box fight.

 

[SEB-USA]

I grew up in WY and hunted all over the state with a .308. The Army took me away. The .308 is an excellent caliber but you lose velocity with a pistol so keep it to 165gr or heavier and use ethical ranges. I spent lots of time on the Western slope of the Big Horns because my uncle was game warden there. That was ages ago so I don’t know if Mr Griz has ranged that far east. Do have bear spray and do have a weapon that will give you fast, follow-up shots. Finally, take some time to visit the site of the famed Wagon Box fight.

OT,
Glad you grew up here.
I have hunted with specialty pistols since the mid-80's: hogs, whitetail, mule deer, antelope, elk, Axis, Warthog, Eland, Kudu, Blesbuck, springbok, and Wildebeeste. Others have taken more types of critters than I have, but I have some experience.
Mr Griz is nowhere near where I was at-no problems there.
Hornady 168 grain A-Max at 2445 fps
Ethical is a combination of my ability to put it in the vitals, and the bullet design I am using having enough impact velocity to do it's work.
With this bullet it will allow me to go to about 425 yards with a 1800 fps impact velocity.
I have shot steel out to 1000 yards with this set-up.
Another 308 Winchester specialty pistol, but with a barrel that is tad shorter.
Actually 150's-155's would do great as well.
Same ammo that I used for the whitetail, but moving to antelope - 350 yards

 

[Old Tanker]

OT,
Glad you grew up here.
I have hunted with specialty pistols since the mid-80's: hogs, whitetail, mule deer, antelope, elk, Axis, Warthog, Eland, Kudu, Blesbuck, springbok, and Wildebeeste. Others have taken more types of critters than I have, but I have some experience.
Mr Griz is nowhere near where I was at-no problems there.
Hornady 168 grain A-Max at 2445 fps
Ethical is a combination of my ability to put it in the vitals, and the bullet design I am using having enough impact velocity to do it's work.
With this bullet it will allow me to go to about 425 yards with a 1800 fps impact velocity.
I have shot steel out to 1000 yards with this set-up.
Another 308 Winchester specialty pistol, but with a barrel that is tad shorter.
Actually 150's-155's would do great as well.
Same ammo that I used for the whitetail, but moving to antelope - 350 yards

I wasn’t sure about grizzlies. Last time I saw one was elk hunting in the Gros Ventre near the slide lakes. He was far away but the hair on my neck was up for a couple of days. Had two of my Army buddies with me and one of them took a mule deer buck with a pistol. Good luck.

 

[SEB-USA]

I wasn’t sure about grizzlies. Last time I saw one was elk hunting in the Gros Ventre near the slide lakes. He was far away but the hair on my neck was up for a couple of days. Had two of my Army buddies with me and one of them took a mule deer buck with a pistol. Good luck.

Here ya go- Drew Blood with that 308 XP: https://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/308-winchester-xp-draws-first-blood.4022948/

 

[Old Tanker]

Here ya go- Drew Blood with that 308 XP: https://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/308-winchester-xp-draws-first-blood.4022948/

Nice deer, makes me hungry for venison. I’m heading back out there next summer for a week or so.

 

[Knuckledragger]

How many of you guys use a 308 Winchester for hunting?
Dan Ekstrom and I plan to go to the edge of the Bighorns, just north of Buffalo, outside of a little town named Story later this week to attempt to fill some doe tags.
We will be still hunting...Doing the sneaky sneak, and then in the afternoon, we will hunker down on the ground somewhere in what each of thinks will be an area where deer will be moving.
Not sure which handgun Dan will use, but I plan to take my center-grip 308 Winchester XP-100 and use some factory ammo I have one hand: Hornady TAP 168 grain (A-Max), which has a MV of 2445 fps.
I have shot this XP out to 1000 yards on steel, so I figure it should do fine to the close distances I will be hunting-Under 250 yards, with most shots closer to around 100 yards.
I set all of my pistols up with a 100 yard zero.
It will drop 5 inches at 200 yards or I could dial or use the FFP reticle at 2.5 MOA for a spot on kill.

It has a reworked stock, and it has been bedded.
I bought this off of Gunbroker as a rear grip set-up at a good price, and it turned out to be a gem.
Someone had set it up for IHMSA, so it is a lightweight XP-100, with a 14.5" fluted barrel.
Glenn (a friend from church) helped me rework a flawed stock and bed it.
They kept the original recoil lug, when chambering/fitting the custom H-S barrel, which was designed for the center-grip trigger, so all I had to do was grab a spare trigger linkage, which I had, remove the trigger that was on it, put on the center-grip trigger, and I was set!
Mac's Gunworks added one of their solid-bottomed brakes, and Chuck did some adjustment work on the trigger as well.
H-S Precision did the metal work on it, with their name on the barrel, so I am guessing they built this before they started making their HSP/pistol action.
Scope is a Burris XTR-II 3-15 with the SCR MOA reticle.

I used to like the "old" Winchester Silvertips, but the "newer" Combined Technology Ballistic Silvertips are excellent too. I have taken Maine Whitetails with them for decades and they work for me.

 

[primed_in]

I ended up taking 3 deer this year with my .308 using 175 SMKs. Worked great, dropped a buck at about 430yds right on the spot.

 

[Nature Boy]

Don't forget the 308 begat the 358win!!!

My second favorite for getting the job done, right behind the .308

 

[Treerat-sniper]

Unfortunately I live in a straight-wall state for deer. My .308s have taken one whitetail & two speed-goats out of state. Mine are coyote/groundhog/steel-bangers. Black bear & elk are on my bucket list, the T3x lite will get the nod...

 

[msalm]

I just recently sold my last 308 to a friend, a nice Win 70 featherweight. Shot a couple deer with it years ago using the Lapua 150gr Mega SP...those were awesome bullets for deer sized game. I must have been feeling guilty for not having one, so when I saw a very good deal on a Mauser M12 black impact in 308, I ordered it (yesterday!). Sold that Win all of 3 weeks ago.