308 Ammo Question

[nchunt101]

I recently bought a Howa 308 with a 24" HB and am looking for a reasonably accurate and budget friendly factory round that I can buy in bulk and use for fundamental work/practice/hoarding. I seen some deals on Privi and Magtech match offerings but would appreciate any additional recomendations.

 

[Spartan]

Boat Tail Hollow Points.
168 grain or 175

 

[Ikarus1]

XM80C in bulk for around .50 per round. Or you can wait til PSA is blowing out Fed GMM again, but I think those days are over.

 

[Grim]

Buy in bulk, it costs more up front, but you'll get quality ammo for more affordable prices.

TargetSportsUSA.com is where I buy my cases of Federal Gold Medal Match 175gr HPBT. Not sure how far you're planning to shoot, but I've read that 175gr is more stable during the phase shift, allowing improved accuracy out to 1000 over the 168gr.

 

[Bailey Boat]

Before you buy anything you need to find out what ammo YOUR gun prefers. Only through experimentation will you know. THEN buy what it shoots the best, or become a reloader and the sky's the limit....

 

[Slacker]

@ .50 cents per round, reloading looks really good, no?
Privi and magtech are, IMO, junk.
Send some over a chrony and/or weigh a few rounds. Its immediately apparent.

Btw, love your avatar picture.

 

[nchunt101]

Before you buy anything you need to find out what ammo YOUR gun prefers. Only through experimentation will you know. THEN buy what it shoots the best, or become a reloader and the sky's the limit....

I plan to and you are right about reloading. I bought a kit a year or two ago but haven't had the time to start.

 

[11B CIB]

What’s the twist rate?

My 1:10 20” barrel loved 168-175gr

My 18” and 16” 1:10 prefers 168gr SMKs or 150 Barnes TTSX (longer than the 168 SMK)

 

[RedneckFur]

I handload most of mine, but I buy the Privi 168gr match pretty often too. I haven't tried it out of my bolt gun, but it shoots respectable groups out of my AR10 (about 2.5" to 3" groups at 200 yards)

 

[Curmudgeon]

@ .50 cents per round, reloading looks really good, no?
Privi and magtech are, IMO, junk.
Send some over a chrony and/or weigh a few rounds. Its immediately apparent.

Btw, love your avatar picture.

Actually, the Privi match ammo is pretty damn good.

 

[georgel]

The Howa is a good gun. It depends on what kind of accuracy you're looking for. The Federal GMM 168gr. seems to universally work well in practically in all guns. I don't know what their magic is. Some surplus is reasonably accurate, I forget which, Portuguese maybe? This is my fallback. Not sub MOA, but useable. As mentioned, you need to find what works in your gun. But, reloading is really the way to go so you can fine tune a load. Get a ballistic calculator, I use Strelok, if you're planning on doing some long range. Then you'll need to chrono loads out of your gun to calculate from. And then, there's the scope....MIL/MIL is my preference.

 

[nchunt101]

What’s the twist rate?

My 1:10 20” barrel loved 168-175gr

My 18” and 16” 1:10 prefers 168gr SMKs or 150 Barnes TTSX (longer than the 168 SMK)

The twist rate is 1:10. I hunt with a .308 and have a decent amount of the 165 Gr Federal Fusions and 2-3 boxes of 168gr FGMM. Hopefully the rifle will like the FGGM but would like to find a slightly cheaper round to practice with/collect brass/stack. My recent attempts at shooting past 300 yards has made it clear that I need a to work on my fundamentals.

 

[11B CIB]

The twist rate is 1:10. I hunt with a .308 and have a decent amount of the 165 Gr Federal Fusions and 2-3 boxes of 168gr FGMM. Hopefully the rifle will like the FGGM but would like to find a slightly cheaper round to practice with/collect brass/stack. My recent attempts at shooting past 300 yards has made it clear that I need a to work on my fundamentals.

Sale on IMI 150gr with free shipping (250ct)
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2...ion-762x51mm-nato-150-grain-full-metal-jacket

Sale on 500ct 175gr IMI
https://www.sgammo.com/product/imi-...x51-nato-175-grain-bthp-smk-otm-razor-core-ma

You could try CBC 7.62x51 but the lot I tried had really soft brass and it gave me extraction issues

 

[Rockchucker]

I plan to and you are right about reloading. I bought a kit a year or two ago but haven't had the time to start.

Do it!!! My plinking load is LC Brass, 168 Hornady hpbt, 43.5 grs IMR4064 & CCI 200 LRP primers @ ~$0.64 on the 2nd firing off the brass. Minute of coke can @ 350 and on a 8” plate at 500 all day long.

 

[nature boy]

168 Sierra match king case closed. Wooooooo

 

[Spartan]

168 Sierra match king case closed. Wooooooo

I see your 168 grains, and raise you 10 grains to 175 grain BTHP SMK.

 

[VOD Tactical]

Before you buy anything you need to find out what ammo YOUR gun prefers. Only through experimentation will you know. THEN buy what it shoots the best, or become a reloader and the sky's the limit....

^^^^^ THIS ONE ^^^^^^ Then buy in bulk.