Re: Hunting ammunition.308
General guidelines for cup-and-core bullets:
1:14 for 155gr
1:12 for 165gr
1:10 for 180 gr
Your budget would play a role. It usually does not help to buy twenty cartridges because you need to sight in the rifle (four to six shots), practice some shots to learn the trajectory (10 shots?), and have enough left for the hunt.
For your purpose, have a look at monolithics, or sturdy cup-and-core ammunition. Target bullets will probably fragment and that could lead to a lot of waste meat.
My preference for 308 is 180gr @ 2400fps. If you can find round nosed ammunition in 180gr it would be my first choice, simply because the bullets are shorter and should stabilise in your rifle.
S&B has a round nose: (https://www.camdixwapens.co.za/item/...gr_sp_ammo_20s)
Sight in at 50m; the POI should be roughly 20mm high at 100m, and on the spot at 150m.
Remember that monolithics are longer than regular bullets, which means that you will need to look at light (130gr?) mono's.
Hope it helps!
Re: Hunting ammunition.308
Hi. I know it's been discussed to death.
I've been hunting anything from Eland and smaller with good old 150gr PMP brown box. Lots will differ from me.
I'm yet to have a problem with grouping or wounded animal.
Just place your shots.
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Re: Hunting ammunition.308
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Originally Posted by
Ds J
General guidelines for cup-and-core bullets:
1:14 for 155gr
1:12 for 165gr
1:10 for 180 gr
I believe the 12 and 14 twist rates the wrong way around.
Re: Hunting ammunition.308
Sako Super Hammerhead 180gr ammo. Good to shoot anything with Non Dangerous,.
Re: Hunting ammunition.308
https://www.sellier-bellot.cz/en/pro...ce/detail/142/
A friend of mine doesn't reload and hunts with the above, most shops keeps them, affordable, very accurate and deadly
Re: Hunting ammunition.308
You can do a lot worse than a packet of PMP ProAmms. For your stated purpose the 180gr variety sounds like the thing.
Your 1:12 barrel will happily stabilize 180gr boattail HUNTING (not VLD / Target) bullets. ProAmms are flatbase, don't need no stinkin' boat tail in the bush.
Re: Hunting ammunition.308
Try Federal Fusion if you can find. Bonded bullets and the ammo is reasonably priced.
Re: Hunting ammunition.308
I think one must use ammo suitable for the target animal, in this case none was specified.
As a general rule for bushveld you can go slow and heavy in a cup and core and that combo should not fail.
But apples with apples and all, you expect me to pay between 5 and 10 k for a big animal I sure as hell won't choose a R500 box of cup and core over a R1000 box of Vor-tx. Well not me but just making a general statement, the average oke spending that type of cash must not be penny wise and pound foolish.