What is the best gun powder for 308?

Which vihtavuori powder for 308?

Vihtavuori N540 is a universal rifle powder for wide variety of medium-sized calibers suitable for both hunting and target shooting. It is an excellent choice for cartridges running from . 223/5.56 mm to . 308 Winchester and 30-06 Springfield with heavier bullet weights.

What grain should I use for 308?

The . 308 made its reputation as a deadly-reliable medium game killer with bullet weights from 150 to 180 grains. The hunter armed with a . 308 with quality optics and loaded with good factory ammo or hand-loads in the 150 – 180 grain range, is ready for any medium to large non-dangerous game in the world.

Is Varget good for 308?

Varget is the perfect powder for shooting the 223 Remington with heavy bullets in competitive matches. Outstanding performance and velocity can be obtained in such popular cartridges as the 22-250 Remington, 308 Winchester, 30-06, 375 H&H and many more.

What is Varget powder?

Varget is an extruded propellant in the Hodgdon line of Extreme series of powders. Varget features small, extruded grains for uniform metering, is insensitive to hot and cold temperatures and produces higher energy for improved velocities over other powders in its burning-speed class.

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What grain 308 do snipers use?

308 caliber, 168-grain MatchKing BTHP was cited as being the “preferred ammunition” for police snipers “based primarily on its accuracy and consistency”.

What is the range of a 308 rifle?

308 would be lethal easily out to a mile. However, if we are talking about shooting that medium-size North American game like a whitetail deer, the distance would be much closer. In fact, I argue that the effective range of . 308 on deer is 300 yards.

What is the effective range of a 308 Winchester?

308 an adequate cartridge out to 500 yards, but beyond that you'll need to show me a bullet that will perform well at that distance.

What is the best 308 bullet for deer?

Nosler 165-grain Partition

The grandfather of “premium” big-game bullets, Nosler's Partition—the 165-grain variant in particular—is a top choice for hunting deer with the . 308 Win.

What's the difference between 150 and 180-grain?

The top speed from a 180-grain bullet was 2,770 fps. At those speeds, and with both bullets sighted in 2-inches high at 100 yards, the difference in drop between 150- and 180-grain bullets is 2.82 inches at 300 yards, 5.73 inches at 400 yards and 9.69 inches way out at 500 yards.

What is a good 308 for deer hunting?

In our opinion, the best rifle calibers for deer hunting are the . 270 Winchester, 7mm Remington Magnum, . 30-06 Springfield, . 308 Winchester, 6.5 Creedmoor, and .

What is N530 powder good for?

N530 high energy rifle powder

The N530 is the fastest burning of all Vihtavuori high-energy rifle powders. It's a great choice for the reloading hunter when flat trajectory and reasonable velocity is needed, like in fox hunting. N530 is also an ideal rifle powder for many of the smaller bottle-necked cases like the .

What is N350 powder used for?

N350 is widely used in pistol shooting and especially in practical shooting. N350 works excellent also in shotgun shooting with heavy hunting loads, especially with 36 gr loads or more.

What is N160 powder used for?

N160 is a tubular powder type with grain dimensions of 1,3 mm length and 1,1 mm diameter. The burn rate of is medium to slow on the scale of our rifle powders. The N160 is commonly used for big game hunting ammunition especially with heavier bullets.

How many rounds will a 308 barrel last?

243 Win and 6.5-284 barrels lose accuracy in 1500 rounds or less. If your barrel loses accuracy at the 1500-round mark, then it only worked for three seconds! Of course, if you are shooting a “long-lived” . 308 Win that goes 5000 rounds before losing accuracy, then you get a whopping TEN seconds of barrel life.

What caliber do snipers use?

The most popular military sniper rifles (in terms of numbers in service) are chambered for 7.62 mm (0.30 inch) caliber ammunition, such as 7.62×51mm and 7.62×54mm R.

Whats better 556 or 308?

Standard 308 Win loadings can still be combat effective out to 1,000 yards. By comparison, the 5.56 is typically only considered effective out to about 500 yards. When shooting out past 500 yards, wind drift becomes a major issue.

How many inches does a 308 drop at 1000 yards?

At 1,000 yards, the . 308 drops 372.1 inches.

Whats better 308 or 30 06?

308 Winchester will perform as much as 15% better in terms of velocity, energy, and trajectory, than will most 220-grain bullets fired from a . 30/06.

Why 308 is the best?

308 is the best all-purpose round available. It works in every major assault weapons system, it is compatible with belt-fed weapons, it still functions well as a sniper weapon, and it can be found just about everywhere.

What 308 ammo does the US military use?

308 Winchester are two very common rifle cartridges commonly used by U.S. service members and civilians. The U.S. military's 7.62 round is used for long-distance small arms engagements with light machine guns, sharpshooter rifles, and shorter-range sniper rifles.

What 308 sniper rifle does the military use?

M40A5 Sniper Rifle

The M40A5 is the latest in a long line of M40 sniper rifles used by the U.S. Marine Corps. The M40 series is a highly modified Remington 700 hunting rifle, chambered in . 308 Winchester/7.62x51mm NATO.

What powder is closest to Varget?

Best Varget Substitute

The closest equivalent to Varget in the UK is Ramshot TAC. Ramshot covers a range of six rifle and three handgun calibre powders.

Is there a reloading powder shortage?

Handloading today has been affected by many factors. A million new gun owners, the political climate and the COVID pandemic have all combined to create shortages of ammunition, bullets, primers and powders. In fact, it's almost impossible to find exactly what you are looking for in any of these categories.