pete evans
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I reload for 308 but have been given 80 rounds of norma and federal 150grain ballistic tip by a friend that has changed calibers. Whats it like? I currenty reload hornady interloc which work fine.
I reload for 308 but have been given 80 rounds of norma and federal 150grain ballistic tip by a friend that has changed calibers. Whats it like? I currenty reload hornady interloc which work fine.
I have used the 150g ballistic tips in the past through a .308 at approximately 2850fps. Never failed to kill anything but there were some deer where the bullet didnt appear to expand and others where the bullet simply came to bits. Nice and accurate but I gave up on them in the end
Useful info...BTs have been redesigned/improved many times since they were first introduced. Most problems with the BTs were the earlier ones. I think that any bullet made within the last, 10 years is a superior deer bullet, if used at terminal speeds below 2800fps. My experience is with a7x57, 280, 308W and a 30-06. My observation is with the 150gn and 165gn, They perform the same, depending on speed. Using 7mm is a little different, the 120gn and the 150gn are much tougher than the 140gn. At 7-08 and 7x57 speeds I would use 120s or 140s. At 280 or 7x64 speeds I'd use the 120s or 150s. capt david
TBH im more interested in the brass. I could just knock the heads out but this seems a waste at todays prices. if anyone local (face to face) has once fired brass I would swap. Ive worked up a good load with interloks that puts bullet on bullet so these would sit in the cabinet for ages i suspect.
Pete
If you want some .308 brass let me know - I seem to have accumulated boxes of the stuff!!
Dom