dave carpenter
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Morning gents I shoot a .308 what lead free ammo are you finding best ?
Many thanks
Dave
Many thanks
Dave
None lead ammo
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Experimenting myself but finding that shops only stock 1 or two types. I've started on Federal 150g Powershok, which shoots pretty well. Just got some 150g Fox Classic Hunter to try next.
Bloody expensive trying out new ones at over £50 a box, but it's our copper wedding anniversary tomorrow so fingers crossed but highly doubtful
Bloody expensive trying out new ones at over £50 a box, but it's our copper wedding anniversary tomorrow so fingers crossed but highly doubtful
Very happy with 130gn Fox in 308
I've been wanting to try 130gn but I can't find anywhere that seems to stock anything other than 150gn, whatever brand. Unless it's Sako 162gn at £70 a box
deerstalker.308
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The best I’ve tried so far have been 136gr Geco zero. Been very effective on everything from munties to reds.
I would go tTSX as light as i could get them for All UK deer in any regular deer calibre. Best bullets on deer i have ever used . I am experimenting with Hornady eCX copper in the 223 , they expand correctly and shoot well in my 1-12 but i am really lacking on numbers to say much as yet .
The only way you can Screw up with Barnes is using the heavier end of 30 cal . Go as light and fast as you can if reloading , Factory stuff ? dont know tbf
The only way you can Screw up with Barnes is using the heavier end of 30 cal . Go as light and fast as you can if reloading , Factory stuff ? dont know tbf
Neil at Kent Gunsmiths near Faversham is a stockist
Thanks, I'll take a drive over there. I have a piddly 100 rounds limit on my certificate though, so it's a juggling act at the moment.
dave carpenter
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Hi thanks for the info I have some 145 Yewtree to try just waiting for my son to load then
Steff
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Barnes also offer the TTSX as factory ammo. They call them VOR-TX.
Re. weight for copper bullets in .308 I will return to 150gn. I'm currently using 130 and even 115gn at very high speeds.
Ballistically there is no practical advantage out to 200m and at 300m they become inferior to the 150gn. This is a good example of how BC wins over velocity.
Within 100m I also find meat damage on roe deer to be higher with the 115gn, obviously due to the high speed.
The bullets are all the same design (AERO SB by Mayerl in Austria).
All i can say is based on shooting 6.5mm 100 and 120 . 120 grain making 2850 fps and 100 grain making 3300 fps . Expansion is better further out ( markedly better in fact ) to the 100 grain . It will double side a red stag at 400 . Hence i figured why use the the 120 ? Less recoil and very effective .
Have no experience of Mayerl , indeed the only other copper i have used in the Hornady eCX in the 223 not done enough with it to make firm recommendations but it expands in the same way as tTSX but in an obviously lighter 50 grain .
BC ? Doesn't make much matter at 400 yards , Nobody wins 300+400 events on target matches because they are shooting a slightly better BC bullet, its decided more by the best shooter on the day . My personal preference is to see my strikes on deer first and foremost then be fast onto others ( if that's the plan ), recoil being greater as you up the bullet weight
I have used something like 100/150 of the 120 grain 6.5 tTSX I found expansion was less at all ranges . To be honest i had one stag do a right old run around with one but that was nothing to do with the bullet not expanding just the third of 3 with its hart totally destroyed yet fuelled by adrenalin. I think it might be my most sustained standing up dead deer i have experienced tbf ( cant really put it down to the bullet though or the speed )
SussexSteve
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Yew tree if your loading Dave or anything from sako works well
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