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308 reloading

Atom242Atom242 Member Posts: 151 ✭✭✭
edited January 2016 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Want some opinions on the best powders out there for reloading 308 match 168gr.
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    charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,579 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What rifle you putting them in?
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    243winxb243winxb Member Posts: 264 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    IMR 4895
    [url] https://saami.org [/url]
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    dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,969
    edited November -1
    IMR 4895 for M1A,s
    REloader 15 for bolt guns.
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    uni82uni82 Member Posts: 416 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with dcs shooters. I shoot .55" groups all day long with my browning a bolt at 200 yards. I use RL 15. I used IMR 4895 but the gun didn't like it. Not as good grouping.

    -JD
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    laylandadlaylandad Member Posts: 961 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Varget, then Reloader 15!
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    oneoldsaponeoldsap Member Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I killed more than a few Whitetails with the old ( discontinued ) Speer 165 RN over 45 Gr. of W-748 !
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    sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by laylandad
    Varget, then Reloader 15!


    For a bolt gun yes. Still go with any flavor of 4895 for the gas guns. That's for function not accuracy. Although I get great accuracy using H4895 in my Savage 10FP. My 'standard' load is 42.5 gr. of H4895 behind the 168smk (Nosler CC as well) and 41.5 gr. behind the 175 SMK.

    The Varget and Reloader have longer burn times and will give you better velocity. Both are very consistent and have proven accuracy track records.
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    BHAVINBHAVIN Member Posts: 3,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    IMR 4895
    Varget
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    deadeye46deadeye46 Member Posts: 553 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i agree with "sap",i like win 748
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    Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,198 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's a chore to find a truly bad .308 powder anywhere in the very broad bracket between 3031 and 4320, to be honest. RL-15 is one of my favorites, but I have developed very good loads with 4895, 748, 335, 2520, 4320, 3031 - and others.

    Our local SWAT school developed a practice load that almost duplicates the Federal Gold Medal Match load. (which is the ne plus ultra .308 load) The load uses Fed 210M primers, Fed Match brass, 41.0 4064, and the Sierra 168 BTHP Match bullet.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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    SCOTTGUNNSCOTTGUNN Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    HODGDON VARGET

    Even Hornady states in it's most recent manual that they obtained best results for this bullet using varget powder. I have used it for years and years with perfect results.
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    308plinkerVT308plinkerVT Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Varget, H4895, 8208XBR - I typically use the varget for as many loads as I can, it just works.
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    BIG ALBIG AL Member Posts: 194 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess no body has tried the IMR 8208 BR powder for the .308.
    I all so have a Savage 10 FP and use 168 gr.Serria BTHP and shoot less that a MOA at 300 yards.
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    FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,278 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    For Accuracy myself, prefer Varget and the A-Max combo with a BR-2 primer. JustC and Nonsense turned me on to that little recipe. With the basic ingredients given, it works![:D]

    My 28" tube still likes 155gn over 168's!
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    redhead71redhead71 Member Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i used Varget,imr 4320 and 4895, Varget to me is a cleaner buring powder than the IMR's
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    Okie743Okie743 Member Posts: 2,586 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Atom242
    Want some opinions on the best powders out there for reloading 308 match 168gr.



    Need little more info.
    Are you going for precise accuracy?
    or are you spraying bullets at 55 gallon barrels, watermellons, 5 gallon water jugs, from the hip, etc.


    308's are normally inherently accurate, but every gun has it's likes and dislikes to be really accurate.
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    reload999reload999 Member Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1 for IMR 4895
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    TfloggerTflogger Member Posts: 3,286 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1 for imr 4320 , works every time.
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    pip5255pip5255 Member Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    it's all a matter of what your rifle likes, mine likes IMR powders at this point. I try all different loads for all my guns and when I find the combination that works best for each gun then that is what I manufacture for them as long as possible to get components.
    just because you could doesn't mean you should
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    kenlguykenlguy Member Posts: 233 ✭
    edited November -1
    It was a surprise to me but my 788 shot a half inchgroup at one hundred yds with Benchmark. Haven't shot at a longer range yet but I will soon as the weather clears up.
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