CBs for .308?

[dlbarr]

Recently bought a .308 barrel for my HandiRifle. Until now, the only centerfire rifle caliber I've ever owned is 45/70. So I know next to nothing about modern CF calibers and the efficacy of shooting CBs in them.

Educate me on moulds, loads etc for deer/elk and varmit hunting. Thanks.

[robg]

lee gc molds work well in my savage and a friends Remington .I just tumble lube and use 2400 with std primers

[Kraschenbirn]

Try the forum's 'custom search' function. Entering ".308 cast boolits" will get you 10+ pages of threads pertaining to loading/shooting cast in the .308.

Bill

[dlbarr]

Try the forum's 'custom search' function. Entering ".308 cast boolits" will get you 10+ pages of threads pertaining to loading/shooting cast in the .308.

Bill

Thanks Bill. Will do.

[DonMountain]

Recently bought a .308 barrel for my HandiRifle. Until now, the only centerfire rifle caliber I've ever owned is 45/70. So I know next to nothing about modern CF calibers and the efficacy of shooting CBs in them.

Educate me on moulds, loads etc for deer/elk and varmit hunting. Thanks.

If you are going to try to shoot and kill big game like deer/elk you need to use your 45/70. I regularly kill deer with mine and a 500 grain cast lead bullet. I strictly use my 308's with cast projectiles for plinking and close in shooting at nothing larger than ground hogs with a Lyman 311291 over 34.0 grains of IMR-4985. Makes a good squirrel rifle also.

[oldblinddog]

Lyman 311466, sized 0.311”, plus 13.0 grs. Red Dot

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[44Blam]

I've had some luck with NOE's 311-174-FN in .308.
I sized to .309, gas check, powder coat and BLL. Shot under a stout load of varget I was able to get about 2450 fps with groups around 2" at 100 yards accuracy. But that was with a muzzle break and I found lead and powder coat on one side of the MB. So I took it off.
That seems pretty good, but with j-word bullets, it is less than 1" at 100 yards with similar velocities...
I have yet to test my CBs again...

[Dieselhorses]

Not bad. What type rifle? Twist? Not necessary to lube with powder coat but... also what alloy and BHN?


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[waco]

NOE 30cxb in the .308 at 2650fps shooting sub 2 moa at 500 yards. H414 @ 47.5gr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9VDouNYi7A&t=182s

[waco]

The NOE 312290 shoots very small groups at 50 yards with 20gr of SR4759.

[Doughty]

DonMountain,
I guess this deer didn't get the memo that it couldn't be killed with a cast bullet from my grandson's .308 Win using cast bullets. Or the deer killed by cast bullets from my wife's .30-30. Or all the deer and antelope I've killed with a cast bullet in .30-40 Krag.

[ole_270]

I killed several deer with the 31141 out of a 30-30 in years past, never thought it was marginal. Recently I've been working with an old Sears JC Higgins 51-L in 308. The bore is a bit oversized, the throat more so, it's had a lot of wear before I got it. I've run tests on several powders and bullets so far, up to 2200 fps with some groups under 2" at 100 yards with an alloy of 1.5% Sn, 2.9% Sb. The Accurate 31-165A and the NOE clone of the Saeco #315 have done good work. Recent tests with the #315 PC'd and water dropped have shown promise at 2000-2200 fps, using either Varget or H4350. I had one group of 9 that had 5 under a half inch, but then the remainder scattered an inch away from the group in all directions. If the weather ever cooperates I'll push it up till I find the alloy strength limit and then settle into finding the speed/load length combo it likes for normal use.

[WebMonkey]

lee c309-170-rf has taken every deer i shot at in the ruger american rifle (predator).

2400 for the powder liquid alox for the lube.
(powder coat worked fine also).

308 is a fine cartridge for cast imho.

[fatnhappy]

I strictly use my 308's with cast projectiles for plinking and close in shooting at nothing larger than ground hogs with a Lyman 311291 over 34.0 grains of IMR-4985. Makes a good squirrel rifle also.

A man needs to know his limits.