I did the deed and picked up a montana in .308, which oddly enough I have limited experience with as a CB round. I've putzed around with most the other .30 cals and have a bevy of 06s, a pair of .30-40s and .30-30s. I've always been of the mind that if you can't go fast, go heavy. Consequently I load a lot of 311290s and 311284s for hunting in my model 70 06.
My other .308 in a hunting rifle is a savage 99, which shoots the 311291 exceedingly well, my 311041 less so. One of my considerations is possibly putting together a cross platform hunting load for both rifles. I have a pretty wide swath of .30 cal moulds with the exception of ranch dogs or RCBS middle weights.
I'm torn between working up 311041 or 311407 loads vs experimenting with heavyweights. An awful lot of deer have fallen to 175 grain boolits at .30-30 velocities, to include my marlins. Bear in the adirondacks is the heaviest animal I'm likely to hunt anytime in the next couple seasons.
I'd like to hear the thoughts of others that are using the .308 and mould designs I might want to look at further.