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Anyone with experience hunting with a suppressed .308 rifle? What ammo are you using?
I've been running 150gr Winchester super-x power point the past year through a bergara wilderness ridge 18" with more than enough scope to see. I had several boxes of the 150s and after 2 days at the range getting comfortable shooting different ammo I loaded up the 150s and took a high shoulder shot that dropped a mid-sized 3x2 sika in its tracks- No complaints there! However getting back on the range i now feel like the 150's weren't as consistent as the 168gr (cant remember which 168's off the top of my head but it was a federal factory hunting ammo). After re-reading the bergara manual it appears they sight in with 168gr, so im reconsidering what i will shoot. Ive been hunting under 200-250 yards, but have a stand and a box blind i can use where im able to see 5x that distance over a field. Not ready for 1000yd shots, but my goal before the season is to dial in so i can take the rifle into the woods and as close as 25yd, but also take it to the field and reach out to 300-350yds if one of the big boys take the far trail.
To complicate the matter this offseason ill be adding a dedicated suppressor to my hunting kit , so I plan to spend a couple more days at the range with a variety of ammo to re-sight anyways. So im hoping this community will share some experience, thoughts and recommendations for ammo grain weight, factory load quality, shooting suppressed/unsuppressed, etc. I have shot paper suppressed with other weapons but this is a first for hunting.
I am the only hunter in my family, still within my first decade of rifle hunting, and the guys i hunt with haven't changed their rifle or ammo in so long and/or they dont have much in the way of experienced input. So i will value each comment here greatly.
No matter what the final load is I hope to stock up on hunting ammo before the politics and climate change make it unaffordable or some kind of social sin to buy more than 5 bullets at a time. Where do yall get bulk hunting ammo? What rounds do you shoot in a .308 when hunting suppressed? Thanks to all in advance.
I've been running 150gr Winchester super-x power point the past year through a bergara wilderness ridge 18" with more than enough scope to see. I had several boxes of the 150s and after 2 days at the range getting comfortable shooting different ammo I loaded up the 150s and took a high shoulder shot that dropped a mid-sized 3x2 sika in its tracks- No complaints there! However getting back on the range i now feel like the 150's weren't as consistent as the 168gr (cant remember which 168's off the top of my head but it was a federal factory hunting ammo). After re-reading the bergara manual it appears they sight in with 168gr, so im reconsidering what i will shoot. Ive been hunting under 200-250 yards, but have a stand and a box blind i can use where im able to see 5x that distance over a field. Not ready for 1000yd shots, but my goal before the season is to dial in so i can take the rifle into the woods and as close as 25yd, but also take it to the field and reach out to 300-350yds if one of the big boys take the far trail.
To complicate the matter this offseason ill be adding a dedicated suppressor to my hunting kit , so I plan to spend a couple more days at the range with a variety of ammo to re-sight anyways. So im hoping this community will share some experience, thoughts and recommendations for ammo grain weight, factory load quality, shooting suppressed/unsuppressed, etc. I have shot paper suppressed with other weapons but this is a first for hunting.
I am the only hunter in my family, still within my first decade of rifle hunting, and the guys i hunt with haven't changed their rifle or ammo in so long and/or they dont have much in the way of experienced input. So i will value each comment here greatly.
No matter what the final load is I hope to stock up on hunting ammo before the politics and climate change make it unaffordable or some kind of social sin to buy more than 5 bullets at a time. Where do yall get bulk hunting ammo? What rounds do you shoot in a .308 when hunting suppressed? Thanks to all in advance.