.308 ammo
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.308 ammo
Time to pick up my 1st few boxes of .308 ammo. Will be shooting my new Ruger Frontier rifle. Uses of this rifle are Hogs & Deer here in Florida. Whatwould you suggest on over the counter, easy to acquire ammo.
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RE: .308 ammo
ORIGINAL: jtb1967
I've gotten great accuracy in a couple rifles out of the Federal Premium with both the 150 grain Nosler balistic tip and 165 grain Sierra btsp loadings.
I've gotten great accuracy in a couple rifles out of the Federal Premium with both the 150 grain Nosler balistic tip and 165 grain Sierra btsp loadings.
I've done some hog hunting around here...you think the ballistic tip is a good bullet to use on hogs, given the bone structure?
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RE: .308 ammo
.308 ammo? I agree with the suggestion on Federal Premium ammo. That's all I use with my Savage .308 bolt action. Everything from the cheap target rounds (American Eagle) to the best Nosler Ballistic Tip rounds.
You just have to see what flavor of .308 ammo your Ruger Frontier will like. Federal, Winchester, Remington, Hornady, etc...
You just have to see what flavor of .308 ammo your Ruger Frontier will like. Federal, Winchester, Remington, Hornady, etc...
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RE: .308 ammo
See, this is why i asked different opinions! since i have the chance to see either huntingat any given time, i need something that is effective for both. Thanks for the info and look forward to hearing more opinions.
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RE: .308 ammo
ORIGINAL: kdvollmer
Black Hills Gold if you can find it. Their premium hunting round crossed with their nearly unbeatable accuracy. There are others out there too. Just my reccommendation
Black Hills Gold if you can find it. Their premium hunting round crossed with their nearly unbeatable accuracy. There are others out there too. Just my reccommendation
I'm guessing you're talking about fairly short to moderate ranges down there in FL.....so yeah, I'd probably start with the premium core-lokts and see how they shot...and then move up the price range. No use in spending 40 bucks a box on Winchester XP3's when a 18 buck box of core-lokts will shoot better and kill things just as dead.