Browning .308 X-Bolt
10-25-2021, 06:15 AM
#1
Spike
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Browning .308 X-Bolt
Hello all, I have a Browning .308 X-Bolt, I am using 150 grain bullets. My question is: Does it matter which brand bullet I use as long as it is 150 grain bullets?? I sighted my .308 in with Winchester 150 grain bullets. Now, if i was to use Hornaday 150 grain SST bullets, will they shoot the same? Or should I use the same brand I sighted my .308 in with?
10-25-2021, 06:26 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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all ammo can change point of aim, if you do NOT wish to shoot new ammo to see, then stick with what you know worked and was accurate enough for your liking
different brands even of the same grain, , again can change things, typically not enough to miss a deer at 100-200 yards
but every rifle will have one load/bullet/powder it likes best and will be the most accurate out of YOUR rifle
switching things you will see changes how, large or small, , only way to know is to shoot them and see!
different brands even of the same grain, , again can change things, typically not enough to miss a deer at 100-200 yards
but every rifle will have one load/bullet/powder it likes best and will be the most accurate out of YOUR rifle
switching things you will see changes how, large or small, , only way to know is to shoot them and see!
10-25-2021, 07:12 AM
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I have a 220 grain .30-06 load that hits to the same POI as a 165 grain load at 100 yards.
This is nice for me as I've used the 220s on several deer (not necessary, just to use) a bear and an elk. But regularly shoot the 165s for whitetail.
Not that this is normal. But different loads, weights, brands, can have different POI.
This is nice for me as I've used the 220s on several deer (not necessary, just to use) a bear and an elk. But regularly shoot the 165s for whitetail.
Not that this is normal. But different loads, weights, brands, can have different POI.
10-26-2021, 12:59 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
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Location: west central wi USA
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I have a 220 grain .30-06 load that hits to the same POI as a 165 grain load at 100 yards.
This is nice for me as I've used the 220s on several deer (not necessary, just to use) a bear and an elk. But regularly shoot the 165s for whitetail.
Not that this is normal. But different loads, weights, brands, can have different POI.
This is nice for me as I've used the 220s on several deer (not necessary, just to use) a bear and an elk. But regularly shoot the 165s for whitetail.
Not that this is normal. But different loads, weights, brands, can have different POI.
10-26-2021, 02:55 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Location: Kansas
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You walk into a room in a strange house. There’s a pair of pants on the floor. You try them on. They fit. It’s purely coincidental.
No, you cannot rely upon all bullets of the same weight to shoot to the same zero. Even if the load prints the same 100yrd zero, it won’t print the same at 200yrds unless it shares the exact same velocity and exact same ballistic coefficient - which different bullets loaded in different ammunition typically do not share.
No, you cannot rely upon all bullets of the same weight to shoot to the same zero. Even if the load prints the same 100yrd zero, it won’t print the same at 200yrds unless it shares the exact same velocity and exact same ballistic coefficient - which different bullets loaded in different ammunition typically do not share.
