I plan on following this up with my same applications with the 7/08, but I have to get the barrel mounted on the Savage Action I have, stored at a friends house who is currently out of town. So if there is an interest in this, speak up.Īlso open to what bullets you think would be the best choices for the job at hand. I've even had some thoughts, that match bullets, such as the 155 Palma or 168 grain Match might be good for this application, as I can see them yawing when making contact, and actually doing quite a bit of internal damage, ala 223, but with much more desired effect. What would do the most damage if you had to use something like that for a defensive or short range offensive load?. V Maxes or HPs be a better choice, over say the 125 to 130 grain bullets available out there ( say particularly with the 30/30s bullet availability), or say the 150 FMJ and FN designs or RN? or the 170 grain FN bullets for the 30/30 once again. Not only are they rare, but they are expensive at 25¢ and up. While these are real good for close quarters, say under a 100 yds.My quandry is what bullet weights would you guys use if you had an interest in something like that? It feels like the 180 grain 30 caliber projectiles once so popular for 30-30 cartridges would be available in the reloading market for less than what I am finding. He also really liked the ones I loaded up with Trail Boss to produce a 50 to 75 yd 'Cat Sneeze' load. Ive searched the archives and TB, TB, TB is always the answer.

While playing with this 308 to start testing Blue Dot loads for it ( with SR 4759, 4198 and RL 7 also on the list), I also loaded up a few for a friend to try to get his feed back.

170 grain 308 subsonic trailboss