Doing some of your own testing should tell you quickly.Īt one point in my R&D, I tried Hornady Interlock 220 grain & 180 grain bullets and Speer 200 grain HotCor bullets - they worked just fine but I get better results with the Nosler bullets, and Nosler seconds (blems) on sale (when you can find them) are cheaper than the Hornady Interlocks or Speer HotCors. 308 Win Handloads Testing & Understanding USA - ()- Understanding the principles of making subsonic ammunition takes time and a bit of creativity. You can even go as fast as bullseye, but I wouldn’t recommend it. IMR-4227 is a popular choice, the old time classic is 2400. 308 Winchester Bullet weight : 175 Grain Bullet type : Hollow Point Condition : Excellent Casing : Brass Primer : Boxer Muzzle velocity : 1027. You’ll want something in the slow-magnum-pistol powder burn rate or faster. Using your shorter barrel, you should be able to get 180s to go subsonic pretty easily. For 308, you absolutely do not want to use varget for subsonic. AND a ton of fun to shoot with essentially no recoil. All in all, fun and effective sniping from 100-125 yards on loner hogs or pairs. A couple made it across a property line into thick woods where we couldn’t pursue them. None that we recovered made it further than 75 yards. A better solution in my opinion is to have two rifles,one subsonic only, the other supersonic only. They were 4 per case since theyre CNC machined from bar stock. In the past Ive seen them for sale but havent found them recently. Using a TBAC Ultra 9 (30 cal), the rig is hollywood/pellet gun quiet. 308 Maker Bullets dropped most of the hogs where they stood. You may be able to find reduced capacity 308 Win cases suitable for subsonic loads. Rifle: Bolt action, 20" barrel, 10" twistįor me, both bullets are subsonic and make nice round holes in the target at 50 & 100 yards. Charge weight: 12.5 grains (this is NOT a compressed load never compress TB)īullets: either the 210 grain Nosler RDF or the 220 grain Nosler CC (both bullets are about the same length 1.510")ĬOAL: SAAMI length correction > (Magpul) AICS mag length (2.87")
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