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The link indicates 2800 and up for accuracy. I don't use that light a bullet in my 308 anymore so I can't give you more help than that. What twist is his rifle?

I had a Rem 742 Woodsmaster a long while ago that would shoot the 110gr Win Silvertips into a quarter at 100yrds. Other ammo was ok accurate but it loved those bullets for some reason

 

That rem would of been a good fox /coyote gun.

 

One of my .308s has a 1in 12 barrel. It shoots 125 grain Sierras over a load of W-748 into pretty small groups. Although it's supposed to be a medium game bullet it's a tad fragile if the shots aren't carefully chosen. Might work well on coyotes.

 

Loading light bullets that scream along at light speed has long been one of my favorite hobbies, within this hobby.

I don't do much .308 development, it's just not one of my favorites, no bashing, I'm just not drawn to the .308, and I have worked with some really nice builds too. But I've done quite a bit .30 cal. with 30-06 and 300 WM. I also like varmint loading with .270 win. and a few other cartridges.

I have a load I run in one of the Rem 700's chambered in 7mm RM that's an absolute tack driver. It annihilates coyotes at 500 yards. I don;t have my log book handy right now, but if I recall correctly, those 100 gr. HP's are moving along at around 3700 fps.. I also have a 90 gr. .270 win load that is screaming along at about the same velocity, and it will just about gut and skin a yote with a center mass shot.

My take on this, is do some developments and see what kind of accuracy you can squeeze out of them. That's really the fun part anyway, more shooting is always fun.

Enjoy and be safe!

SMOA

 

I'm thinking about trying out a 270 win using 100 grn ers.
Its pretty impressive stuff, for foxes , or 25-06 but the 270 seems to have the edge,

 

Tried the Speer 125gr TNT in Rem 308 Win and found a very mild, super accurate load with H-4895 going AV 2800fps. I need to bump it up to the next node for varmints, since it just bores a hole through Rockchucks.
The Speer 130gr big hole hp is very destructive with Varget @ 3000+, but not as accurate in my rifle.
I never thought the 125gr bullet would be 1/4" accurate but it is. Never really know until you try it yourself.

 

The muzzle velocities for the .308W attained with the light bullets as posted can be bettered with 150gr bullets and then the downrange velocity retention will be way better, including lesser side-wind displacement.

Shreck, I sold my .270W long ago so have forgotten mist of the stuff, save for the fact that I ONLY shot 150gr bullets at 2880 ft/sec. from it, but I am of the opinion that at 150 yards and beyond the 110gr bullet will be slower than the 130gr and at 250 yards it may blow away on the wind?

 

For varmint hunting, you'd recommend the 150gr bullets?

Velocity "retention" may be better, but actual velocity will probably still favor the lighter bullet, launched at a higher MV...at least until you get WAY out there.

I think the 110gr bullet at 2800fps will do very well on varmints, within a suitable range. With that said, I'd rather drive the 125gr bullets to about the same speed and take advantages of the higher BC.

 

Hello all, A friend of mine wants me to help him load some 110 gr .308 win. varmint loads, what would you do, load them slower 2800 fps or faster 3200 fps?

Well if you want them dead, go for the big number. A 110gr HP from any of the bullet people that makes one is a bomb in a .308 or .30−06. For several years growing up on a farm, I used the Speer 100gr Plinker with H4895 in a bolt action .30−30, and there were no wounded groundhogs with that one either, all the way out to 200yds or so.

If you want to recover the pieces as fur, a heavier bullet going slow would work better. Shooting many a chuck with a 130gr Speer or Hornady HP, those are as destructive as the 110′s. One of BTB′s cast options would also be a good fur bullet.

 

Not the first time i have been told the 150's are the go for 308 varmit and target.
If i had a digital range finding scope i think they would be ideal.
But i find it to hard to judge distance at night , rows of trees , gullies , hills and changing terain in general make it hard to be able to judge distance in a spotlight enough to take advantage of the down range advantages .
Even a bit of mist dulling the spotlight makes a big diferance .
In my opinion between 250 mtrs and 450 mtrs any caliber has its problems,if its not bullet drop its windage or recoil !
Most spotlights peter out at 450 mtrs any way and a lot dont get there.
so far the easist 250 mtr to 450 mtr caliber i have shot has been a 25-06.
I haven't used a 270 but i cant see it being much diferant.
What i realy would like to try is a 90 grn bullet shot from a 27-08.
I have yet to try 165 grn bullets in my 338/378 mag doing 3600fps.
But i cant imagine there being much left to hunt whith that much noise!
With a digitall range finder scope a 223 with 90 grn bullets would be a good combo of noise and efective distance i would think.
Of course if we could use a suppresser everything would be diferant. In that case it would be hard to go past a 22-250.

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I'v got a 308 i am planning to dedicate to shooting with light varmit bullets , 1-14 twist big long barrel . I will be using what ever i can get going the quickest with accuracy hope fully it will be 110 grn screamers.

 

Shreck, try 125gr. Nosler Ballistic Tips if you can get them. Very accurate in my experience and pretty good effects on the receiving end.....

 

110 Gr. Bullets for the win 308,? Check the Lyman Reloading Manual.? It lists some impressive Powders,? To use with the 110 Gr. Bullet Etc.?

 

I'd load both and see what is more accurate which can be the biggest challenge of those varmint style bullets. A 110gr bullet at 2800-3200 will be more than quite sufficient for coyote to groundhog size targets. Look up some stats for a .223 if you have any doubts.