Yep. My 175smk sub loads group to 4 1/2" at 300 yds. Droopy as a rainbow, but consistent. And although they exhibit very little expansion, as expected, a well placed shot on a fox works very well, and doesn't spook any of the several, £.25m top dressage horses I shoot around.meles meles wrote:Hmmm, might 300 mards be achievable with subsonic .308 and reasonable (2 MoA) accuracy ?
308 subsonics
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Swamp Donkey
Re: 308 subsonics
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Maggot
Re: 308 subsonics
Dan, just a thought.
Lapua make some heavy .308 sub factory loads mate. I have a couple of examples in my collection, one commercial, one mil spec loaded for AI.
Give them a bell/email and ask what they are using in them.....or what they suggest to get the best out of their bullets.
Lapua make some heavy .308 sub factory loads mate. I have a couple of examples in my collection, one commercial, one mil spec loaded for AI.
Give them a bell/email and ask what they are using in them.....or what they suggest to get the best out of their bullets.
Re: 308 subsonics
I have a fair few factory Lapua subs here in shiny new boxes, shout if you want to try some and I am sure we can work something out using Maggot as the courier, assuming he does come and see me at some point and is OK with such things and....
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Dannywayoflife
Re: 308 subsonics
Thanks Davy I may well take you up on that mate! I think the factory lapua stuff uses the same 200 grain bullets that I have a box of 
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Swamp Donkey
Re: 308 subsonics
they won't tell you :/Maggot wrote:Dan, just a thought.
Lapua make some heavy .308 sub factory loads mate. I have a couple of examples in my collection, one commercial, one mil spec loaded for AI.
Give them a bell/email and ask what they are using in them.....or what they suggest to get the best out of their bullets.
Re: 308 subsonics
They probably will, they told me what was in the 170HPS, downside is it was a Bofors powder...Swamp Donkey wrote:they won't tell you :/Maggot wrote:Dan, just a thought.
Lapua make some heavy .308 sub factory loads mate. I have a couple of examples in my collection, one commercial, one mil spec loaded for AI.
Give them a bell/email and ask what they are using in them.....or what they suggest to get the best out of their bullets.
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Maggot
Re: 308 subsonics
It was circa 10 grains of god knows what Dan.Dannywayoflife wrote:Thanks Davy I may well take you up on that mate! I think the factory lapua stuff uses the same 200 grain bullets that I have a box of
Sure something can be sorted.
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