In today’s video we will be going over the 4 reasons that you need a 308 Winchester and 3 reasons why you may want to avoid it. Thanks for watching!
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This list is by no means comprehensive, so let me know if there are any other reasons why you would or wouldn’t want a 308 in your collection.
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For us reloaders, can we also point out the versatility of the projectile itself? You can use, for instance, a 168gr HPBT projectile to load a .300 Blackout, a .308 Win, a 30-06, or a 300 Win Mag. The versatility of cartridges is hard to beat with this caliber, especially when you can use the same projectile across such a varied range of uses.
My thoughts as a hunting round are, 308 is the cartridge name and the recommended distance. Beyond that, in North America, I’d recommend a magnum round larger than a 6.5mm bore. As a deterrent, a 308 or the likes of a 6.5 Creedmoor in a AR-10 chassis would get the job done…. I’ve spent my entire life hunting deer, elk, bear, a single moose, and various varmints, while living in California, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Oregon. So, your mileage will vary as will your choice of cartridges. Each one has advantages and disadvantages. My loyalties are so bifurcated, I built 2 AR-10s, one in 308 & one in 6.5 Creedmoor I took my moose with one round of a WW-I, 8mm Mauser.
A couple bucks on a few more blocks? Come on man!
You defiantly have a radio broadcast voice 😲😁
This was interesting! Subbed.
Thank you 😊
Only reason I bought a 308 was because I was given 700 pieces of brand new brass for free and figured might as well get into a new project. One thing I’ve learned us that .308 diameter bullets BC’s are garbage until you get into heavy weight bullets, and we all know that in the 308 win you cannot push heavy bullets fast. I only shoot out to 500 yards and the drop at that range is just garbage. Wish I would have just bought a 7mm-08 and converted the cases I got for free.
I love 6.5grendal
I live on a very limited budget and I do reload for long range shooting but where I hunt deer in Michigan a shot longer than 100 yards is rare. That being said I do like to shoot out to 1000 yards for fun and like you said the 6mm cartridges will perform better they also burn through barrels much faster than I can afford.
It's just to me, of course, but I like to think of them as formulas.
Are there better bullets out there? Yup. But when the SHTF, your chances of finding 308 is way higher than finding a good portion of the others.
I was surprised how well 6.5 Grendel did…
2 my friends have nothing but trouble with areo ar10 they bought gas issues I think gas blocks are against the shoulder barrel terrible customer service
Barrel life is also less for 6.5. .308 barrels tend to be able to handle higher round count. Although most people may not shoot that many rounds for their uses
If you're not a huge fan of the AR platform, .308 is pretty bad. I mean it still does the job but every other 30 cal just outperforms it.
The best reason to own a .308 – an AR10. I have plenty of AR15's and what I call an AR10 Magnum (300WM beast variant… woah), but my AR10 light builds with 16" match barrels is the perfect all rounder. Plenty accurate out to 600yrds with my reloads. When SHTF, it's my go-to. Pew pew.
0:35 Shooting CONCRETE* blocks can be dangerous too. Do not try any of these test at home!
* You try calling 338 Lapua, a 308 and see if people are not commenting 😅
I know rest of video they were called concrete, just kidding.
Pls lose the obnoxious fake voice dude.
Why must you join the yuppie bandwagon and declare 6.5 Creedmore as a standard to judge 308 Winchester against? That stupid 6.5 Creedmore is a new cartridge that comes kinda close to approximating a cartridge that it’s based off of from the early 1950’s. Think on that a minute, 308 still ain’t been beat, and certainly not by some yuppie cartridge that’s ALL hype. I love the 308 Winchester and would consider a 7mm-08 or better yet a 25-08, but I don’t like something that claims to be more accurate but is it really?, and more powerful, but is it really?, and better but is it really?, no. It achieves similar velocities with lighter bullets, oh shit why aren’t the yuppies going on about 223 Remington and 70gn bullets? Gonna fly straighter it over stabilized enough than 62 gn and buck the wind better than a more appropriate length bullet for it’s caliber. They shouldn’t be compared, the 308 is a grand daddy to them all and still holding its own, which is ahead of your LGB Creedmore
Love 7.62×51 & 308 they have always, and will continue to be the main staple in my cache!
Yah but why have one bullet that can do a most things moderately ok instead of a few different bullets that can do certain things really really well also cough cough 1952 cough cough older then the B.U.F.F. cough
And there's one positive for .308 that ends all arguments.
The M14/M1A comes in .308. It is an 800 yard battle rifle (not 500 yards, wtf where did that bogus number come from).
Even with the new 6.8 cartridge out there, the 308 is not going anywhere.
.308 ROCKS! NATO knows it, the enemy knows it, we ALL know it! I would be more than interested in how many civilians, regularly shoot well beyond 500 yards. And for the record, even among all of the GREAT videos from BB, this one has to be among the top five!
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I'll take my Remington model 700 308 with 165gr federal premium boattail and not hesitate to shoot everything in North America
When it comes to 30cal ar's, no other caliber can beat the price and availability of the long lived and proved 308
I've always looked at high preformance catridges as catering to a niche market for target shooters and long range hunters. Anything over 450 yards check the new hotness. Anything under 450 yards a .308 will do just fine and much cheaper plus you don't necessarily need to reload with the benefit of 8k-10k rounds of barrel life. 6.5CM can do all of this however needs a little longer barrel to match the velocity and has half or less than half the barrel life.
I shot a block like that with a 22 LR, it came back and wizzed by my ear 50 feet away.
No talk about the relationship between 22lr and .308? 22lr ballistics multiplied by 4 equal .308 ballistics closely. So you can even practice at backyard ranges with cheap ammo. Thats a HUGE plus for me
Great video
The .308 is ok, the.30- 06 is better. IMHO, the 7mm-08 version is better (I love my .243)