.308 Accuracy ?
I am trading off my 15 year old Win. 70 in .270 even after the bedding, trigger work and all. It won't shoot. I have no trouble with my other guns in other calibers. (.30-30, .45-70 et all.
I will be buying a bolt action .308. I have heard about the great inherant accuracy.
Is the rumor true?
Assume $600 range.
Which of the Major company offerings would you choose? why?
Thank you for your guidance, Masters!
I will be buying a bolt action .308. I have heard about the great inherant accuracy.
Is the rumor true?
Assume $600 range.
Which of the Major company offerings would you choose? why?
Thank you for your guidance, Masters!
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yes the 308 is very accurate (but only as accurate as the shooter). This is why it is the backbone of military and law enforcement sniper teams.
The 270 is also very accurate. I've had a factory Browning A-Bolt in .270 that would shoot nickle size groups at 100yds. Have you tried several different loads in your 270 (like hornady 130gr)? If not, consider doing this before getting rifd of it.
The 308 basicly gives you 30.06 performance with much fewer bullet weight options and the ability to shoot surplus military ammo.
Any of the major mfgr offer the .308, so look for the fit and style you like and get one.
Also consider the 7m-080 -
I have tried 6 different .270 offerings. My absolute best is 2.5 in at 100 yards. A lot of my hunting whitetail involves 200 yard shots in S. Texas. I can get 1" groups out of my other guns (rifles) excepting my Win. .30-30. My .45-70 cloverleafs at 100 yards.
But I need the range advantage.0 -
topkick,sounds like you've got your mind made up. Yep, the .308 has a well earned reputation for accuracy as pointed out in earlier posts. However, some years back the factories considered a 3" group satisfactory for a deer rifle, but nowadays shooters want to do better than that. Regardless, think about the facts that a deer sized target is a whole lot bigger than 6". If your rifle will hit within 3" of where the crosshairs are at 200 yards you ain't gonna miss him! Heck, for that matter, you could re-barrel that piece with a new .270, .280, 30-06, or several other calibers and come out cheaper than a new gun.
Have fun thinking about it,
OleDuk[:)][:)]
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British Major John Pitcairn, April 19, 1775. He fell at Bunker Hill two months later.0 -
Topkick,
I will bet your 270 barrel is a victim of metal fowling. Do you want to give it one more chance or just see it shoot good before you trade it off?
Look for a friend or local gunsmith that has an electronic cleaning "fowl-out" gismo. After thoroughly cleaning the metal fowling out of the barrel, I'll bet it'll shoot again.
Please post again & let us know what you find.
"all I really need to know I learned in kindergarten" Robert Fulghum
anyone who says "nobody needs a full auto" has never been in front of a brown bear charge0 -
hmm.. well, its not the caliber. I can shoot moa with my ruger m77mkII, and that thing has a trigger pull like a mule.. if I had a timney trigger and a floated barrel, id easily be shooting half moa..
but the 308 is also a great accurate caliber, your winchester must have something seriously wrong with it.
"I will no longer debate a liberal because I feel they are beneath contempt. Just communicating with one contaminates a person." - whiteclouder0 -
and if you want a .308 in the $600 range, well, I like my ruger, even with the heavy trigger, and its under $600. Savage makes a hell of a rifle as well, especially for the money.
"I will no longer debate a liberal because I feel they are beneath contempt. Just communicating with one contaminates a person." - whiteclouder0 -
I love the .308 and i too hunt in South Texas.
After using a 30-06 and .270 for years i really have to say that all three of these are great choices for deer but i like the milder recoil of the .308 while firing a box of bullets on the range.
However when hunting and making one shot at a deer then the recoil is a moot point.
As a friend calls it,it's nothing more than a 30-06 lite.
Check out the Howa rifles.
These rifles cost very little and are well known for their accuracy.
And like the Remington 700 the trigger is adjustable.
Have fun choosing.
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Thank's for the input. I wanted to state that the barrel is very clean. It was recently floated and the stock inletted to set the barrel down. (To correct a factory error). I have a 44 ounce trigger pull. I've spent so much money on this gun I am sick. I also have replaced the scope 3 times to eliminate that from the equation.
It is a Lightweight/laminated stock version and is beautiful.
Handloads- yes, I have. The 130 grain loads are better by 1" than the 150. I'm not a perfectionist, but if it's in my safe, it's gonna have to earn it's way!
Thank you for your comments!0 -
topkick,..just for the sake of it,...fold a business card and wedge it under the front of the stock/barrel so that it's TIGHT. Fire 3 more rounds of the best ammo you have found it likes. if it tightens up,..you simply need a contact point. I have found that quite a few pencil barreled rifles won't shoot their best without this being present. The problem with floating a barrel,..is that in order for it to shoot well while floated,..it MUST be a straight or relatively straight barrel (which is not as common with factory barrels as you might think). Have your gunsmith set your factory barrel in a lathe and turn it on,..you can very clearly see how unstraight a factory barrel is[:0]
rem 700vs or vls would be my bet if you had to replace the rifle.
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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