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I am wondering why you are not running a .311 or .312 dia bullet instead of
.308. Do you have a .308 dia barrel.
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Dick,
I have a .311 barrel. I'm just playing around with the .308 since they have a vast number of bullet designs. Well, that and I have a crapload of them for my 30-06 to play with.
BTW, the XTP hp's are .309 dia and I have tested a hand full of .32 acp (.312) bullets in similar tests.
I know they won't be as accurate as .310 bullets but for messing around experimenting, and not getting bored, while I'm off for the winter they are doing a great job.
I normally shoot Hornady 123gr SST (.310) for coyotes and small vermin but I have 20rnds of Barnes 108gr M/LE (.310) bullets loaded now for similar use. They really seem like they would do a good job.
I have also tinkered with Hornady 174gr fmjbt (.3105), Lapua D166 (.310) and Hornady SST 150gr (.311) as well as a few other .308 bullets for fun.
I've talked to a few guys who have .308x39 barrels and they all pretty much told me that one of the main reasons they went with the smaller bore was to dig into the vast selection of .308 bullets. All but one said they had decent results with .308 bullets out of their .310 barrels bolt action rifles but the one who had bad results also admitted that he was shooting an SKS before he had his current rifle built.
Scott
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