.308 cal. Adequate ?

[Allsmiles]

The 308 managed recoil loads are still hotter then the 7.62x39 that I killed whitetails for years with (Wolf 123gr HP @2400). Like everyone keeps saying, shot placement is what really matters. BTW, I got a carbine LR308 and I think it is lighter than my old rifle 7.62x39 AR.

 

[GeauxLSU]

Lots of cartridges are 'adequate'. Fewer are 'ideal'. Both are debatable.
If this post is about a new rifle for hunting white-tail in Texas, heck most anything will do. I shot 6 deer there. 3 with a .243 and 3 with a .270. The 3 shot with the .243 were all DRT. The 3 shot with the .270 all rain (a little).

 

[24on48hunting]

Shot placement. .308's rule!

What he said.

 

[Tiamat]

300 black out in bolt or ar platform. If are shooting 200 yards or less then you will have no problems.
I know that some people dont want to do the paper work but a suppressed 308 feels like a 22 mag.

 

[Bear44]

300 black out in bolt or ar platform. If are shooting 200 yards or less then you will have no problems.
I know that some people dont want to do the paper work but a suppressed 308 feels like a 22 mag.

Has about the same external ballistics, too. At least the subsonics. LOL!

 

[bearpugh]

Is there any mid-large game in North America that you do not think a .308 would be an adequate round to hunt with?

plenty of horsepower if you do your part.

 

[bearpugh]

i'd use 150 grn in texas. lower recoil and flatter shooting.

 

[hseII]

Due to some minor injuries ( neck, shoulder) I'm becoming a bit recoil sensitive. My go to deer gun is a Browning A Bolt 270 WSM.

I do have a Remington VTR .308 that has less felt recoil. But is still a little punishing to shoot more than just a few rounds at a time through. The 270WSM is even worse.


We are both going on a Texas Whitetail hunt together this season so I'm considering a new hunting rifle.

.260 or 7-08 in a model 7 or 700.

 

[Tiamat]

Has about the same external ballistics, too. At least the subsonics. LOL!

I meant yo say that if you get a .30 suppressor. A 7.62x51 recoil feels like a 22 mag.

 

[dsp]

Shot placement is a given, but that argument can also be used to justify a head shot on a grizzly bear with a .17rem