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I was wondering what other folks are hunting with this year... I finally had the 308 built I have been putting off for a long time and finally bit the bullet...

Joe Collier ( Rifles )who is an awesome builder and also a super nice guy... helped me get the project from paper into my hands... this setup is better than I thought it would be!!!

I am still deciding which bullet to use and I have some testing to do this weekend... What is your favorite 308 round for white tail deer? I am including some of the build specs below. Keep in mind I wanted a short 308 for a suppressor host so keep that in mind.

Shoots 168 Barnes very well...


MDT CBRN w/ hunting bottom metal…
Kauger/Collier Elite Lite action
Proof Sendero 16” (twist 1 in 10)
Chambered in 308
Trigger-tech Diamond
Leupold VX6-HD 3-18x50
Hawkins Rings with level


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For Georgia whitetail, it’s usually the same Remington 788 .308 that I’ve used for 30 years now. Glass-bedded, re-crowned, topped with a first generation Leupold Vari-X III 2.5-8x36mm, and loaded with Georgia Arms 165grn Nosler Ballistic Tips. It’s the rifle on the bottom.

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I like to take out the Winchester 94 .30-30 now and again. Started as a 20” heavy octagon version, which I chopped to 16” into a short rifle. Williams receiver rear sight and a Marble sourdough front sight, with Federal 170grn Fusions.

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If I ever finished installing a Winchester bolt-mounted peep sight to my 1942 Winchester 71 .348 Winchester, I’d like to take it in the woods.

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I’m taking my SIG Cross .308 to Montana for elk this year. I’ve got a cow elk tag, a doe tag (whitetail or mule), and a pronghorn doe tag. Topped with a Nightforce NX8 F1 4-32x50mm.

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I go to SE Ohio for whitetail every year, and hunt with family. You have to use a straight-walled cartridge up there, so I take two rifles chambered in .375 Winchester. Both are topped with identical Nightforce NXS Compact 2.5-10x32mm scopes.

Top one is a Ruger No. 3 single-shot. Bottom one is a Winchester 375.

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cmshoot said:
For Georgia whitetail, it’s usually the same Remington 788 .308 that I’ve used for 30 years now. Glass-bedded, re-crowned, topped with a first generation Leupold Vari-X III 2.5-8x36mm, and loaded with Georgia Arms 165grn Nosler Ballistic Tips. It’s the rifle on the bottom.

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I like to take out the Winchester 94 .30-30 now and again. Started as a 20” heavy octagon version, which I chopped to 16” into a short rifle. Williams receiver rear sight and a Marble sourdough front sight, with Federal 170grn Fusions.

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If I ever finished installing a Winchester bolt-mounted peep sight to my 1942 Winchester 71 .348 Winchester, I’d like to take it in the woods.

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I’m taking my SIG Cross .308 to Montana for elk this year. I’ve got a cow elk tag, a doe tag (whitetail or mule), and a pronghorn doe tag. Topped with a Nightforce NX8 F1 4-32x50mm.

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I go to SE Ohio for whitetail every year, and hunt with family. You have to use a straight-walled cartridge up there, so I take two rifles chambered in .375 Winchester. Both are topped with identical Nightforce NXS Compact 2.5-10x32mm scopes.

Top one is a Ruger No. 3 single-shot. Bottom one is a Winchester 375.

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Great information… thanks for sharing…
 
May be my daughter’s first year whitetail hunting. I picked up this rifle, but haven’t shot it yet. If she shoots it well, this will probably be hers. .257 Roberts, on a surplus Mauser action. Great whitetail cartridge, low recoiling, and lightweight. Scope is a Leupold VX3-HD CDS-ZL.

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Managed to get to the range today… I got the trigger adjusted to my liking… then shot first 3 shot group at 100 yards.

I adjusted the gun a little more and shot another 3 shot group…

Made a few more adjustments and shot one more group and the MV settled down at 2675 with 150gr blk tip.
 

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Clintstone said:
Managed to get to the range today… I got the trigger adjusted to my liking… then shot first 3 shot group at 100 yards.

I adjusted the gun a little more and shot another 3 shot group…

Made a few more adjustments and shot one more group and the MV settled down at 2675 with 150gr blk tip.
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Nice!
 
Marlin 336 30/30 with Sig MSR 1-6x24
Savage Axis 2 .308 with Vortex Crossfire 2 3-9x40
Tikka T3X .300win with Ziess Diavari 3-12x56
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Ruger SFAR10 .308 with Burris RT6 1-6x24
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Do most of my hunting with the cheapest Federal 150gr soft points I can find for the .308’s and 30/30 and Norma 180gr soft points for the 300
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