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Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 #6548129 11/17/16 09:02 PM
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I have three brand hunting bullets on my shelf for whitetails and hogs that I want to try for the .308 Winchester, Sierra 150 GK, Sierra 165 GK and the 168 Nosler Ballistic Tips. I am going to use Varget loaded close to max. Which bullet would you pick for whitetail / hog hunting? Range is less than 300 yards. It's my first time using the .308 for hunting.

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Any will work but the 168 NBT is most likely to get you an exit if you care about those things.



Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6548149 11/17/16 09:22 PM
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Not sure any of the 3 is better than the other.


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Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: dee] #6548205 11/17/16 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted By: dee
Not sure any of the 3 is better than the other.


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Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: redchevy] #6548237 11/17/16 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted By: redchevy
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Not sure any of the 3 is better than the other.


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x3. I'd lean to the 165 SGK, just b/c I have killed a few things in a 308 with it, and it performed great.


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Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6548276 11/17/16 10:50 PM
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X-3 all great I would go for the one that shoots best in your 308

Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6548872 11/18/16 07:37 AM
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Thanks guys for the responses, was curious on expansion on those bullets since it will be impact velocity under 2600 fps at these ranges.I have loaded some up to try to see which shoots better in my rifle.

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You'll have no problems with the expansion of the Game King. I use 165gr HPBT in my AR10 and the performance has been great.

Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6549665 11/18/16 08:43 PM
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Agree, you shouldn't have any problems with expansion at impact velocities in the neighborhood of 2600 fps, even 2400-2500 readily expand with cup and core bullets.


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Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6549699 11/18/16 09:24 PM
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165 gr SGK spire point boat tail, fired from a .308 Win. This is after entering a whitetail buck quartering toward me. Entered front right shoulder, and was recovered left flank. It expanded to .75" and still weighed 142 gr.


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Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6549908 11/19/16 01:01 AM
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Serria game Kings for both.
The hogs skin is thicker a poly carbonate could over expand at close range.
I love Nosler nt on deer

Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6550107 11/19/16 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted By: Big Stan
Thanks guys for the responses, was curious on expansion on those bullets since it will be impact velocity under 2600 fps at these ranges.I have loaded some up to try to see which shoots better in my rifle.

Are you implying impact velocity will be near 2,600 fps, in .308, at 300yds? If so, I'm curious as to what the gun is. At 300yds I'd imagine fps would be maybe 2,200, which is still good for the SGK.


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Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: BIGDOG1956] #6550250 11/19/16 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted By: BIGDOG1956
Serria game Kings for both.
The hogs skin is thicker a poly carbonate could over expand at close range.
I love Nosler nt on deer


I've killed 2 pigs with one shot using a 150gr nosler bt at 75yds out of a 06. Also 3 with one shot with a 150gr 7mm bt. They are tougher than they get a rap for. If pushed really hard they can be troublesome imo.


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Nosler has toughened up their "Hunting " BTips a lot since they first came out. I'd be willing to bet that the current 168 BTip would penetrate better than the 165 SGK. But either would be fine at 308 velocities.

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Not .308 Win., but I've been using 165 gr. SGK's for my .30-'06 handloads for years without issue. Love 'em.


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Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6555300 11/23/16 04:10 AM
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I've been very happy with the SGK out of my 20" .308. Loaded at 2550 fps (estimate) and I've shot 2 good size pigs in the last few days. One broke a vertebrae and exited, one was a frontal shot that took the shoulder out and didn't exit. Both were drt.

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Just got back from the range after running a few loads with 168 Nosler BT and Varget / CCI 200 primers. Ran 3 round groups from 43.2 grains to 45.7 grains of Varget in .3 increments. All the groups were .5 MOA or less, with those two groups looking good enough for some whitetail / hog hunting. I will not play with seating depth or do any tweaking, its good enough for some hunting. I may lean to the slower load at 2,720 fps, deer won't know the difference.

P.S. There are other holes in the target with the x on them, ignore them, they were from crappy bullets I was shooting out of the 7mm Mag to fireform new brass.




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I think you might be close to finding your load! wink Good shootin'

Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6556289 11/23/16 10:41 PM
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Based on the latest information, I would lean towards the 168 NBT. cheers



Re: Sierra Gamekings vs Nosler Ballistic Tips for .308 [Re: TackDriver] #6586559 12/14/16 05:14 PM
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You can't go wrong with any of those bullets but I would start with the Nosler bullet just because it has been a stellar performer for me in both 30-06 and 308 rifles.

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I like Nosler BT but I've had cases where it
goes straight through on deer (unless I hit bones)

I've gone back to Nosler Partition for deer

based on that I vote for 150 SG

however, BT on hogs still my favorite, explosive and deadly every time

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Personally I dont like any plastic on the front of my hunting bullets. Well maybe ELD-X, not sure on that one yet.
Anyway SGK or Honady Interlocks are killing bullets. There are several more in that old school look category that gets the job done.


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Nosler BT..for sure...though both would work the results Ive seen with SGKs are, shall we say, 'erratic'...

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I'm of the opinion that any 150+ hunting bullet from a 308 Win will kill whitetail and hogs just fine. I would use whatever is most consistently accurate.



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Originally Posted By: scottfromdallas
I'm of the opinion that any 150+ hunting bullet from a 308 Win will kill whitetail and hogs just fine. I would use whatever is most consistently accurate.

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