My LR-308 is still a .308 Win

Thats just because I haven't bought a 7mm-08 barrel for it yet.

Tons of guys hunting with a .308. My current go to rifle is a rem 788 in 308. I do hunt with other calibers as well, but the rifle/scope combo on the 308 is my favorite currently

You shoot that at Hunters Challenge?

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I recommend going to the store where you buy ammo and check the shelves. I have seen much 7-08. 308 however is very easy to find.

If the 3 you listed, 7-08 all day for the reason other folks said. But give the 308 a look if you haven’t.

You shoot that at Hunters Challenge?


ah the good old days

So 30-06 it is?

The good old days?

You came to one out of five. One!

I don’t think there are too many mainstream hunting options that won’t do what your asking of it in this scenario. Most important thing is to practice enough that you can do it.

Hunters Challenge??? I’m in.

More than one, enjoyed every one

.308 is the easy button, ammo is more readily available, even in most small towns if there is any ammo at all. It seems to have replaced .30-06 as the one ammo always on the shelf if anything is. The choice of ammo and components for reloading seems to always have something available during the shortages. .308 is super versatile. Loads can run from mild to wild. I’ve loaded 125 to 190’s for .308. For hunting these days, the Barnes TTSX (not the TSX which I do not like) 130 at 3100 has proven to be a nice choice for deer and pigs. This basically mimics a .270 Win, which while neither new nor glamorous has a well proven track record and is another to consider.

7-08 is a great cartridge, but ammo and component availability can be erratic. So, if this round is the choice, stock up and enjoy a fine round.

The big factor in favor of .308 and 7-08 is they are mild enough to make practice enjoyable and reliably making longer shots in the field requires practice.

Shooting a good group off the bench 6” from the bullseye at 300 yards after ten shots will not translate to a good result from a cold bore shot when cold, tired, and bleary eyed in the first light of morning.

Most hunters are overgunned and underpracticed.

The path to good results is a good rifle, a great scope, plenty of ammo, and practice.

Practice hitting the bullseye, that is what matters.

Jeffbird you nailed it. Over gunned and under practiced. Most, myself included, ignore cold bore shots. When hunting that’s the only one that counts.

Western, that way no one ever try’s to borrow, use or steal your ammo.

We had one last year, stay tuned. It may happen again. Senior's place, Valley View, Texas.

I'm a little late responding...but, yes, it was the one that I shot at the Hunter's challenge.

Who is Senior? Part of the S&S guns crew? Or just a random forum member?

Part of the S&S crew, and a forum member, and the host of the long range .22 and 500 yard centerfire matches in Valley View.
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Back in the late '70's and 80's when I was repping firearms in 5 states for a Dallas based wholesale house ( and the sister locations Berns Wholesale in Denver & Ellett Bro's in Chapin South Carolina & later in 5 states for Stoeger, the SAKO importer. I settled on using 2 calibers 90% of the time. A 270 and a 300Wmg. Why? the average bullet drop at distance was almost exactly the same in both calibers in 100 yard increments until the target was past 5-600 yards.

One year I had won an all expense's paid free hunt in Wyoming one year by selling more Weaver scopes than anyone else in my Carrollton based company location , and killed a Pronghorn at a little over 500 yards with a dead stock 270 & factory ammo, while leaning against a fender of the Bronco and shooting offhand. Still got the pronghorn mount in the reloading shed.

Ammo is/was at the time available in almost every gas station or liquor store in hunting country....as long as it was a handful of calibers like a 270, 30'06 or 300 Wmg. My Denver based partner, who actually lived in Phoenix , bested me in the betting pot for distance of the kill by killing his Speed Goat at 800 steps (as paced off by the Weaver rep, with his 38" inseams) but the Denver based partner was also a semi pro trap shooter in those days and used to hitting targets at way beyond anything I had ever done. The Weaver rep was super surprised since you could hear my partners lungs heave from well over a 100+ yards away ...'cause he was a 4 pack a day smoker!

Practice makes perfect.
Ron