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10/28/2012 11:19 PM
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Mark Schronce
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I went to the gun show to look for a 7mm-08 barrel, came home with a 308 and Bushnell 2x6. What load do you like in the 308 for whitetail and for hogs.
Mark
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Re: 308 Encore
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10/29/2012 12:12 AM
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I think you will be happy with that .308, very versatile.
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: 308 Encore
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10/29/2012 3:48 AM
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pab1
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My 15" .308 barrel likes 165 gr NBT and Reloader 15.
Experience is the best teacher, hunger good sauce.
Osborne Russell Journal of a Trapper
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Re: 308 Encore
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10/29/2012 10:16 AM
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Dan B.
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I have a Competitor .308W w/ 16" barrel.......I LOVE IT!! Use it for deer and load a 125NBT over Varget. Shoots great.
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Re: 308 Encore
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10/29/2012 12:47 PM
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"My" pet load for my 16.5 Encore in 308 is a 150 SST over 47gr IMR 4895 with a Win primmer at 2650 FPS.
Duane
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb Benjamin Franklin 
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Re: 308 Encore
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10/29/2012 5:12 PM
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Jeffx
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In my 15" Encore .308 it and me both like the .165gr Barnes, Flat shooter - hard hitter!
ONE SHOT - ONE KILL
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10/29/2012 5:37 PM
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Dan B.
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If I lived in an area where I could carry multiple big game tags (elk and mule deer for example), then I'd be using a 165gr load. But since deer are the only thing on the menu around here, the 125's do GREAT at anchoring them.
My .300 Savage XP-100 uses 150's with great accuracy and the same velocity as a .308W would push them. But expansion of the Remington bullets is less than ideal.
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Re: 308 Encore
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10/30/2012 2:21 PM
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WyoJoe
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My 15" .308 barrel likes 165 gr NBT and Reloader 15. In my '06 with the 15" barrel I use the 150 gr NBT & RL 15. It is devastating on deer.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor polite, nor popular -- but one must ask, "Is it right?"
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Re: 308 Encore
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11/01/2012 1:58 PM
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Bob M
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Hunting with my NEW Competitor .308 with a 15.75" barrel and a brake. 2x-7x Burris Ballistic Plex on top. The Nosler manual states a "most accurate load" of 47.0gr for IMR 4320. It's a 103% compressed load. From rifle handloading I know that "a full case is a HAPPY case". 4320 is about the fastest powder listed for a 150 Accubond. I'm going to try this to perhaps allieviate some of the muzzle flash. It was IMPRESSIVE at 1st firing with some American Eagle 150gr FMJ. All the above loads are going "into the archive". Can't wait to tip over a whitetail with it.
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Re: 308 Encore
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11/11/2012 2:09 AM
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mmkt
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150 BT would get my vote for deer.
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Re: 308 Encore
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11/11/2012 11:59 PM
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Mark Schronce
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I got to the range for the first time yesterday. The 308 with 110 gr Vmax and 125gr BT is very accurate, sub 1" groups at 100yds. But one thing it is a Horse. It is a factory 15" barrel. Recoil is not back in the hand, but it comes up. It will need a brake.
Mark
Last edited by Mark Schronce; 11/12/2012 12:00 AM.
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Re: 308 Encore
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11/12/2012 6:16 PM
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Send it to J.D. Jones @ SSK, he make's a good brake. I have one on my 35 whelen bl. and it's a pleasure to shoot.
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