The 308 for mid-to-long range tactical is a great tool. Economical too!
But for the long range and extreme long range stuff, i’d personally be leery of buying inexpensive non-match grade stuff. Sometimes you can get lucky and find good loads and consistent bullets, but for anything past 600 or 900 yards, I think I’d go loony trying to ask my rifle to be repeatable with inexpensive ammo.
In some rifles the bullet style and weight can be a HUGE influence on accuracy. I was going nuts testing a brush gun in 44Mag with what I thought was good Horn Leverevolution 225 gr. Could NOT get 5 round grp under 5” at 50 yards. Then tried a lighter 180 gr Black hills (I think) and WOW. All of a sudden I’ve got .75 inch 5 round groups. For a second I thought I was really loosing my shooting skills.
I have my own philosophy on this. Would I love to have a custom built 1,500 yard rig in the latest bad ass caliber? Sure thing. But our resources are not unlimited.
So we decided to standardize on what’s standard. For the price of one of these custom rigs we can buy 2 5.56 AR rifles with decent optics, a couple thousand rounds of ammunition, a big ass pile of magazines, and multiple days at the range. Maybe even some professional instruction.
While we may not be able to hit a 3 inch target at 1,500 yards it’s also highly probable that we will never ever need to. So it made sense to us to put our resources into the more likely scenarios. That, for us, meant a couple of well built, reliable AR rifles and spare parts.
Not ripping anyone else’s choices. Just passing along how we did things.
Best,
L
“i’d personally be leery of buying inexpensive non-match grade stuff.”
All I really want is the brass.
L