What are you guys getting safely with 150 and 165/168 grain bullets

Someone told me the 165's can 2800 with a full load of varget

It would be easier to do with TSX bullets since the pressure is a little less therefor you add a little more powder. Works that way in rifles.
MY sierra manual shows 2700 for max varget loads with a 165 but you know all chambers are a little different.

With Hodgdon's published max loads of Varget in my 22" pre-64 M-70 FWT, I get just over 2,700 with 150's. 165's go just under 2,700. Accuracy is superb.

I suspect my rifle is a little slow, so I'll burn some RL-15 this winter in search of more velocity. But Varget's accuracy is so good that I'm unlikely to change.


Okie John

2800fps with a 165 would be pretty hot....unless you have a 26" barrel. Re the barnes tsx.....I have found the opposite of being able to add more powder over other bullets. It's my opinion that barnes stated you might be able to add more powder over and above earlier BARNES BULLETS (the pre tsx's). I played with tsx's alot this spring and several calibers and all were faster than other brands of bullets with the same powder charge which means they are actually MAKING MORE PRESSURE. At least that's the way it worked for me.
If you think you need more speed than the 308 get a 300 win mag....it can easily be loaded down to speeds of a 308.....yet can be right on the heels of the 300wby. It's probably one of THE MOST VERSATILE cartridges on the market today.

I get 3090fps with 150 btips and a heathly dose of w748, that is with a 26" barrel and the bullets seated way out that they are barely held in place

In my older Remington I can barely get 2600fps with a 165 grain Hornady and IMR4064.

150gr Sierra Game King at 2715 ft/s with my Mod '83 Musgrave and 42.4gr S 335 powder from Somchem. Get o.8 MOA at 300 meters with it

I get right under 2700fps using 46gns (hogdon max) using 165 Hornady SSTs. It's very accurate in my rifle. capt david

what do you guys push 150 grain bullets out of the 308win? what length barrel?

I'm getting 2650 out of my PSS with 178 amax, 44.0 of RL15, Win brass, FGGM 210m primers.

Brian

2700 w/ 165s and 2800 w/ 150s out of a 22" tube.

Good Luck

Reloader

I could push 2750fps w/ 168grSMK & VV150 from my 26"bbl. You would have to push hard to get 2800fps from a 24"bbl let alone 22".

42.2gr. 2230-C,pushing a 168gr FMJBT got up to 2797fps. but started to look like it was about MAX. roger