Some great advice guys - thank-you very much.
At the end of the day, I don't want to spend time re-zeroing my rifle to new ammo just to find that it doesn't work and then have to re-zero my original ammo (lazy + cost
). At the same time, I don't want to just focus on one round, in case it's not going to be the best for me and what I want to achieve. That being said, I've only shot a box of one ammo type through the rifle, and the advice from the guys at the shop seemed to have been pretty good. I shot to 100m with a 308, and the ammo I use (Hornady SST) they say it's flies 200yards before the drop - so I'm going to zero at 200, on a nice day with little/no wind, and see how it groups. From what I saw the other day it shot a TREAT.
Once I have it zeroed to my satisfaction, I'm going to try another type and see how it compares, and if I notice a huge difference, then I know it's not the one. Once my skills allow me to shoot out to a greater distance, I might try and repeat the process (300+?) -- that will help me determine the best ammo. Some of the posts here have given me a couple of alternatives, which I want to try and see how I go - ferriswell, at the end of the day, the "end goal" is to shoot as far as I can, with the best groups that I can. I'm not using vices, or a 'precision rifle' for competition purposes, nor do I want to just shoot for the hell of it. I want to learn to shoot my rifle the best I can as straight and accurate as i can, and that way I have the skills for range, hunting, or the apocalypse
I'm not sending 100+ rounds down the range a day so from a cost perspective, I don't mind spending a little more to ensure that I'm getting the best results - but at the same time, no one wants to spend 75$ a box, when we can get the same result for say, $50 a box?
I don't think I'll shoot the Fiocchis, as I didn't like the reviews and datasheets, the PPU's seem to be quite... hit and miss - or perhaps rifle specific. A lot of the review on my firearm have said (and many people on these forums concur) that the firearm will tell you what ammo it likes and doesn't like quite definitively.
Thanks again for your all your input guys, might head down to the LFD in the coming weeks and buy a box of some alternative and just see how it goes
Enjoy the weekend.