308 budget reload recomendation

[petemacsydney]

Hi guys, getting ready to do my first reload.. I am wondering if you can recommend primers, powders and bullets for a budget conscious reload.. (of course I don't want to buy innacuate crap though
I'll be using them for 80% target, 20% hunting. Nothing big on the hunt, mainly medium sized pigs, some fox and sand flies...
So far I have thought of this...

Hornady ajax 155gr grazing
Fed gold medal large rifle primer
Adi powder

It seems to come out at about $1.20 per round, which is a little more than I would like. Maybe I am being unrealistic on cost.

Anyway, would love to hear what your bullet, primer, powder combos are!

Cheers pete
PS, brass is once fired federal premium tactical being shot through a tikka t3 varmint in 308

[Chronos]

you can buy nosler custom comp 155gr 30cal bullets for around 35c each if you buy in bulk, add 44-47gr of 2208 from a 4kg tub, federal LR match primer and you should have a load that if f class legal, can be tuned for accurate shooting and although it's a target bullet, a lot of hunters are using the CC

this load should run you closer to 65c per shot as per my post in your "cost per shot thread"

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Chronos

PS: it sounds like you're using the Amax but you probably paid too much for them, i bought 500 a while back at a good price. i'll pm you details

[petemacsydney]

noice, that's more like it, where do you get the noslers at that cost??
havent bought the parts yet, was just waiting to see what a few others are doing.
i like the sound of your set though!

[Chronos]

noice, that's more like it, where do you get the noslers at that cost??
havent bought the parts yet, was just waiting to see what a few others are doing.
i like the sound of your set though!

i bought them from the NSWRA store at ANZAC range but i think most of the gunshops sell them in 250 and 1000 packs

Chronos

[Herdsman]

Bulks always cheapest, e.g. the Nosler Custom Comps come in boxes of 500 I think?

For smaller lots Sierra is priced well and make good bullets.

Game kings for hunting, match kings for target shooting.

[Herdsman]

That's 100 bullets per box BTW for Sierra bullets.

[Chronos]

fyi,

abelas has them listed for 33c each if you buy a 1000 pack

http://www.abelasgunshop.com.au/nosler- ... -pack.html

i know the op is in nsw but for others

http://www.theopenrange.com.au/nosler-0 ... -pack.html

[petemacsydney]

i think i'm blind, i didnt see that on the abela site! thanks mate

[Baldrick314]

I use custom comps in my 308 for range work. No idea what they're like on game. They're cheap as though if you're prepared to buy 1000. I use 2206H in my 308 and am running 42gr so if you're really budget concious it could be a better choice than 2208 based on loads quoted above

[petemacsydney]

Thx. Must admit, I know absolutely nothing about different types of powders, so need to do some research there!

[chacka]

Pretty sure the price is the same for the different powders.

2206H, 2208, 2209 etc. all the same...

[petemacsydney]

Yeah they look pretty similar. Interesting to see the whole fast/slow burn differences on the adi site, I kinda just assumed everything good would be fast... little did I know..

[rummer]

If it's burning faster than you can get the bullet out of the rifle though... kaboom

It's gotta go out somewhere else.

You don't want that