150gn 308 Pro Hunter Seirras

[MeccaOz]

G'day Y'all I'm looking at a load thats relatively well priced and to be used as an all rounder. Anyone have any experience with these projectiles on Kangaroo's ( with tags ) pigs goats etc? If I was going east to hunt Deer I would make up a new load with Premo Projies but for now I just want something for 308 to munch on. One bloke I knows said get SST's but I have had some not so good luck with them. Thoughts . Comments ?

[Timb0]

308 on roo's isn't very economical and I'm sure it would kill them!

I surprised you haven't had much luck with SST's. They are one of my favored general hunting projectiles in .243, 270, 308. For a hunting projectile they have a good B.C, are accurate in all my guns and seem to perform well on most of the everyday game and not too expensive.

I do use GameKings a lot usually as a back up if I cant get SST's. Gamekings are also quiet accurate. GameKings are similar to ProHunters just with a boat tail. ProHunters are deigned for a bit better penetration with the flat base. Unless your shooting monster pigs you don't really need them - unless they are cheap.

Its a bit like splitting hairs but I do try to give the 308 as much help as I can in the trajectory department by selecting boat tails for better B.C, Some people don't bother as a 308 will never shoot like a .22-250. Up to you I guess.

My mate uses Speer projectiles, they look a lot like Sierra. He gets good accuracy out of them and the animals can't tell the difference. I think they are a bit cheaper and if that,s what you what I'd have a look at those.

[MeccaOz]

Thanks Timbo, yeah I get using a 308 on Roo's but right now Its what I have. I might give the SST's another chance, but the reason I was going for flat based bullets is due to the shorter barrel I have mate. I have a personal limit of 250 - 300 yards on myself with this gun. Thanks for the response

[Lorgar]

The 150gr Pro-Hunters are the regular round for my .308 Ruger.

I don't hunt Kangaroo but can tell you from pigs, goats and deer they definitely do the job.

SST are good also, they're my second preference for the Ruger in fact.

Either will do fine, don't discount the Pro-Hunters though just because they're not a 'premium' bullet.

[Warrigul]

Thanks Timbo, yeah I get using a 308 on Roo's but right now Its what I have. I might give the SST's another chance, but the reason I was going for flat based bullets is due to the shorter barrel I have mate. I have a personal limit of 250 - 300 yards on myself with this gun. Thanks for the response

The pro hunters are a good projectile in normal usage, I have seen them used on Fallow and foresters with great effect.

250-300 yards is a very sensible limit for a .308 in my humble opinion.

[Hinky]

I don't use them myself but inside 300m a lot of guys report better accuracy with the flat base bullets too.

A plus for the Pro-Hunters.

[Timb0]

Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with the Sierra ProHunters. In fact I would be more comfortable using them on red deer than any of the other projectiles I mentioned.
I like to try to get my hunting rifles to shoot between 2" high and 4" low inside 300yds. As I also have a short barrel .308 (20") that is not going to happen for me, so being honest 300 yards for the average joe with a plex reticel on a short barrel .308 isn't always going to workout well if your under the pump to get the shot off. So I find it's more a 250yd hunting rifle. That's not to say you can't shoot things much further away if you want to put in the work.
SST's give me 1/2" 5 shot groups @100yds with almost a full charge of AR2206H and seated at almost standard COAL. But that's just what they do, not really the main reason I use them.
I forgot to say last time but for what you are shooting almost any .308 hunting 150gr projectile or less will do( as long as you shoot them in the right place). So you might want to try 130-125gr speer or sierra. They might be cheaper and you will get a lot more velocity for flatter shooting in the 250yrds if your into head shooting roo's. They shoot like crap in my rifle so I don't use them, people I know do and like them. ADI have just bought out a 130gr speer 308 factory load if you wanted to try it. Outback? I think they are called? Someone on here will know?

[MeccaOz]

Thanks guy's for all the responses I personally have a self imposed limit for myself and this rifle of 250 - 300 yards. I have to agree with flat based bullets inside 300 yards, so I guess the Pro hunters will work out just fine, but I'll be sure to try the SST's again, last time I tried them they seems to blow up on impact, but I admit they might have been running to hot for that impact velocity too.

[Timb0]

ADI have just bought out a 130gr speer 308 factory load if you wanted to try it. Outback? I think they are called? Someone on here will know?

I just want to correct something I said.

Federal has bought out the new .308 load with 130gr HP Speer projectiles. So I thought I would give 130's another go in my .308 and buy some...

Check out the hollow point!

[MeccaOz]

Jeezus ..... Thats a big hole ! From what Ive tried in my gun she doesnt like anything under 150gn though.

But every bullet is different I guess

[franc]

That's a serious hollow there...

Huge in fact, I don't think I've seen anything that size before?

[Carter]

Maybe it was meant to be a soft-point and they forgot to pour the lead in

[headspace]

My Howa hates 150gn projectiles, period. I could never get them to shoot. So I went up to 165gn and loaded with 2208 and the difference amazing. I'm using Hornady165gn Interlocks and the groups have shrunk to under half inch at 100m. I didn't by the rifle for 'roos but I just like any rifle I own to be as accurate as I can make it. The load is 45.5gn 2208 and I chronographed them at just over 2,700fps at about 3m from the muzzle on a 22inch barrel. For me, the weight of the bullet does not matter if it's not accurate.

[MeccaOz]

My Howa hates 150gn projectiles, period. I could never get them to shoot. So I went up to 165gn and loaded with 2208 and the difference amazing. I'm using Hornady165gn Interlocks and the groups have shrunk to under half inch at 100m. I didn't by the rifle for 'roos but I just like any rifle I own to be as accurate as I can make it. The load is 45.5gn 2208 and I chronographed them at just over 2,700fps at about 3m from the muzzle on a 22inch barrel. For me, the weight of the bullet does not matter if it's not accurate.

Thanks for the load info mate, appreciate it

[Deco]

Huge in fact, I don't think I've seen anything that size before?

It's not the size, it's how you use it

[AusC]

Putting one in the brain of a deer seems to be a good use