Larry wrote:I doubt that the bullets made for the lower velocity cartridges couldn't handle the higher velocities of a normally packed 308. However even the high velocity bullets are often at their max even out of a 308 and will rip a jacket off due to rpm and explode mid air before getting to the target. So it is very possible.
I dont understand this..
I've fired thousands of 125gn SST's through my .308, and the few times I've bothered to Chrono them, they are departing at ~3050fps.
From the ADI load data, it looks like my loads are within 80fps of what ADI consider to be Max, though I accept they are likely understating such for safety.
In all of those firings, I've never seen a shot that came apart mid-flight.
Rifle is a 20" Ruger Precision, with the standard 1:10" twist barrel, so I'd think these 125gn pills are departing with a pretty fast spin on them.
Further, before I went to the 125SST's, I ran about 800 Federal factory 130gn HP rounds through that same rifle, with their velocity also around the 3050fps.
Again; ZERO mid-flight failures of the projectiles.
Both these projectiles are varmint projectiles, and both are considered to be very lightly built.
Description from the Hornady Website on the FTX construction:-Patented Flex Tip® Bullet TechnologyUpon impact, the soft tip compresses into the bullet, initiating immediate expansion across a wide range of velocities.
Safe to shoot in tubular magazines as well as any other firearm.
InterLock® RingThe one-piece, high antimony lead core of the FTX® is mechanically locked to the jacket with an InterLock ring.
This, along with a specially designed jacket, results in reliable performance and maximum weight retention for deep penetration on large or heavy-bodied game animals.
Ballistically Efficient Secant OgivePioneered by Hornady,® the secant ogive profile delivers stability, flat trajectories and amazing accuracy.
Specially Engineered JacketThe heavy jacket over the shank of the bullet combined with our proven InterLock® design controls expansion and enhances accuracy.
I CANNOT see the problem with giving them a go.
I know I'll be trying the same when I get around to it.
I'll also be trying some of the 135gn FTX pills I have here, as well as some of the 140Gn (all-copper) Monoflex projectiles as well.
And I expect they will all work just fine out of my .308 Bolt-Guns.