Does anyone know anything about where to find a 50-70 grain bullet for a .308?

Question

I'm working on developing a hot (3200 + fps) round for varmint / medium short range shooting. What I'm going for is similar performance to a 22-250 or a hot .223.

Answer 1

Many companies now produce sabots which will allow you to load .224 (22 caliber) bullets in .30 caliber cases. Here is one. https://www.eabco.com/reload02.html
You could get a lot more than 3200 from that. The website shows load data to 4800 fps.

Answer 2

Such a varmint don't exist; but there is hope. Years ago I bought some 308 Sabot rounds that stepped out well over 3,000 fps; made by Remington. Check out reloading suppliers, any 30 cal round can be loaded with a sabot round; some of them might have to be single fed in the rifle but when you are doing something you enjoy and have fun with, who cares?

Answer 3

except you're going for Elk or something larger, one hundred thirty grains will suffice. yet, that pronounced, some 270's do no longer shoot heavier bullets almost as properly because of the fact the one hundred thirty. you will possibly desire to attempt distinctive manufacturers and weights. I easily have a Winchester form 70, which could save one hundred thirty grain bullets below and inch at a hundred yards. A step as much as one hundred forty grains is going to a million.5 inches at the same time as a hundred and fifty's team around 2. For all deer sized interest i exploit Nosler one hundred thirty grain, at the same time as for elk i exploit Hornady one hundred forty grain boattail. i in my opinion dont see the might desire to pass to a hundred and fifty's, because of the fact whether that's larger than and elk i will use a larger high quality. With a hundred and fifty grain bullets a 270 will become an inferior 30/06.

Answer 4

Sabots would be a good way to go if you are looking at any range. The light 30 caliber bullets are 85 grain and designed for either the M1 carbine or pistol but they are not accurate at longer range. Look for a 30caliber sabot (plastic, usually two piece. at a gun store or sporting goods store that carries reloading supplies that will go around a 22 or 6mm bullet and go from there.

Answer 5

i don't know of any one ,that makes a 30 cal bullet that lite.Remington use to make the excelaator in 30 30 and 3006 that use a sabot and 55 grain 22 cal bullet.if you reload check and see if you can still get the sabots to do this yourself.if i remember right the 3006 was pushing 4000 fps.

Answer 6

I sometimes use 125 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets in my .308s. I use Accurate 2015 powder, and they chronograph at 3150 feet per second and explode like a grenade when they hit, and I'm not getting any dangerous pressure signs.

Answer 7

The lightest bullet weight offered in the 30 cal bullets is the Hornady 110gr V-Max and the Speer 110gr HP varminter.

You are thinking of the old Remington accelerator rounds that used a sabot and a 22cal bullet in the 308 and 30-06.

Please make sure that when you fire these super hot loads that there is no one at the benches around you so you are the only one that gets blown up.

Answer 8

Lapua used to make one about 73 grains, but I don't know if it's still available. If you're planning to shoot the load from your regular barrel, though, you'd anticipate it won't be anything like the miniatures in performance. For one, it's bound to over-stabilize. Your best bet is to use one of the bullets in the 110 grain weight range.

Answer 9

Sorry but a 50-70 grain bullets in 308 caliber don't exist in rifle caliber.......

Answer 10

No .308 slug is anywhere near that light; even 7.62 mm pistol slugs are bigger - and totally unstable at those speeds. You'll need a sabot.

Have you tried looking for the bullet/sabot combo used in the Remington .25/'06 round?