Re: .308 win, which bullet?
In a shorter than 30" barrel you'll do better to run heavies than to run the 155 class bullets, and believe nothing that you see for muzzle velocities from short barrels on the web. Load and chrono your own. Half of the claims are not run over a chrono and are just best guesses based on a comeup with no accounting for DA. Some of the USFTR team guys are only able to get about 3100 from barrels over 30" long. I learned very quickly that either I had the slowest barrels ever to come out of Rock Creek and Krieger or there were some exaggerated MV numbers out there.
Not picking on the poster but this post:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I am running 155 Scenars at 2925-2950 fps out of a 24" tube 31.3 MoA to 1000 yards.</div></div>
The poster is posting from Austin, TX. That come up works at sea level. I'll wager that on a summer day the DA where he's shooting is something close to 3000ft. (I've seen my 900 ft actual range at over 4000 ft DA in the summer heat) If it is then his come up would be only 28.7MOA. Maybe he can get that from a 24" barrel. The point is get your own data.
The 175 SMK is a reliable round that there is a lot of data for and that you can buy loaded if you so desire (See Southwest ammo)
The Berger 185 LRBT is a fantastic bullet, but it costs a lot more than the 175SMK.
My suggestion is to start with either 175 SMKs or Hornady 178s and learn with them before you start spending $20 more per 100 bullets on Bergers.
Stay away from the 168SMK, it will not make it to 1000 super sonic. It was designed as a 300 yard bullet, it will shoot 600 but at 1000 you will hit the target sideways if at all.
