I'm about the same way, a dozen or so M14/M1As , a single AR10, and just one 308 with a bolt. Most of my bolt guns are of 300wm variety or 30-06.As ridiculous as it sounds, this is the first .308 bolt gun I've ever owned. Have had about 15 M1A's in every configuration possible, but they're limits are restricted to traditional .308 loads.
Wanted to keep it .308 for a lot of reasons. I'm already set up to reload .30 in general and prefer that bullet diameter over everything else and I'm stocked up with .308 supplies. It's accurate and mild to shoot and barrel life will usually surpass most other cartridges. I also wanted a mid-weight, short, easy to maneuver rifle that I could still have fun shooting out to 1200 yards. Lapua brass was a must as was the ability to shoot factory ammo that is common enough to find everywhere.
Sent a dummy rd to JGS with Lapua brass and a Berger 200 hybrid loaded at 2.950", short enough to take advantage of a Wyatt extended box and just long enough to grow with the chamber erosion. Played with a lot of other projectiles, including the 215, but could not make it work at the OAL I needed and keep the velocity to a respectable number. Hoping 2450-2500 with the 200 gr. Oddly enough the freebore dimension came out almost perfect at .087 which if I push the bullet back .003, will give me SAMMI freebore and the ability to run factory ammo safely. 20" barrel, 10 twist.
I stick to the traditional powders in the so called safe burn rate(s) (4895, 3031, 4064, TAC, 8208, BLC-2, 2000MR,etc.) for a M14/AR10 gas gun but i have run some pretty hot loads through my M14s. I run a lot of 175 Nos CC and 185 Jugs out of my M14 rifles setup for long range. I even rolled a 338 Federal barrel for one of my M14s and push .338 225gr SST just under at 2600 if anyone was going to fold up an oprod I would have done by now.
The point is you can push a M14/M1a action pretty hard, Alliant 2000 MR will produce some fast velocities with heavy bullets but is temperature sensitive especially on the edge of too hot. I'm a RSO at a public range I see people show up with hunting ammo and beat the snot out of their M1As with it. It cycles the rifle(s) but might not throw it in the more typical 1-2 o'clock pattern.