What ammo would you suggest?

[yupitsnuge]

I just picked up a Remington 700 308 with a Bartlein 15" GAP #7 contour, 1-10 twist barrel and I am going to head to the range hopefully in the next few days to sight in the Vortex Razor scope I got for it. I am also going to be heading to a Long Range class out in TX (Im also bringing a bone stock remington 700 SPS Tactical 20" heavy BBL 308 as backup). I don't reload and I'm pretty new to long (LONG) range shooting so I was looking for some suggestions for decent production ammo for these guns. Ideally I would like to be able to find it regularly and at most gun shops around the US. thanks in advance!

 

[LRDD]

Federal gold metal or black hills

 

[Bear24]

Federal gold metal or black hills

add Hornady match to that and those are three solid choices

 

[Herd Thinner]

Federal Gold Medal 168-grain BTHP or Black Hills moly-coated 168-grain Match.

 

[VJJPunisher]

147 grain greek surplus

 

[TheGerman]

147 grain greek surplus

The secret is revealed.

 

[LRDD]

147 grain greek surplus

Not every one has the funds to afford to shoot that man, lets try to stay real here.

 

[SPEAK338]

None of those will work in a 15" brl

 

[yupitsnuge]

so the 168gr is what I should stick with?

 

[BadDogPSD]

If you can, buy a few boxes of each and see what works best in your guns. 168 & 175's are good bets, but 147 & 150's seem to work fairly well too.

 

[EXTREMEPREJUDICE]

Southwest Ammo has some affordable (especially if you are preparing for a class) options of quality ammo and would personally recommend a 175 Gr. SMK as it's pretty forgiving as it becomes subsonic and with a 15" barrel (and even a 20") for (LONG) range you'll be transonic for sure with a .308.

 

[ocelot45]

GMM 175gr will do a great job but depending in the rifle you would want to try a few different rounds and see how well they preform.

 

[Frank]

I have a question for the OP. How did you determine that the barrel is 15"? 15 in barrels require a special license. A permanently attached muzzle device to make it 16 inches or longer does away with the need for the licensing. I suspect you measured the visible part of the barrel and got your 15 inch. The Federal boys measure to the boltface. Stick a cleaning rod in until it stops, mark the rod where the barrel ends. Pull it out and measure.

 

[yupitsnuge]

It's got a pinned and welded break

 

[VKC]

1+ for southwest ammunition in bolt 308.

 

[Pinecone]

Federal Gold Medal Match, Blackhills, Hornady Match, Southwest, and Copper Creek.

I would just go with the 175 and be done with it if you are doing LONG range (800+ yards).