Effective range of the .308?

[Dave Workman]

I'll start one that should get some juices flowing:

What in your opinion is the maximum effective range of the .308 Winchester using 165-grain bullets?

200 yards?
300 yards?
400 yards?
500 yards?

Farther? 

[fair-chase]

What are we shooting at?

[ORCA_SIX]

At 165 grain.

For 250lbs and below I would comfortable between 500-600 yards but probably would keep it around 500 or less.
250-400lbs I would be comfortable up to 300 yards.
400lbs and higher I would probably stick to 200 yards or less.

But everyone has their comfort range. Have you thought about the 180 grain?

[rtspring]

Effective range of a .308???

A long ways with an Effective person shooting it... 

[garyltbh]

ive killed quite a few elk and deer with a 308 i keep it under 400yrds and havent ever lost an animal.

[Armadillo]

 Wouldnt it depend on gun/scope/gun rest setup too?

Not meaning to thread jack but whats the deal with the .308 popularity? why .308 over a 30-06? Is it that you can just get more custom loads out of the .308?

[garyltbh]

i watched a guy shoot an elk at 750 yrds last yr it took 2 shots if i hadnt seen it i wouldnt have beleved it. he was shooting a 7mm08 with a real fancy scope with yrds adjustment.so its got alot to do with the shooter scope and bullets.

[Bob33]

It's probably "effective" further than you can hit with it.  When you can hit an 8" circle consistently at 600 yards, then I'd worry about effectiveness.

[hoyt2002]

it's affective farther than most can shoot.  I don't shoot mine past 400 yards but it's not my go to gun anymore. not enough practice with it. it's capable of lots farther. The 308 was my 1st big game rifle. Love the gun but I moved up alittle bit. In my opinion the 30-06 has no advantage over the 308 for the average hunter. 

[DoubleJ]

Using the factory loaded Nosler Accubond 165gn





Here's the website.  You can enter any ammo you wish.  I can lose a lot of time just dinking around on here.

http://www.biggameinfo.com/BalCalc.aspx

[mtbeav]

 In my opinion the 30-06 has no advantage over the 308 for the average hunter. 
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Unless it's a Winchester model 88 lever action.

[hoyt2002]

I got a mod 88.

[BPturkeys]

Don't know. Every one I ever killed with my old Savage 99 in .308 went right down so I figured there was no need to measure the distance. My guess would be...way the heck out there.

[rtspring]

DOUBLE J

Where did you get the ballistics chart? website?

thanks

[DoubleJ]

Edited the post to include the website