Thread: 7mm08 or .243 Subsonic round

Hunting with dogs, looking after your own hearing, not disturbing deer in the next valley if you want to carry on hunting, and for smaller calibers point blank dispatching shots.
There's lots of reasons for me it was the reloading challenge and to be honest it was the most fun I ever have had shooting a centrefire rifle.
If I got serious about building one for hunting it would probably be a 358 Winchester.

Originally Posted by winaa

Hunting with dogs, looking after your own hearing, not disturbing deer in the next valley if you want to carry on hunting, and for smaller calibers point blank dispatching shots.
There's lots of reasons for me it was the reloading challenge and to be honest it was the most fun I ever have had shooting a centrefire rifle.
If I got serious about building one for hunting it would probably be a 358 Winchester.

308 is a pretty great compromise too
now with sub x freely available and it slinging the same bullet as I do in 300blk (from a blocked 308 length action). but then the ability to stretch out further than the 150m ish limit of the supers in 300blk
its a full circle for me as I started out with 308 and "moved on"

Originally Posted by Bill999

308 is a pretty great compromise too
now with sub x freely available and it slinging the same bullet as I do in 300blk (from a blocked 308 length action). but then the ability to stretch out further than the 150m ish limit of the supers in 300blk
its a full circle for me as I started out with 308 and "moved on"

even the Winchester stuff have some 185gr subsonic Winchester, they also have i think 168gr stuff, always have in my pocket incase i have the time to load one and target oblivious close animals or finishing shots

Originally Posted by winaa

Hunting with dogs, looking after your own hearing, not disturbing deer in the next valley if you want to carry on hunting, and for smaller calibers point blank dispatching shots.

Fair enough, guess I didn't think about it from a dog and hearing point of view. I'm very much in to the idea of subs. Messed around with 300BLK subs for a year, but never got them to work for me, probably because I don't reload.

Originally Posted by MB

Fair enough, guess I didn't think about it from a dog and hearing point of view. I'm very much in to the idea of subs. Messed around with 300BLK subs for a year, but never got them to work for me, probably because I don't reload.

like we have been saying all the way along...they have thier place...you just need to realise how anemic they are and either place shots extremely well or use a supersonic load....they are great for finishing off game up close,and for hares n possums...if only for that,it is worth having a handful with you.