Thread: Light Loads for a .308W.

@grandpamac Have fun!

I asked the question regarding similar loads for my son using a 7-08. Hodgen have a good PDF online if you search Hodgen Youth Loads

Greetings and Thanks @Stag,
I discovered the Hodgdon data a while back and printed it to go in my .308 Load ring binder. They also did a sheet on Trail Boss data and one on subsonic loads. The options are practically endless. I have found that I need to develop a clear aim in developing loads for a rifle or I can get lost in the options. My Bergara is suppressed and the aim was to develop a low pressure load for casual bush and creek bed hunting and looked to approximate .30-30 performance. The number crunching is done and it now remains to put some cartridges together for testing on the target and chronograph.
Regards Grandpamac.

If it is just a single shot that you use occasionally and having old eye's you're not shooting it far.

I'd use a big 180 grain going slow personally.