Thread: Subsonic 308

I wish!
I'm in Korea doing stuff with this

food for thought..... size 7.5 steel bird shot fits neatly into 40 grn Winchester subsonic .22lr ammo slight tap in and it stays in place and they really open up inside bunny........haven't been game to try #2 in 151grn cast hp off trademe but thought is there.................
they work ok as they are..head shot one of my sheep at 30ish yards and it went right through skull from front exiting in pithing hole...naaasty on bunnies,no goats to try it on and haven't tried it on wobblie yet.

I cant see how a hardened steel ball would "open up" in anything or why you would shoot it down any rifled barrel you don't hate.

well inside the lead, no show of it touching rifling or I wouldn't have done it...and same theory as ballistic tip..its harder than the surrounding lead so on impact drives back into it starting expansion

oh I see, I was wondering how 7.5 fit down 5.56

I don't shoot birds so not up on how shot size works sorry.

Have done some experimentation on balls in the nose, in theory a very light but hard ball should basically stop on impact due to lack of mass while the soft but heavy lead/copper carries on expanding around it.

in practise in my experimentation a decent hollow point/skiving and hydraulic action on the inside of the hollow point is more effective.

#7.5 shot is tiny...maybe 1.5mm across for quail or pigeons.

reason I tried it is the 42grn Winchester PP works a treat in my norinco and kills very well but the 40 grn not so much...thought to self why not???

Cher.

Trailboss isn't for speed it's for casefull fun!. the carbine bullets can be pushed to round 3000 fps in the 308 with the right powder, makes a good rabbit round and also works on hares and goat's

Originally Posted by Ground Control

I've just got 700 of these, I'm not 100% sure exactly what they are but I've been told they are for a 30 M1 Carbine , 110gn hollow points .
I'm going to try them in my 308 with trail boss .I will load them up though because there is no real reason to go sub sonic here because of the no moderators law .
Anyone have an idea of how fast trailboss will push 110gn bullets ,all the info I can find is related to 150gn


Ken

Trailboss isn't for speed it's for full case fun. With the right powder you can push the carbine bullets to round 3000 fps in the 3006 and 308 pretty explosive at the terminal end red mist rabbits.

keen to buy some when theyre ready.

update????????

I'm in the shed right now clearing shit in the direction of the press

i have just brought a suppressed .308 ans was thinking about subsonic rounds, did some searching and found this thread. very interested in hearing how everyone got on with this.
is the idea with subsonic rounds to get as heavier projectile as possible? to have the same ft/lb as a lighter faster travling projectile?
found these projectiles that seem fairly weighty
Frontier Projectiles 30CAL Game Ranger *Choose Your Weight & Type* 100x

cheers

Originally Posted by Dan88

i have just brought a suppressed .308 ans was thinking about subsonic rounds, did some searching and found this thread. very interested in hearing how everyone got on with this.
is the idea with subsonic rounds to get as heavier projectile as possible? to have the same ft/lb as a lighter faster travling projectile?
found these projectiles that seem fairly weighty
Frontier Projectiles 30CAL Game Ranger *Choose Your Weight & Type* 100x

cheers

I've got a few of these if you want to have a try. I've been using them in my 300 blackout with great success subsonically on goats and possums 9+ grains of 2205.

www.lehighbullets.com they curl into 4 petals like a broad head and do some amazing terminal damage. Well worth a look.


I hear from the guys at reloaders that a few people now bring them in.