Thread: calibre for short barrel(18-20")longer range(-600m) rifle

18" .308 running 168gr eldm @ 2670fps seems to do a bit of this and that at any range, much better than sst at close range. Just wouldn't use it on a red at 15m in the roar apart from that it's the closest to an all rounder I've found. In the north island the 130s ttsx was my favourite and down here in the south the eldm is hard to beat for everything.

Never bothered 'upgrading' from the .308 as it's been too good to me over the years, can't recall any ammo being inaccurate either.