Thread: 308 Twist rates v projectile weights ?

Whats your plan how far and what animals are you targeting?

I went out to the range this morning for a quick shot before the wind got up to much. Was using my 16” 308win with a 1:11 twist, 168gr A-max first round hit on steel out to 770m. This combo smashes reds very well out to 440m. Could also do this the same with 178gr ELD-m.

Only a couple of inches off centre at 773m 19 degrees downhill in 3m/s wind so 300m and 400m is easy.

Originally Posted by tikka

Whats your plan how far and what animals are you targeting?

I went out to the range this morning for a quick shot before the wind got up to much. Was using my 16” 308win with a 1:11 twist, 168gr A-max first round hit on steel out to 770m. This combo smashes reds very well out to 440m. Could also do this the same with 178gr ELD-m.

Only a couple of inches off centre at 773m 19 degrees downhill in 3m/s wind so 300m and 400m is easy.

thats bloody good going!

Originally Posted by tikka

Whats your plan how far and what animals are you targeting?

I went out to the range this morning for a quick shot before the wind got up to much. Was using my 16” 308win with a 1:11 twist, 168gr A-max first round hit on steel out to 770m. This combo smashes reds very well out to 440m. Could also do this the same with 178gr ELD-m.

Only a couple of inches off centre at 773m 19 degrees downhill in 3m/s wind so 300m and 400m is easy.

@tikka , that's awesome mate, I won't or intend to shoot over 450 and hopefully mostly under that.
So the Golden question is if you could start from scratch would you go for the 1.8 or 1.12 twist ?