Thread: .308 vs .300blk

I’m after some help. I’m unsure about which of these will best suit my needs, will be using these with subs and supers. Will be shooting deer, pigs and goats, most likely get a semi. Ranges will be shooting from close upto maybe 300m.

I’m considering the .300 as I can just get a upper and use the same mags as my .223. Feel free to share thoughts and experiences or even suggestions

most likely get a semi? You have to be trolling, surely.

Originally Posted by Preacher

most likely get a semi? You have to be trolling, surely.

There are significant number of people on this site with P endorsement.

6.5 grendel?

Originally Posted by Preacher

most likely get a semi? You have to be trolling, surely.

No, not trolling some people have an endorsement

Just get an upper !

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300blk is a great cal, but is no quieter than 308 subsonic
I used a 308 up to getting a 300blk and they are functionally the same with the 308 bieng easier to feed as its long and just more stable
no contest if you have an AR as 308 isnt gunna fit so if thats the platform you want to run
300blk wont really do 300m well as its running out of puff a bit by then

anything starting with a .4 is going to be significantly louder.

Is 300blk really that much better than a heavy .223? Looking through some ballistics charts it appears similar energy at anything other than close range... maybe the specific cartridges I looked at.....

If you want to shoot to 300 then i’d say the 308

To be fair I had entirely forgot the P endorsement still exists. Apologies

Factory subs for 308 pretty easy to find these days. 308 way more versatile imo.

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Beware of the overpenetration of the sub loads and the Nasty ricochet behind. I encourage you to practice on a few goats in a more remote area to see the effects of the round and to familiarise yourself with what it can and can't do.

I've just got a subsonic outfit together. I went with 300BLK because of the availability of factory subsonic rounds designed for hunting. Having said that, there is only one option, Hornady Sub-X. Same situation with .308, Winchester Super-X (confusing name!), but nowhere seemed to have these in stock. My setup is primarily for goats at less than 50 metres, so should be adequate. I would also consider 450BM or 45/70. If you reload, then there's no issues with .308. The other thing that I can add is that 300BLK subsonic has undetectable recoil.

mostly in dead of night......yip seen what you did there......dead centre of wellington too aye???? LOL

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

mostly in dead of night......yip seen what you did there......dead centre of wellington too aye???? LOL

Well there are regular reports of deer coming out in the Hutt Valley, Wainiuomata, some reported up in Newlands. And there's been deer seen on security cameras up around karori.

Just to illustrate my point I shot another two goats with one round today :-)