Yes, a few. No problems.
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Yes, a few. No problems.
me, but a long time ago I did shoot a couple with a 30-06 (and then a couple more with a 270 and a few more with a 25-06) which is almost a 308 :):):DQuote:
Originally Posted by kidmac42
That second photo is surely what paradise looks like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
thats what my old home used to look like......pretty sure photo will be within 50kms of it too....and I left it all behind....Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Have owned/used .308's since 1977. Have shot examples of every NZ available cloven hoof animal and some other species. This includes shitloads of red deer, goats and pigs. So yeah, I must have had a lot of luck on my side using such a useless short range ballistically inferior caliber as the .308 Winchester/7.62 NATO cartridge.
I've shot a few with my 308 along with several other calibres including 223 which has accounted for the most to be honest. The 308 has gone and is replaced you a 3006. Nothing I ever shot with the 308 ever got up to complain so I guess it works ok. Customer feedback is important after all.
Never had a problem with the 308 and deer....123gr Sako factory ammo or 44 grains of Viht N140 wi 150gr Amax or 150gr Nosler BT's......keep it simple...shoot deer properly and it will die properly...shoot it bad and it won't matter what you've shot it with......
I've shot reds, fallow, whitetail, pigs, goats, wallaby, hares, rabbits, cats & a stoat. Remington adl, model 7 & t3.
Is it even ethical to use a .308 on a deer???
According to someone on here it most probably is….cos the recoil is too much for the shoulder that the butt rests against. Maybe hold it like you’re meant too n not like a(insert word of choice )Quote:
Originally Posted by DCN808T
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Yes I have I think most people in nz have
Just because you have used one before doesn’t mean you like it but it does mean you’re speeking from experience when you’re say you don’t like them yes I have shot deer and goats with a 308
Would I choose to use one in nowadays?... no
Give me a 6.5 or 7mm any day of the week
So I chose two options on the poll the top one and the bottom
Yes, great cal..blr 81 and T3. Did everything I asked. Nothing ever got back up.
Went through a phase of trying new things, ended up with a 7m 18.5 blr and tikka 695 in 270 for open country. Thinking about it, if I could only have 1 gun. It would be the 270. They all work, bullet selection and shot placement.
Would like to know what happened to the ne that started it all….seems like I missed out on the action….
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@ Micky Duck here is a cautionary and timely tale about the 308
When we moved to level 3 and after a long period not hunting due to illness
I took off for a day hunt on private land as L3 allows
For some reason I took my 308 despite now knowing how unsuited to the task this would be
Anyway on my way to a remote likely spot on foot I decided to stop ( for a rest as 3 months since on the hill and L4 muffin top ) and glass a nice little ridge top in the last of the sun
Well only 5 seconds looking and a hind stands up and turns around and lies down again
It's 4pm and I'm nowhere near where I would have expected to see a deer on this property
Problem is she's 420m away and clearly way out of range for a 308
So then it struck me that I had brought a lemon of a rifle for this task
Do I go back to the truck, drive home and get my 300WSM and go back to shoot her ?
Or try stalking closer and stick with the hopelessly unsuitable 308
I chose to stalk closer and got to a spot where I thought I should have been able to see her
A short glassing session and then I realised that she was looking directly at me from behind a bush
I waited for about 20 seconds and she turned her head sideways and gave me a decent shot
Well I thought even a 308 should be able to drop a deer with a head shot
So I took the shot
Quickly reloaded and there was a deer standing right there seemingly unharmed !
So clearly the 308 is not even up to head shooting a hind at 120m
Well I'm not going to make that mistake again and I put the next shot just behind the shoulder because the chances of missing were lower
Short push through the bush and a bit of a scout around and there are two dead deer almost on top of each other
Rookie mistake to shoot the nobby that was sitting down unseen with his mother
Please don't take this as me in any way advocating the use of a 308 for deer shooting
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Got bloody lucky there mate, risky business that 308 shooting
Havent yet, but i just brought a 308 so its on the cards hopefully.
So @akaroa1 when are you putting that 308 on the for sale page? You might want to delete that post or you'll end up having to give it away.
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Form an orderly queue behind @NedQuote:
Originally Posted by Ned
hmmm so you appear to be using the same rifle still..and you WERE shooting them out to nearly 500yards before with it...just saying like LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
Same useless cartridge miss my HK G3 and AR10 and Sakos in 308 Win.
Yes. Haven't shot one with anything else.
Many in the last 20yrs.
Yip have shot plenty, looking forward to shooting quite a few more as well. I do have a few 308's:thumbsup:
Yep, shot a fellow last year....
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Originally Posted by BMF
Wow, was he pissed off!:o
Ive shot AT a deer with a 308 , seems to be missing from the list !
Yip Reds, fallow, whitetail, tahr and chamois too
A few, mostly with the trusty FN. Will never own another one as the passing on of my mint L1A1 brings back too many sad memories :TT TT:
yes I will take a moment in silence and remember my old 742 woodsmaster - best damn bush rifle I ever carried - first day I ever took it out arrived back on block walked up a side stream of the Te Hoe up from the logging on Mangataniwha - shot a hind and yearling and then a stag all within 2 hours - had a little 2.5 fixed power leupold on it - great combination in the bush- and yes .308Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidetrack
Yes , quite a few
Shot more than a few before semi-s appeared in "better" calibers.
about 1980 Te Tawa 3 of us in the roar did a big trip -you will know the area well - we went down the Waiau from Whites clearing all the way down and came out at Mangataniwha station lower Waiau - bloody decent walk - me mate took his browning Bar in .270 - bloody thing fired one shot and then would not recycle rest of trip - he had effectively a single shot - gave him a bit of stick as me clunky old 742 rem just kept going - I will never tackle that lower gorge before the farmland ever again - damn scary-Quote:
Originally Posted by tetawa
Had a BAR rebarreled in 257 Roberts by the late Tony Hawkins, was great but sold it during a weak moment and regretted it, but glad I didn't have to hand it in like my 270.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry the hunter
Did that trip a wee bit earlier. But cut up onto the Ridge below Sid's and dropped down into a deep eel infested creek then over the top down to the lake. First hut had some delicious trout sitting around all lonely, if you're reading this thank you very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry the hunter
Yip love my 308
yes Sids bivy I wonder what shape that is in or burnt down like so many others in Te Urewera - there were two more in that country Otaunoa up the Manganuiohau on true left - that will be the stream you dropped into on your way over to lake - then Mangatoatoa bivy it was over towards the farmland (Mangaone station) there was a track from Mangaone station to Mangatoatoa bivy and the onto Otaunoa bivy and on again to the Waiau river - another track went from Mangatoatoa bivy to the lake by Waipaoa hut southern end of lake - still be there but not maintained for years- old permolat marked tracks - the last time I saw Mangatoatoa bivy it was in bad way but Otaunoa we did up must have been 1995 - those bivys put in by NZFS for goat control in sixtiesQuote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyJason
Just sold my 308 today, that had knocked over a few deer and a ton of pigs fitted with a thermal scope.
AR10 was quite handy on deer as well until Tarrant fucked that up for a lot of people.
who hasn,t
Me !!Quote:
Originally Posted by 57jl
You never know.... maybe one day. I hear it is the king of calibers [emoji6]
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Shot my first deer with a 308.
