Thread: Subsonic 308 project

Though I'd check out the subsonic 308s again on a recent trip. Did some drop tests to set up a new scope with BDC reticle.

What I've found with the reloading is that a final crimp makes a massive difference to accuracy. The uncrimped loads would go ok with perfectly acceptable accuracy, then you'd get one or two fliers that were way off. A bit of checking, and there's a few reloads in the batch where the neck tension is insufficient to hold the cast lead bullet, you can move the bullet with the thumb and forefinger. I experimented a bit with crimp strength and settled on a kind of "medium" crimp that firmly holds the bullet in place.



Since then we've been pinging coke cans at 100m, and accuracy on goats has been more than good enough to put the bullet where it counts.



Incidentally, on goats I have found that the best way to achieve a bang-flop kill is to wait (if you can) for the animal to be quartering away or towards, so that you get a raking shot across the chest cavity. If they are a smaller animal and broadside, you probably won't get the expansion for a super-quick kill and they'll run until they bleed out. Both of these were shot in the front chest while facing me, and they went down hard on the spot.

Great info thanks,only ever had the balls to use my cast loads on small game..Just got expanding die and crimp die as well so looking forward to trying out the new and improved versions.