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**Art Eatman** · March 4, 2006, 10:09 AM

About all I can suggest is that you get a small quantity of the SA ammo and try three- and five-shot groups at the benchrest.

The best deal is to tailor some load to your rifle, via handloading. (You can go to the H&R forum here for some ideas.) It's not that handloading is all that cheap so much as you get the best accuracy-load for your own particular rifle. The cost-saving is that it keeps you out of the beer joints at night.

I wouldn't worry about noise and distance. The .308 is no louder, really, than a .22-250 or other PD cartridges. You shoot, they go into their holes, they come out, you shoot.

Repeat as necessary...

, Art

March 4, 2006, 10:09 AM	#2
Art Eatman Staff Lead Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX, USA Posts: 20,940	About all I can suggest is that you get a small quantity of the SA ammo and try three- and five-shot groups at the benchrest. The best deal is to tailor some load to your rifle, via handloading. (You can go to the H&R forum here for some ideas.) It's not that handloading is all that cheap so much as you get the best accuracy-load for your own particular rifle. The cost-saving is that it keeps you out of the beer joints at night. I wouldn't worry about noise and distance. The .308 is no louder, really, than a .22-250 or other PD cartridges. You shoot, they go into their holes, they come out, you shoot. Repeat as necessary... , Art __________________ You're from BATFE? Come right in! I use all your fine products!