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Originally Posted by 4runnerman
Good reading ( article) I am puzzeled by his projections though. He states a 165 or 168 is pushed at 2600 fps. My 168's have a muzzel veocity of 2900 fps plus ( give or take a few ). Now that is a target bullet,so maybe a hunting bullet is different?. Now I know the 308 can't compeate with a 30-06 or a 7mm for sure,but it is better than the article leads you to believe.
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2900 FPS is a little hot for a 168 gr .308 load, but not unordinary. They are probably publishing slower loads for liability reasons rather than to make the .308 seem anemic.
For hunting, however, an animal won't know the difference between a bullet that left the muzzle at 2,900 FPS and one that exited at 2,700 FPS.