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Is there a lead alternative to .308 (ie. copper plating protection) to avoid lead fouling at high fps needed for rifles and still keep the accuracy, quality and price good? Thank You for your help by the way.
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There are advanced techniques, both in metallurgy (alloy making) and bullet treatment (paper patching) that will allow you to get good velocity and accuracy from your rifle. However, it's much easier to use jacketed bullets. ATK, the owners of Speer, Federal, and Alliant powder, is playing with advanced plating techniques that rival jacketed bullets. Those bullets are available as Federal Fusion ammuniton and they're sometimes available to reloaders. I bought several hundred of them as pulled bullets and have used them in several rifles. Accuracy is okay for hunting ammo, but I haven't found a load yet that really shines with those bullets.
You can get really fine accuracy with cast bullets, but you've got to be willing to accept the limits of your casting technique, your reloading technique, your lube, and your rifle. Velocities are necessarily slower than with jacketed and you can learn a lot about yourself and your rifle. However, it's a whole lot easier to buy good jacketed bullets.