Bullet Drop Chart 308 168 Grain

This is a basic drop chart generated for a client.

Bullet drop chart 308 168 grain. Nikon has the best and simplest bullet drop system on the market today and they essentially copied it from germany circa 1945 1960 the original zeiss diavari c 1 5 6 calibrated to the 308 winchester with 165 168 grain bullet at appx 2780 fps. A 1 11 25 twist rate is just about ideal for 168 175 grain bullets. 5 56 nato and 308 winchester.

You may contact carson with questions by e mail click here. I thought 180gr would have more of a drop. Mark mentioned shooting the 178eldx for hunting with a 0 04 0 06 jump however i decided to shoot the 165 gamekings.

I m not really sure what the 1 12 is ideal for except maybe the 150 grain and below. However the 7 62x51mm achieved that performance with a much shorter case 51mm vs 63mm due to advances in powder technology that occurred after the development of the 30 06. For help in selecting the correct twist rate for the bullet you plan to use please refer to the chart below.

5 56 nato point of aim testing. It depends on the size of the bullet you plan on shooting. Mark at sac actually made the rifle that i am shooting now.

If you plan on shooting the heavier 190 grain 30 caliber bullets you should probably use the 1 10 twist. The 7 62x51mm nato had virtually the same ballistics as the original 30 06 springfield load 150 grain bullet at 2 700 feet per second and also fired a 308 bullet. This much like the 165 offers the.

This is the porridge that goldilocks ate sitting in the golden mean of all bullet weights available for the 30 06. One of the preferred weights for deer hunting with a quick speed and an explosive impact. Bullet weight caliber twist rate chart.

For the 5 56 testing i used my extremely accurate white oaks armament 24 barrel rifle. The ammunition it normally eats is either 77 grain berger otm or 75 grain prvi partizan hpbt match projectiles hand loaded. I was shooting 155gr a max with about 45gr with imr 4320 and was being affected by wind too much.

The picture below shows a 7mm 168 grain sierra matchking bullet recovered from 270 winchester. The below handgun ballistics chart will give true caliber and diameter of handgun cartridge bullet weight measured in grains velocity measured in feet per second energy measured in foot pounds which also is a good indicator of handgun stopping power and bullet trajectory measured in inches for the more popular handgun cartridges factory ammunition. I have shot 168 hornady match out to 1000 yards but seemed to find out that they don t do too well past 750.

For the sake of simplicity i chose to use two calibers. The full chart is below. Sample was requested on the f.

Introduced in 1955 the 243 winchester is based on the 7 62x51 military 308 wi. 6 5mm lapua scenar. We are also very willing to help you determine the correct twist.

Recommended powder bullet for long range 308 oh ok great thanks i am pretty much just looking for a starting off point. The 155gr is more flat than 180gr but is affected by wind too much.