Federal Fusion 308 165 Grain Ballistics Chart (2024)

FAQs

What is the effective range of a 308 165 grain bullet? ›

This bullet weight can be used to produce clean kills on medium game out to ranges of around and exceeding 600 yards. The 165 to 168 grain bullet weight in . 308 is, generally speaking, somewhat more effective on game weighing above 90kg, than on light bodied game.

What Is the Right Twist Rate for a 308 Rifle? The ideal rate of twist for a 308 rifle would give the bullet a gyroscopic stability factor of 1.3 at minimum, although 1.5 is preferable if you are firing over longer ranges.

How much will a 308 drop at 100 yards? On average, a 150 grain FMJ fired at 2820 fps will have 0 inches of bullet drop at 100 yards, assuming a 100 yard zero.

The . 308 isn't a hard-hitting cartridge at distance, but it can perform with the right bullet. Federal Premium 175-grain Terminal Ascent or Swift Scirocco II loads would be good ones to use.

For the . 308 Winchester, 168-gr. Match load, the drop at 700 yards is -162.58 inches, and at 800 yards it's -237.19 inches.

For a . 308 or 7.62 rifle that will be used for hunting with long, heavy bullets, the best twist rate is likely 1/10. Federal Fusion's 180-grain . 308 ammo or Winchester's 180-grain Super-X Power Point ammo, for example, would probably perform better with a 1/10 twist rate.

Standard 16-18″ .

A . 308 with a 16-18″ barrel provides sufficient accuracy from 100 to 300-yards, making it a solid all-purpose system. With this barrel length, you have a good home-defense option while still having the range for hunting.

It was introduced with a 1:14 twist, soon changed to a more versatile 1:12 twist, which usually works okay for bullets from 40 to 60 grains. Then the military wanted long-range performance, and hunters started using . 223s with heavy bullets for deer.

308 drops about 400 inches or about thirty feet. You'll see slight variations with different rounds and barrel lengths. The thing to remember is that bullets drop at an exponentially increasing rate. That means that if a bullet drop is 2 inches at 200 yards, it's not 4 inches at 400 yards (it's more like 26 inches).

A . 308 or most any other modern "high intensity" cartridge shoots usefully flat for something over 200 yards. Get farther out than that, and you have to know the range and adjust or hold for it.

How many yards is a 308 lethal? ›

308 Winchester can provide. With a verified sniper kill of 1,250 meters (1,367 yards) using the 7.62x51/. 308 Winchester cartridge, the majority of military sniper schools will place the maximum effective range of the 7.62x51/. 308 at between 850 and 1,000 yards, and at 1,000, there are much better choices today.

308 will shoot MOA or better, but most rifles so-chambered have behaved well on the range for me. Even with a gun that shoots 1.5 MOA, we're still talking 7.5 inches at the 500-yard mark where we cross below our velocity threshold - that's plenty of accuracy to get the job done on most big game animals.

The maximum point blank range of a . 308 is around 270 metres depending on the load and barrel length, which is the max range at which if you aim at something, you will hit it. The military considers them to have an effective range of around 1000m, with regards to accuracy and stopping power.

308 Winchester can provide. With a verified sniper kill of 1,250 meters (1,367 yards) using the 7.62x51/. 308 Winchester cartridge, the majority of military sniper schools will place the maximum effective range of the 7.62x51/. 308 at between 850 and 1,000 yards, and at 1,000, there are much better choices today.

Winchester Deer Season XP 150 grain is the best 308 ammo for deer hunting because it uses the latest bullet technology for incredible accuracy and excellent terminal performance; plus, I found it affordable compared to other deer hunting ammo.