Go-to 308 load? Penetration equivalent to the M855 Green Tip?

[Andiamo]

The cream of the crop for AR15s has been IMI M855 Green Tip ammunition, the standard military load. What is the equivalent in penetration for AR10s in 308?

 

[billtool]

In .308 I thinks it’s 168gr FMJ. I think in 7.62x51 it’s 147gr.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Winchester white box

147g boat-tailed FMJ

You can shoot it at 1000yds if you want or elk for deep penetration. It does everything.

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[MTA]

Winchester white box

147g boat-tailed FMJ

You can shoot it at 1000yds if you want or elk for deep penetration. It does everything.

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Thats what I use

 

[Hoji]

In my FNAR it is 168gr Federal Gold Medal Match. 3/8” groups at 100 yards.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

Winchester white box

147g boat-tailed FMJ

You can shoot it at 1000yds if you want or elk for deep penetration. It does everything.

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What I use

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

I have some armscor m80 good stuff also

 

[grumper]

I shoot paper so 175gr sierra matchkings in the federal gold medal match.

Had good results with 178gr hornady superformance too.

Even in normal times the stuff was about $1.50 - $2.00 per cartridge. Probably costs all your kidneys now.

 

[Coyote9]

In my FNAR it is 168gr Federal Gold Medal Match. 3/8” groups at 100 yards.

Agreed, shoots well in both my Mannlicher carbine and in the FN FAL without adjusting the gas block

 

[Long_Ranger]

For me it's Sierra 168 gr OTM pushed by 42 grs of Reloader 15. Out of a DPMS LR308, 5-shot grp less than 1/3 " at 100 yds.

 

[Texasjack]

Green tips (M855) is "cream of the crop"? No. But that's a much longer discussion that this thread can handle.

Full disclosure: I no longer have a .308, so I don't have a current fav load. My neighbor has done well with 150 gr. bullets with Varget in an AR that will hit plates at 500 yards like they were at 50.

There is no perfect load for any cartridge. It's the load that best fits your gun. My old .308 hated light bullets and was much more accurate shooting 180 bullets with IMR 4064. In factory loads, the 180 Winchester Silvertips were the most accurate.

 

[Andiamo]

I'm seeing Winchester 147gr for $1.40 a round, Sellier & Bellot 1970s Military Surplus (Corrosive Brass) for $0.70 a round, and Tulammo Steel Case for $0.70. Anyone shooting steel case through their AR10? I'm not looking for match bullets so much as I am cheap range ammo for function checks.

 

[baboon]

I'm seeing Winchester 147gr for $1.40 a round, Sellier & Bellot 1970s Military Surplus (Corrosive Brass) for $0.70 a round, and Tulammo Steel Case for $0.70. Anyone shooting steel case through their AR10? I'm not looking for match bullets so much as I am cheap range ammo for function checks.

To my knowledge, only AP handgun ammunition is illegal, and the famed "green tip" M855 5.56 ammunition has a bullet with a certain composition that makes it penetrate steel with ease. What is your go-to SHTF 308 cartridge that would melt an APC or MRAP's steel like butter?

Penetrator rounds are designed for the purpose of just that - penetrating. I'm sure the military is well versed in ground to vehicle engagements, are there any teachers of these engagement tactics online, like Massad Ayoob? If the penetrator round was designed to be fired at the driver of an armored vehicle, thus disabling a vehicle, it seems that must be an EXTREMELY well placed shot.

Raufoss Mk 211 in .50 BMG.

 

[grumper]

Here toy go

 

[zackmars]

How do you do, fellow gun owners?

 

[zackmars]

I'm seeing Winchester 147gr for $1.40 a round, Sellier & Bellot 1970s Military Surplus (Corrosive Brass) for $0.70 a round, and Tulammo Steel Case for $0.70. Anyone shooting steel case through their AR10? I'm not looking for match bullets so much as I am cheap range ammo for function checks.

To my knowledge, only AP handgun ammunition is illegal, and the famed "green tip" M855 5.56 ammunition has a bullet with a certain composition that makes it penetrate steel with ease. What is your go-to SHTF 308 cartridge that would melt an APC or MRAP's steel like butter?

Penetrator rounds are designed for the purpose of just that - penetrating. I'm sure the military is well versed in ground to vehicle engagements, are there any teachers of these engagement tactics online, like Massad Ayoob? If the penetrator round was designed to be fired at the driver of an armored vehicle, thus disabling a vehicle, it seems that must be an EXTREMELY well placed shot.

 

[cycleguy2300]

I'm seeing Winchester 147gr for $1.40 a round, Sellier & Bellot 1970s Military Surplus (Corrosive Brass) for $0.70 a round, and Tulammo Steel Case for $0.70. Anyone shooting steel case through their AR10? I'm not looking for match bullets so much as I am cheap range ammo for function checks.

To my knowledge, only AP handgun ammunition is illegal, and the famed "green tip" M855 5.56 ammunition has a bullet with a certain composition that makes it penetrate steel with ease. What is your go-to SHTF 308 cartridge that would melt an APC or MRAP's steel like butter?

Penetrator rounds are designed for the purpose of just that - penetrating. I'm sure the military is well versed in ground to vehicle engagements, are there any teachers of these engagement tactics online, like Massad Ayoob? If the penetrator round was designed to be fired at the driver of an armored vehicle, thus disabling a vehicle, it seems that must be an EXTREMELY well placed shot.

I thought you reloaded? You claimed to reload "thousands" of rounds. What exactly do you reload? I think you lied.

Are you 12? M855 doesn't zip through hard armor. Even the most brief glance at its numbers will show that. Unless you can afford (find) a 7.62x51 SLAP round, it doesn't carry enough energy to get through much either.

No one in the know is going to tell someone lost in fantasy land how to engage armored vehicles.



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[Hoji]

I smell suntan lotion, tide, and leaking Italian motor oil.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

Am I missing something even being a field negro. 308 don't penetrate armor unless you got willie p
And then we ain't getting that from bass pro
So what are you asking???
Enlighten me please

 

[Younggun]

Somethin ain’t right.


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