Federal Fusion 308 165 Grain Ballistics Chart (2025)

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.

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).

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.

308), and he's actually at 300 yards, you won't even touch a hair, even if you've got your aim solidly placed for the 250-yard distance, because traveling that additional 50 yards from 250 to 300, the bullet is going to drop yet another six and a quarter inches.

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.

The most common bullet weights for . 308 are between 150 and 180 grains.

What is the best barrel length for a 308? ›

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.

With the right kind of ammunition a typical 308 rifle is effective to about 1000 yards. With the right rifle and right ammunition in the hands of the right shooter that can be stretched out to about 1200 yards.

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.

With the right kind of ammunition a typical 308 rifle is effective to about 1000 yards. With the right rifle and right ammunition in the hands of the right shooter that can be stretched out to about 1200 yards.

308? The 308 Winchester has an effective range of about 550 yards when hunting whitetail deer. When hunting elk, the effective range is somewhat shorter, falling closer to about 350 yards if your aim is to effectively and humanely harvest game.