.308 Winchester Failsafe Ammo

[1tfl]

Anybody here have any experience with this ammo?
It gives terrible accuracy (3-5" groups) in my rifles. It just seemed like really inaccurate ammo. Anybody else here have similar experience with this ammo?
I still have 3 boxes left and I'm wondering if there is any reason to keep them other than for the brass.

 

[Sodbuster]

I had very good results with these bullets, but I shoot a .270. Your rifles may just not like FailSafes. It happens. These are flat bottom bullets, not boat tails, but I considered them to be quite accurate out to 300 yards. Again, I shoot a .270... and was actually a bit miffed when Winchester discontinued these bullets. No experience with the .308 FailSafes.

 

[Art Eatman]

I loaded some for my '06. 3" to 4" groups, compared to my usual sub-MOA. I discovered later that the jacket material is rather hard, compared to, say, Sierras, so I might have run higher pressures than would have been proper.

A local gun shop owner said that he'd had several bad reports from other users. Mostly about poor expansion on Bambi.

 

[Mobuck]

That was the ammo of choice for my older Son's first elk hunt. 30/06 165 grains shot very good out of his S&W(HOWA) and drove a fatal bullet completely through a nice 5x5 bull @200 yards. They do have a fairly stiff jacket compared to the common cup and core bullets.

 

[Keg]

I've shot 180 gr ammo out of my 300 win mag...Good accuracy..no problems

 

[reynolds357]

The stuff is awesome. Some of the best premium factory ammo ever sold. Maybe your rifle just does not like it, but it is truly top shelf ammo.

 

[BIG P]

Those babes are hard hard. I'LL pass on them its just me.