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Reloading Speer 165 rain RN for .308 Handi
« on: April 20, 2010, 09:34:37 AM »
Getting ready to reload for .308 in a Handi rifle and was thinking about trying the Speer 165 grain roundnose bullet. Initially I was thinking of the Rem 150 grain Corelokt RN but area Iwill be hunting also has feral hogs so thought the 165 grainer might be a good compromise.
Anybody have any expereience with the Speer i the .308??
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Re: Reloading Speer 165 rain RN for .308 Handi
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2010, 10:23:11 AM »
Man !!
 Those 165 gr Speer RN's must be Collector items now. I haven't seen them listed for a long time.
I would not be concerned with the 150 gr Rem's as long as they are CorLokts.
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Re: Reloading Speer 165 rain RN for .308 Handi
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 03:10:26 PM »
They are a AWESOME BULLET!!!

 Some years back I bought all I could get my hands on!!  Still have a number of boxes and they are cherished!!

YES, they are GREAT in a 308, damn good in my .307 and .300 Savage as well!!

My 308 load is a med heavy load of 4320 powder, a CCI LR primer and a Speer 165RN bullet.

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Re: Reloading Speer 165 rain RN for .308 Handi
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2010, 12:41:11 AM »
If they shoot good go for it. Like was already mentioned, I wouldn't pass up those 150gr Remington CL's. I have dropped some pretty big hogs using them from a 16.5" barreled Ruger Compact, and factory CL ammo. 
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Re: Reloading Speer 165 rain RN for .308 Handi
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2010, 08:46:59 AM »
Thanks guy`s!
I have both the Speer 165 grn RN and the 150 gr Corelokt Sp so will load up all of my 165 grSpeer`s first!
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