Little chilly this morning at 22 deg. but I got out to for a bit to try these bullets. Fired 30 rnds in Lapua brass with 210M primers loaded with 43.9 gn of IMR-8208 out of my 24" 1-10 X-Caliber barreled Savage .308 with an OSS HX-QD .358 magnum TI suppressor. Average speed 2791 with an SD of 6.1. Stout recoil with a nice sharp report. Sub .5 moa so I think these bullets will work nicely for practice when I don't feel like spending the big bucks for the usual Bergers. Whatta Hobby!

 

Having way too much fun. Walked out through the snow and retrieved a target from yesterday. Up close it looks a lot more like 1 moa than the 1/2 I thought I had shot yesterday. Still pleased with the load. Whatta Hobby!

 

Glad you posted this, I am going to try out this load for my 40XBR, I have not used the 8208XBR before, but it must be made for my 40x, lol.

 

Exact same load but with 168 tmk. Shooting them out of rem 700 5r. Most groups from 1.90 to .310 off of bags. Use lapua brass, cci lr mag primers.

 

Can't try these loads, as the 8208 seems to be rare right now!

 

My backup powder is tac. Groups and velocity are around the same. Plus tac has a copper remover.

 

I have TAC and actually just loaded up some 308 168 & 175 with it a couple of weeks ago, haven't had time to try it out yet.