Originally Posted by
223AI
I'm late to the game on this, but I've been loading ammo for the Vegas Precision Rifle Match this weekend. The fact of the matter is that I'll likely not see any .308's this weekend at the match, or at any other PRS matches that I shoot this year. There will be a good mix of 6.5 and 6mm's, and almost every single shooter will be running a bolt gun. The wind difference, followed closely by the recoil difference is significant.
Set up properly, a bolt gun can run just fine with a gas gun in a competition setting. At Rifles Only, we shoot a short timed drill called Moving Chaos, which has you shoot two at the 400 yard mover, two at a 210 yard 1 MOA target, two at a 350 yard 1.5 moa target, 2 at a 550 yard target, and 2 more at the mover....if you hit on the first round, then move on to the next target. The time constraints have it to where you are better of holding, rather than dialing, unless you really know what you are doing with the scope and stress management. Gas gunners run it just as fast and/or slow as the bolt gun guys. Same thing can be said on the mover stages and stages with movement from position to position.
The 308 is very clearly outclassed by just about everything 6.5/6mm...from start to finish. Heck, even my .223 bolt gun, sending pointed 82 bergers at 2900, outclasses my 308's in every way except downrange energy.