So I normally just shoot standard Federal 308 FMJ ammo I think it is like XM80 or something like that.. its not right in front of me.. 7.62x51.. and its fine.. no complaints.. 

Just for fun.. what is some "premium" ammo I could run through a 308 AR.. I used to shoot a lot of Hornady TAP and that was good.. 

I guess what I am asking is 16in 308 AR.. if you could run any ammo through it what would you run? I am not in a position to reload 308 (yet)

My favorite budget "premium" brand is PPU.  Their match ammo is pretty  close to Hornady's quality.

Try some Federal Gold Medal Match! 

Try some Federal Gold Medal Match! 

Absolutely! +1


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what bullet weight for a 16in 308 AR 

 

Without owning any .308s, I would immediately reply FGMM as well, even without knowing distance you are shooting at and twist rate.

I would hazard a guess that even the "wrong" FGMM weight will still be vastly superior to most other cheaper ammos accuracy, as it should be at around $1/shot. In my .223 precision gun, Hornady superperformance match 75gr was vastly superior to generic 55gr bulk ammo, but my .223 likes 69gr FGMM better.

I have been meaning to try some Black Hills match ammo, but have yet to get some. If it is as good as most online reviews seem to indicate, might be a worthwhile alternative for those of us not reloading yet. Just don't mix your match brass with bulk ammo brass.

twist is 1:10

168 grain is what I use. Should work. Have 147 too but haven’t used that in awhile.


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Black hills 175 

10 hours ago, vladtepes said:

what bullet weight for a 16in 308 AR 

 

Id go 175 fgmm

I have used Federal Gold Match out of my Colt LE901 with excellent results. Kinda pricey though. 

I usually shoot M80 ball ammo, it’s relatively cheap, and accurate enough.