My experience seems to be that in the absence of a life threatening situation, I tend to get a little ragged after about 20 rounds of 308. I just spent a couple of hours this morning looking for the "right" load for my 308. I shot 42, 42.5, 43, 43.5 and 44gr of Varget behind a 185gr Berger VLD. The guy to my right was shooting a braked 308. I was using ear plugs and muffs and it was still loud.
The first 4 shots at the beginning I used PPU 168gr match ammo and the recoil is significantly less than with the 185's. Of course, in a hunting scenario, one shoots so little that one hardly notices the recoil given the other excitement...
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