Do you use 7.62x51 nato on your 308 Win rifle?

[savage2014]

I am planning to buy a Savage bolt action in 308, and am already buying ammo. I went to walmart this morning and bought a box of Perfecta, and the person at the counter said "do you know we have plenty of ZQi 7.62x51 nato which you can use on your gun? I replied, I will check the perfecta first...


So this is my question, do you use the NATO rounds on your 308 Win rifle?

Thanks

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Yup. I don't get quit the same accuracy as I do with loads tailored for the gun, but they work well enough.

[psharon97]

Depends on the rifle. In my brother's M1A, I would use it in that rifle. In my target 308 rifle, I only run handloads. If I absolutely had to run 7.62, then yes I would run in the target rifle.

[BlueDog]

I have, but just as Ron said, they don't shoot the best. (One rifle does shoot them better than the other rifle, but still not brag worthy)

[pepper savage 111]

They work well if your looking for "minute of tannerite jar", not so much for punching one jagged hole with 5 shots.

[darkker]

So for the sake of honesty. Unlike the 223/5.56 NATO, the 308 & 7.62 NATO have VERY different chamber dimensions. The Nato guage can swallow the 308.
That being said, I don't know of ANY ammo that isn't made to 308 headspace specs.

I have fired MANY battle packs in my 10FP. Ball ammo isn't very accurate, as has been stated; but for cheap plinking, it didn't matter to me.
Cheap ball ammo equaled cheap brass for me.

[Bimmer]

I regularly shoot milsurp 7.62 through my FCP-SR, as well as "commercial" 7.62 (for example, Prvi).

One of the reasons I wanted a .308 bolt gun was because I already had an M14-type, and I wanted ammo/reloading commonality.

I use ball ammo mostly to foul/warm the barrel, or for basic sighting in, but some of it (Lithuanian GGG, especially) shoots decently at 100yds. At 200yds+ the ball ammo isn't as consistent, and match ammo is wayyyy better.

[CarolinaShooter]

I shoot Turkish NATO through my Savage Axis it usually shoots 1 moa if I'm doing my part. I mainly just use it if I don't have any handloads on hand plus as someone else stated it's cheap brass.