308 Winchester Twist Rate

[Bernard]

Thanks John. I will try some lighter bullets next week and post the results.

[John Kepler]

And yet again.....you don't NEED lighter bullets, just a faster load!

If you can't or won't load your own, then you are probably screwed and should consider selling the rifle and getting something a bit more pedestrian from Wally World that'll shoot most commercial .308 loads. For your rifle, a 155 gr Sierra MK on top of 45.5 gr of Vihtavuori N550 should be more like it...all safe loading caveats apply. You have a high-performance "race car" and are trying to run it on the cheapest economy unleaded fuel you can find....and are surprised and somewhat mystified that it isn't working? Feed the rifle what it was built for, not what you think you might get away with! To learn more about what that rifle was made for, go to: http://www.palma.org/

Mr. Moderator....this thread really should be over at the "On The Firing Line" forum. The OP has a comp rifle, doesn't know how to run it, and needs the input from a wider selection of people that do.

[Bernard]

Points well taken. I will work up some loads with the 155 palma as per my Sierra manual. Any thoughts on the ramline stock used with this rifle? It almost seems out of place. Thanks again to all that replied.

[John Kepler]

Again, like I said earlier....you have an old AMU Palma Rifle, likely circa the later 1970's, hence the Ram-Line stock.