Prvi Partizan Match 308 Winchester Ammo 155 Review

Until this point our consistency testing's been focusing on the .223 Remington / 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. This time we co-operative out into another pop rifle caliber: the .308 Winchester / vii.62×51 NATO round. Specifically, I'one thousand testing Prvi Partizan factory ammo, Hornady Match ammo, and SetPoint ammunition.

The bones testing outline was described in the first postal service and repeated ad nauseum, but this fourth dimension we're switching things up. As the ArmaLite National Match rifle nosotros usually use doesn't take .308 ammo, we're substituting the recently reviewed Mossberg 100 ATR as our standard test rifle.

Using the Mossie (with a 22″ butt and 1:10 twist) I fired 20 rounds of ammunition through a chronograph and record the results. At the end of the testing, I determined the interquartile range of the velocities and used that as our metric to compare the ammunition.

Prvi Partizan armament is considered by some to be the best of the western European armament plants. Prvi Partizan manufactures the armament for Wolf'south "Premium" Gilt line. It also sells its own premium line of ammunition. We tested the cheap versions of their ammunition; the ammo found in the "bargain" section of a gun store and sold in nondescript white boxes. It's the baseline for the tests: the "cheap" ammunition to which all "premium" ammunition would exist compared, much like Wolf and XM192F in the .223 tests.

Every bit we saw at the NRA convention, Hornady touts their new Superformance armament equally being some of the all-time commercially available armament in the earth. Today we're looking at the 150gr SST version, with a claimed muzzle velocity around 3,000 fps (anxiety per second). This circular has a polymer ballistic tip and friction match class jacket specifically designed to meliorate accuracy.

SetPoint Armament is a brand new histrion in the match grade armament globe. The company makes ammo to order: your pick of bullets, powder load, even the C.O.L (Cartridge Overall Length). SetPoint volition happily churn out equally few as twenty rounds to your oder, or as many every bit you want.

Each box of ammunition has your name on it. Literally. They also list your load information so yous know exactly what you're getting every time. I was a little hesitant about trusting someone else to load my ammo; I went with a conservative recipe: 44gr Varget under a 150gr Hornady FMJ BT bullet with a C.O.L. of ii.78 inches. When the armament arrived SetPoint had still to open up their doors to the public. They're now taking custom orders for .308 rounds from anyone who wants to handload merely doesn't have the fourth dimension / patience / do / budget / equipment to practice it themselves.

Equally we tin see in the boxplot, Hornady Lucifer ammunition is over 200 feet per 2nd faster than the SetPoint load I chose, and over 100 feet per second faster than the Prvi load. But speed isn't everything.

Consistency is what we're looking for. In terms of consistency, Hornady takes the cake. While there is a definite "winner" and "loser" in terms of consistency, the departure between the two seems much smaller than the current all-time and worst in the .223 Remington brands.

Due to the difference in testing procedures, with one caliber beingness tested in a semi-auto firearm and the other beingness tested in a commodities activeness, it seems prudent to go on the results separated. For that reason this bar graph excludes all of the .223 ammunition we tested and only looks at the .308.

From these results, information technology looks like Hornady takes the lead in .308 Winchester ammunition consistency. SetPoint appears to offer adequate consistency (much amend than my handloads) while offer total ammo customization—something no one has yet been able to practice on this calibration. Expect a total report on their armament after I become some drinking glass on my burglarize.

Next time: Wilson Gainsay .308!

Brand and Weight	Quotient	IQR
Hornady Superformance Lucifer 150gr SST	.308 Win	26
SetPoint – 44gr Varget 150gr Hornady FMJ BT	.308 Win	52
Prvi Partizan 150gr FMJ	.308 Win	54

Hither's the electric current .223 Remington table every bit well, just FYI.

Brand and Weight	Caliber	IQR
Wilson Gainsay 77gr Sierra HPBT Match	.223 Rem	nineteen
Wilson Combat 65gr Sierra SP BT	.223 Rem	21
Hornady 75gr BTHP Lucifer	.223 Rem	29
CorBon 69gr HPBT	.223 Rem	xxx
Winchester 64gr "Ability Point" SP	.223 Rem	38
Wolf 55gr FMJ	.223 Rem	40
Federal XM193F 55gr FMJ	.223 Rem	40
Nosler Varmint 40gr Ballistic Tip	.223 Rem	44
Handloads – 20.8gr N-135 75gr Hornady HPBT Lucifer	.223 Rem	49
Handloads – 21gr IMR 3031 75gr Hornady HPBT Match	.223 Rem	52

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Source: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/ammunition-consistency-testing-setpoint-hornady-and-prvi/