I shot palmas out of my 1903a3 out to 900.. 1000 was hard cause well sights only go to 800
aiming at top of target with sighst at 800 got me out to 900.. for 1000 i had to aim at top of the berm.. not very repeatable
At 600 i was printing a tight circle at the edge of the bullseye, prone, irons , sling
when my buddy next to me shot 6.5 laser.. shot just inside my ring
Bloody Belgian Bastard he said when he saw that.
My M1A likes them palmas too, but those bullets are a bit to nice to shoot semi auto out of magazine.
With good powder they'l stay supersonic well past 1100 , even 1200, which a 168 match king normally won't do out of a standard 308 case
Personally if i had to get another scoped rifle, I'de get a long action chambred in 3006.. 1:10
Maybe a 24 inch (26 fits my Cayman in the rear, but only just, it's a bit of a wiggle)
Bit more options for handloading with the bigger case
I knew I guy who shoots 308 out of a 36 inch or so monster long barrel.. his ballistics are close to matching 338 LM
(i think by now former) marine sniper in Holland , but in his spare time he lugs that huge stick around.. for really long range shooting. 2km stuff with solid turned copper bullets and what not