Aye, Mr. Halwg, I agree about individual testing. But I was curious about what other folks' guns like, as well as what different hunting bullets were often favorites, and in what bullet weights.
My favorite load is:
Sierra 150 grain Soft Point
51.5 grains Imr 4064
Rem Cases
Federal LR Primers
Seated 10 thousandths off the lands
I am a bit surprised, so far, at the numbers of 165 and 180 grain loads I see. I just always figured a 150 was ideal, but our deer are small and plentiful. Some guns may like 180s better in all fairness. Some areas have much larger deer than ours too. A doe here is 90-110 lbs live weight. A buck will run 125-175 live weight.
Mr. Papalote's load and mine are about the same, and I got mine from the Sierra manual, though it proved true in my gun. I'm surprised, and yet not, to see Remmy CL bullets. Most folks want to go 'premium' these days, but to be honest, most any ole expanding .308 tip is going to cause ole mossy horns a bad day.