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Another+1 for that one and I also like the Hornady Flat Base Interlock 180 grainer a lot....
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What's your favorite grain and bullet for deer in 30 caliber? Mine is 180 grain Partition I use it in 308,30-06 and 300 RUM shoots excellent groups and excellent results in all of my rifles glad so I don't have to buy different grain and bullets for each gun. 180 Accubond, though I might look elsewhere for the .308.
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I think it would be pretty difficult to pick a bad .30 caliber deer bullet in weights from 150-180 grains. With cup and cores, I'd keep the impact velocity below 2800 or so if hunting for meat. Otherwise, load up and go hunting. Out of a .30-06, I've used 150 BTs, 150 Sierra Pro Hunters, 165 Sierra GameKings, and 180 Sierra round noses. From ranges of 35-230 yards they've all worked to perfection.
FWIW, for an all-around deer rig, I'm not sure there is anything better than a .30-06 with a 165 grainer at around 2800 fps.
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any 150gr. bullet that shoots well.
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I grew up shooting Dad's .30-06 Handloads w/ great results with Hornady IL 165-180gror the NPT 165-180gr.Last year I also bought 500ct NBT 168gr.and 500ct 180gr NBT Hunting bullets at a garage sale for $50.00.Both shoot superbly on paper but have not taken any game yet...ScottyO.
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165gr Seirra GameKing. They have shot well out of many 30-06 and 308's for me and always performed great in deer.
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165gr Seirra GameKing. They have shot well out of many 30-06 and 308's for me and always performed great in deer. Thats one I'll NEVER shoot again as it had serious issues at times in an 06.. same thing... either overexpanding or not expanding at all. But 95% of the time it was perfect... after a couple of boxes of them never again.
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165 grain Hornady boat tail in non magnums rounds. The 180 grain Nosler A-Bond in the magnums.
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Call me old fashion. But my fav all around .30 caliber projectile is a the old Hornady 220 Grain round nose. A stomper outta a .30 Army or a .30 Govt 1906! Love it in the .30 Army!
Only other bullet I like is the Sierra 180 Grain round nose. Since Hornady don't make one anymore.
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Something good 150-165 gr from a 30/06.
I like 165 NPT's cause they work on everything else besides deer but plenty of good bullets out there.
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For deer, the 150 NPT has been my go-to for many, many years, but I have some 150 ABs loaded up to try... 
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Every bullet 165-168 grain bullet I've used in the 30-06 has worked well.
So far I've used:
168 Nosler Ballistic Silvertip, 3 for 3 bang-flops.
165 Hornady SST, killed the heck out of them but too explosive so I switched to the 165 Hornady SP flat base.
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Y'all must have deer the size of Santa Gertrudis bulls.
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I find the good old WW-150gr. Power Point does a good job if MV starts at 2800 fps or less. The 165 gr. interlock does a good job too no need to get fancy.
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Right now my favorite .30 cal is My old Ruger M77R in 30.06.
Load with 150 grn Nosler Balistic Tips and Big Game powder.
Accurate and fast too !
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150 grain Partitions. More than enough for deer and black bears. Have used 165 Interlock and 165 Sierra. Both work, just feel confident about hitting bone with the Partition. More about feeling confident than what's "best".
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Just posted this on another thread, seems to fit here as well.. Over 25 years now almost every deer, elk, or antelope myself, and most of the family I have supplied reloaded 30-06 or 308 to, has been killed with 150 grain core-lokts.
This would surely be somewhere on the up side of 100 animals. I see no reason to change as the premium bullets I see pictures of on the net, that have made kills, tell me it is unnecessary
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