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Barnes 168 TTSX is where I landed

180 Nosler Partition until I got old and cheap and started using 180 Core Lokt. I know the Core Lokt is a dirty word here.

I have taken Whitetail up to Elk using 168 TSX have not tried it on black bear but would not hesitate to do so.

With the .30-06 it's hard to make a bad choice.

Along with bigger stuff, I've killed whitetail and pronghorns does with the 200-grain Partition, and my my wife and I have killed much bigger animals with super-bullets down to 150 grains. Then there are 150-180 grain Hornady Interlocks, which also work if you put them in the right place, though they might (note the "might") not work as well for shots from one end of an animal to the other.

That'd be a real good spot!

If I had to pick one it would be 165 grain partition.

I am wondering though if a 150 grain TTSX wouldn't be a better choice.

Dink

Make it a 155 Scenar for me. But, I am slumming some 168 E Tips right now at 2850..

So the 200 Partitions work well as an all around bullet. How fast were you pushing them on average?

Not if you have more rifles than you can count...... simplifies life

Mice is...... 165 Nosler partition 57 gr H4350//2880 fps

Barnes 168 tipped TSX gets you that elk bone breaker when you need it, keeps the trajectory pretty flat a long way out there for a hunting rifle and expands well at a little lower velocity than the other tsx weights. It performs like a stout 180 and still flies like a sleek 165 grain bullet. I think there are better deer bullets but it does just fine on deer and excels on bigger boned animals like elk, boar, moose etc. where the structural integrity of a hunting bullet is tested.

The only drawback is that they are expensive to shoot for practice and so I substitute Speer or Sierra for practice and use the Barnes for hunting.

165 Hornadys and 165 TTSX for me. My 700 likes them both over 4064.

big swede,

I've used 200 Partitions in several .30-06's, usually with around grains of H4831 or H4831SC. Muzzle velocity had usually been 2650-2700, depending on barrel length, brass, primer, etc.

A 180 gr Partition might overpenetrate a bit on a chuck or a TX whitetail but it'll certainly take down anything in the Lower 48. You can often get them as blems or overruns for 1/2 price from shootersproshop.com.

180 grain Partition.

The 30-06's 'big bullet' is "all around" because it's big!

Those who make topics that say:

"What's the best bullet for the (223)" or some such tiny one are fighting their fundamental failure.

It's too small to be all around!

175 LRX adds BC and increases lower terminal velocity window. If your gun shoots them well you can't go wrong. If you value your meat or shoot something small, they go easy there. If you shoot something big, they penetrate plenty.

One for everything means off the rack loads for me. Kinda where I'm at with my 270. Ran some American Whitetail this morning and wasn't impressed. Something will shine though.

That's the one I picked. 62gr of H4350 did the trick.

168TTSX.

DumbAss Don and his non-hunting stupid ass shows up yet again.