Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska What are is your favorite 30-06 hunting load?

Most of you only load up 1 bullet, powder combo for your all around 30-06 hunting round in Alaska?


I been kicking around and 06 or a .338 Win Mag and one load for all hunting. K.I.S.S idea.

54gr H414 under a 168tsx lately. Before that it was some IMR 4350 under a 200 partition. Both are deadly.

Thanks, I been using just the factory Cor-lokt rounds, but reloading is the way to go.

Winchester cases, 57.5 grains of H-4350, lit by federal 210 primers, topped off with a 180 grain TTSX.

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If I wanted one load to do everything, the one stated above would be it.

Exacatamundo.

all around... 338 win mag 225 barnes ttsx hands down for AK.

If running 06, no flies on the 180 and I might even consider 168s..

06 KISS is 180 NP's doesn't get any simpler than that.

200 gr Nosler Partition and 69gr Norma MRP

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I like the KISS approach. However, the 200gr. PT (Phil mentioned) would also work..

It would be the 168-gr TTSX and 210s on the bottom of Win cases. Probably 57+ grains of H4350 which I know works well but am still tinkering with R17 because I have three pounds of it.

Tried to make 200-gr ABs sing early this summer but my rifle said, "no thankey."

Hi Phil, do you know what the velocity you get of from that loading? idahoguy101

Has anyone tried the 210 Accubond?

Phil is that a typo, or will 69 gr actually fit in the case?

61 gr Rl-22 under a 200 gr Partition, lit with a cci-250 primer in WW brass gives 2700 fps in my 24" barreled pre-64 M-70.

+1. I was wondering the same thing. Seems like an awfully stiff charge/ a lot of powder for an 06...

Thanks everyone, I meant 59 grs NOT 69 and that gives the 200 gr Partition 2700fps from the 22 inch barrel on my rifle.

I can live with anything in 165-180 grain loads that go 1.5 MOA or less. Less is better of course. If you can't kill with that, the load likely ain't the problem, with due diligence to terminal performance. I've gone the premium route and come back to mostly plain-janes (I reserve the right.... etc... ), as I've not noticed any difference in the end game... but then I'm chea....er...economically minded... But if premiums crank your chain (especially if they offer a significant increase in accuracy, or the situation begs it), by all means have at it.

I've never been all warm and fuzzy about 150 gr. loads, but that's what I'm using right now - and I have hundreds of the durn things (Corelokts) for reloading- came with a remote cabin (and rifle) I purchased 40 years ago. I'm gonna have to use those up one of these days... but it's expensive to reload where I am now. Powder/haz-mat, airfreight, etc. (Alaska Airlines lets one ship 50 lbs loaded ammo as free baggage- so why fight it? )

The Rem. factory Corlokts are doing just fine (around MOA) out to 500 on caribou, and on a moose at 50 yds 4 years ago, tho now I'm into a couple boxes of factory Hornady Super Performance. Tho slightly less accurate than the Rems, they are much flatter at 300-500. I can live with that.

I still prefer the 165-180's tho.. Personal prejudice, as I haven't seen a whit of diff in terminal performance between 150-180 weights, from 100 lb black bear thru moose.

By the way, Finn Aaguard showed that 180's penetrated wet telephone books better than any thing else lighter or heavier. This was a number of years ago, probably just plain-janes, assuredly not the TSX -TTSX and other modern premiums.

If I were to pick just one bullet weight for anything that might hit the fan, I'd take a priemum 180 bullet weight if it shoots well.

Just how much over-penetration do you need anyway?

Dang - I just may make that my sig-line....

I'm impressed...2700 fps!

A 200gr Nosler Partition at 2700 fps...that sounds pretty good.

165gr TSX over 58gr of Big Game, ignited by CCI250's gives me exactly 2800fps and less than minute of angle accuracy.

I've got a few hundred 150 Core Loc's here also, I use them as practice ammo. They're accurate enough for picking off clay pigeons out to 300 yards or so.