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

165 NPT or 168 TTSX is all you will ever need

And about 57.0/57.3 grains IMR 4350

57 gns of IMR 4350 with a 165gn Accu-Bond does the trick here in PA on the white tails.

Imagine what could happen to 30-06 favorites if Remington came out with a 50 grain XFB load in Accelerator ammo���..

For Deer I like 55 grs of 4895 and a 150gr bullet, and am now looking at the Ttsx. Kills like lightening on deer and such. For bigger stuff, but also deer, the 165gr Ttsx or Nosler partition and 60grs of IMR 4350 SC. The 150 gr load chronographs at 3000 fps and the 165 at 2800 even. I used the 165gr load in Africa to take an Eland with. Hit behind the left ribs and went clear to the right shoulder. Think the Ttsx will do the same. Wife killed 2 Kudu, an Oryx and a Zebra with one shot each using that load. Before anyone hollers "hot" , don't. Check the loading manuals, these are in some, but been so long since I looked at them for this load, been using it since 1972, but with the Nosler partition at the time, that I don't recall which manual it's in.

I used the 150 XFB a few times on caribou with my 30-06. On one occasion I drove one through both side of two caribou and only failed to drill a third (I'm quite sure) because there weren't three in a line. (I wasn't trying to kill two either but the second ran behind as I squeezed; no biggy with a 5 per/day limit.)

It would be interesting to see what the '06 would do with those old Xs at plus 4000 fps�.perhaps a bit more destruction than we're used to with monos.

Klik,

A hunting pard of mine drove a Hornady 180 round nose thru a pair of bull elk. Fortunately, his son hadn't filled yet so it turned out ok. He never saw the other bull. He started dressing the one he shot and called his son to come help. He was elbow deep when his son called to tell him that he'd found the bull...ooopps!

I like 150 gr TTSX.

Eric

I've been loading 165-gr Core-Lokt's/Speer/Hornady/Sierra's for deer, and 180- Speer GrandSlam's for black bear.

I loaded up some 180 Hornady InnerLocks to 2800 fps out of my 24" bbl. Remington 700 for a late season cow elk hunt. This is a meat hunt. You fellas think that I'll be O.K. or I could load 180 Nosler PT's but they don't shoot as accurately out of my rifle. I kind of want to try a cup and core non-premium bullet.

Skip the 'knuckle shot' and you'll strike gold. (And next year, work up your 180 loads with Ramshot Hunter for some easy, accurate, quick-stepping loads. credit: Barsness)

My rifles love anything I stuff into them. However, if I were going to go to Alaska with my 30-06, I'd probably listen to Phil's advice. He's one of the guys that has "been there done that":



Also, for some of you that want to try these bullets, I'd suggest getting some before they are all out. You damn sure can't beat $13.45/50 either!!!!!!!

http://www.shootersproshop.com/nosl...0-200gr-partition-spitzer-blem-50ct.html

That bullet combo will work damn well. Put it in the vitals and you'll be worrying about how to pack it out and not whether the bullet worked