When people talk about recoil reduction loads, they want to reduce velocity, but they never seem to list the ranges that they are usually shooting those loads at....
in an 06, if its deer they are after, a 150 grain is plenty good enough, to take any deer whoever walked...
while most game (90%) is taken under 100 yds.....95% of all game is taken under 200 yds....
a deer is 16 inches from back bone to breast bone regardless of the weight of the animal...
if you look at a velocity chart, any spitzer bullet regardless of caliber,
if it leaves the muzzle at 2250 fps... if zeroed at 3.5 inches at 100 yds, it will be dead on at 200 yds, and 3.5 inches low at 230 to 240 yds...
in an 06, if you use a 150 grain bullet with an MV of 2400 fps, which equates to a 300 Savage equivalent.... you are good to 230 to 240 yds
without any compensation on your scope elevation ( if zeroed 3.5 in high at 100 yds)...
This formula give a window of opportunity of 7 inches... 3.5 inch high at 100 to 3.5 inches low at 240 yds..
on an animal that is 16 inches window of opportunity from back bone to breast bone..
30 grs of 4198 or RL 7 will give you 2400 fps MV with a 150 grain bullet....and give better accuracy than a lot of other reduced loads..
a cast bullet manual is your friend... I use a Lyman Manual... I have two, the other is the lastest edition for newer powders..
the older ones are from the 1980s.... who use a lot of data even older than that...
2400 fps out of an 06 is more of a slight push vs a punch style of recoil....
Last edited by Seafire; 01/12/21.
