I’m going to try loading up some different bullets and loads with some different powders to see what my Win70 Classic 06 prefers ... what’s everyone using that works good for them when chasing deer? Share your recipes please.

45grs h4895 and hornady 165 interlock - not real fast but accurate


59-60grs h4831 and a280 Nosler ballistic tip - 60grs get 2737fps from my Ruger with good accuracy.


54.5grs h4895 and 130 Barnes ttsx. Fast and accurate.

130 TTSX. You won't be chasing them far.

My dad calls them the 5 second bullet. That's as long as a deer has stayed on it's feet after meeting one. And that is after MANY

I’m going to load 150 NPT’s with RL-19, Nosler ‘s accy load. Partitions are always a good deal.

Just for WT’s I’ve used the 130 Hornady SP at over 3K+ fps. Thru and thru with lots of chest damage and DRT. Good blood flow both wounds.

For WT’s you don’t really need heavy bullets. 125 and 130’s at fast speed do the job.

DF

I guess I should have specified it will be used on mule deer

165 grain Sierra GameKing or 150 Sierra ProHunter, with H4350.

In my 30-06 I load 168 Barnes bullets with 57gr. Of H4350. It shoots sub moa in my rifle, my sons 30-06 and my previous 2 30-06. It seems like a great combo for 30-06 in general.

Have a M70 30-06 stocked in a McMillan. Loaded up 180 AB's over near Nosler book max for Re-17. Accurate and muleys don't like it.

Back years ago, it was 57.0 grains of imr4350 under a 180gr roundnose.
Now I am shooting 52.0 grains imr4064 under a 150gr tsx, and 50.0 grains of imr4064 under a 165gr solid base.
Super accurate in my rifle.

My best 06 loads came with I4350.. I used either 165 Sierra HPBT or 150 gr. Horn. SPBT... I loaded my last batch of 150s in 1982.. Tried a couple of them this fall, still accurate and killed a nice whitetail with my grandfathers .30-06!!!! Deer are not armor plated.. Cup and core works fine...

So far my 30-06’s have all liked a 150 gr Sierra prohunter or ballistic tip over noslers starting load of imr4831. Not fast, but no more is needed at 200 yards or less.

A 150 Partition with 59 grains of IMR 4350 at 3000 fps. It hammers deer and pigs. Ballistic tips and Accubonds would be great too.

I always shot the IMR 4350 and the 165 NBT out of my 06 for deer. Only shot 4 or 5 with it. I can’t remember one ever taking a step.

I always like the 165 BTSP from hornady.

Speer 150gr Hot-Cor or the Sierra 150gr Pro Hunter, both work equally well on deer.

I've had good results on deer with 165 partitions over 57.0 gr of IMR 4350. I now use 57.0 gr of RL 16. Better accuracy, good velocity, temp insensitive, and copper remover. My M700 classic shot its best group ever with RL 16.

46gr H4895 topped with a 150gr NP. Pretty much a .308-equivalent. Mild, deadly, and has been quite accurate in three different rifles.

As long as you stay under 400 yards and preferably 350 a 130 grain TTSX is pretty hard to beat. You get nice flat trajectory, identical performance from 25 feet to 350 yards, accuracy and lead free meat without wrecking meat. Heavier monos might give you a little bit more range, but not a lot.

Most of my 30-06's I have owned will shoot 58.0grs of Accurate or IMR 4350 with a 168gr Nosler Ballistic Tip really well,but my most recent rifle I have really likes 57.0grs of Reloader-16.

I like the good ol 165 grain Sierra Game King over 57 gr. If IMR-4350. This bullet works very well with IMR-4064 as well.

This over IMR4350.

58.0 grains of h4350 with a 165 serria game king. Out of my xbolt it shoots bug holes at 2820 fps.

Killed a pile of deer with that combo when that was my only CF rifle.

My antelope, deer, elk, & moose load for the longest time was 57 grains H4350 with a 180 gr. Partition seated .020 back from the rifling

150gr Hornady Interlock or Speer HotCor over 52gr of IMR 4064;. Same bullets over 49gr of IMR 4320; or 180gr any brand over 55 or 56gr of IMR 4350. All accurate loads.

51gr of H4895 and a 150gr TTSX when I can’t use lead, 57gr H4350 and a 180gr Partition when lead is ok.

30-06

200 grain jacketed. 54 / IMR 4350

Took my KY buck and doe with a 165gr. Sierra Game King and 56gr. IMR 4350. A load that's accurate and deadly.

59gr H4831, 180 Pro-Hunter.

Put together using leftover crap in a half assed effort to get
something to shoot in a chittt 760.


Right around MOA, reliably. Drops deer.

Pisses me off when half fast works out better than careful effort.

H4895 with the 130 TTSX had worked real well, IMR 4064 with 150 Balistic Tips and Accubonds are what I normally run, and Reloader 22 with 180 Partitions and Accubonds if you need more muscle

165 Ballistic Tip over 57.5 grains of H4350. Very accurate, does plenty of damage and passes thru.

I hunt white tails. I load 165gr Hornady flat base over 56gr of H4350 with a WLR primer.

It sure seems like I hear a lot of that 130 TTSX ... may have to give that one a try! Now I’ll have to go through my powders I have and see if I have anything that’ll push it well. I’m thinking I have some Varget. That should work with that 130 TTSX I’d think.

Shamanic Top Deer Loads in 30-06:

Mine: 165 grain Hornady I/L SP's over H4895

Angus and Moose: 150 grain Rem PSPCL over H4895

SuperCore: 165 grain (something pointy and cheap with a red tip) over H4350

All are well off-MAX loads-- very accurate, low recoil loads. Both knock the snot out of deer with equal aplomb. My longest shot with the load is somewhere around 170 yards. Angus hold the camp record with 253 yards.

I recently received a lifetime supply of Hornady 150 grain I/L SP's for free. Considering how well the Remmies do, I'm going to convert.

53.5-56.5 according to Barnes

I have used the Sierra Pro-Hunter for years to prove 30 caliber rifles can shoot. It is an impressive bullet!

IMR 4451 under 150 Interlocks at 3000 fps. Extremely accurate in my old Savage and smucks deer.

H414 and hornady 165 btsp

Any 150 over 59gr IMR 4350 was the recipe I used to load for several friends back in the 70's-80's down in East Tx. Hornady 150sp was choice. The 150 Sierra did better in the 308s. Those are small deer, but feral hogs could be huge...Texas Grizzlies! No joke...

Someone on here posted pics of a 165 partition at 2500fps 3 FEET of penetration inside a grizzly.

That seems like enough for deer

Back in the Mid 70s RCBS recommended 56gr of 4350 for semis, pumps, and levers. Nominal mv 2650fps. That load with Speer 150s killed deer way out there.

200 grain Nosler Partition
RL 17

165 grain Sierra GameChanger
RL 17

note: start at lower-to-mid-range powder charge using Alliant data, and work up in .5-grain-inrements until hitting a good accuracy node, then stop and load!

I always had great results with the standard Remington Core-Lokt 150 gr.

Pick almost any good 165gr bullet, I happen to like the Nosler BT a lot, start with about 55grs of H4350 and add powder until your chronograph reads 2900fps or so. Then tweak that load to get a level of accuracy that suits your needs. Don't point that combo at any deer big or small, near or far that you don't want dead. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I used Barnes 150 gr TSX. A grain or 2 over most max loads in the reloading books using H4350 would give me about 3000 FPS. I’d give you the exact load but my son has my Nosler book and the data is in it. Incredible accuracy and bang flops. Keep in mind that most books keep the pressure low due to so many older rifles in 30-06. Really easy to get more velocity than most books show without any pressure signs.

However, your hunting deer. Just about any box you grab off the shelf will kill any deer planet earth has to offer. When I think of the 30-06, I think 350 Chevy small block. There’s less and there’s more. But not many that are as good.

Great post!

150 grain Nosler BT and H4895. My old 78 Remington hit 2944 fps about a half grain under Hodgdon's listed max and kept three in a 3" circle at 200 yards. Kills like lightning... whacked this guy at about 310 yards and the impact sounded like a ball bat swung hard against a side of beef. He went down like you had dropped a safe on him.

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The 200gr partition at 2700 fps in several 06's over the years, one bullet, one load, per rifle, makes life much simpler, will kill 60lb doe deer or a 1 ton bull moose, I like simple effectiveness.

Nice buck Sarge.

For a good combination deer/moose/wolf load for my 120 pound wife, I use 46 gr of H4895 behind a 150 gr Barnes TSX. Very accurate, and powerful enough to anchor any deer she has shot as well as a nice bull moose without punishing her shoulder. We get about 2800 fps and she shoots groups of an inch to an inch and a half.

My combination load for the same animals is a Barnes 168 TSX ahead of 57 grains of RL 19 for 2900 fps. My groups are usually in the 3/4 - 1 inch range. I love those unleaded bullets.

A buddy of mine swears by my loads for him of 57 gr of IMR4350 and a Hornady 165 gr BTSP Interlock. Kills moose and deer every year out to 250 yards.

The '06 is a killing machine.

50 gr of IMR 4064 & 150 Sierra Pro Hunter. 2800 fps out of my Model 70 with a 22" barrel. Low recoil VG accuracy.

This has been my MO for most rifles I load for. Start in the middle of the load book(s) and work up until solidly MOA or better. No worry about summer/winter loads. Just hunt.

I have 4 30-06 bolt action rifles. All shoot this load the best of any other I tested. 61.5 gr Re19 with 150 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. Need to work up to it since it is at of approaching max. I think I found it originally in a Nosler manual as the "most accurate load" and it certainly worked out that way.
Phil

That 130 ttsx sounds interesting.

I need to give that one a shot with Partitions. I couldn’t get enough H4831SC in the case with a 200 AB and keep Bullets seated.

Might have to try it RL17 or something that takes up less space.

59gr RL-22 is averaging 2725 in my latest '06, to get in enough H-4831SC a man needs to use a drop tube, those loads were in a pre-64 '06 at 3.340 inch, this Sako runs 3.360 inch, the h-4831 loads went to 2800 fps and were extremely accurate, brass held up very well at those pressures.

Didn't shoot the '06 after starting handloading. But the 150gr Interlock in factory dress does a wonderful job of killing whitetails. Just knocks their little socks off. Load to whatever pleases your rifle and kill. Option: just buy some Hornady factory loads

I used a long one but the 200 ABs were just enough longer that I was danged near in the rifling in my P64 FWT while trying to keep them in place. The Partitions should be good.

I’ll reengage this one though.

165gr Deep Curls at 2800 fps work great, no surprise there...

It amazes me how the 06 works well with so many different recipes and boolits! I’m crazy about my 06 ... she can do anything I could ever ask of her and she does it well. I am constantly asking myself why I think I need anything other than the 06.

165 SST in front of big game. I think 56 grains.
I’d have to look.
Think they got discontinued, Once I’m out of those I’ll probably go to game changers as they are affordable and I can use them on paper and deer.
For elk I only use ttsx

And that, is the most difficult of messages to convey.............

10-4 Big Buddy, I just put five 200gr partitions in a 3/4 inch circle at 100 yards, average 2726 fps, i'll take that all day any day for a 400 yard hunting rifle, this old Sako 30-06 is ready to go, shooting dew North with a 11 mph South wind kicking it in the butt, all good, clicked 6 right and 1 down after group and barrel cool down, had the last round hit dead center 3 inches high at 100.

Ready for heavy African antelope, plains game, and anything here too.