seafire: are you talking small deer at 150yds and under from small boys(Scouts)? If so then it looks like 150gr 30-30 Fn bullets at 2500-2600fps.

I use Hornady in my 30/06 and also my 300 win mag. I have no complates.

Sierra Prohunters and Gamekings.

I shoot Hornady 150gr bullets in my 30/06. the fps is 2998.

Probably not very helpful, but my Handi Rifle likes 150 grain Rem Core-Lokts.

I've shot a good few deer and the odd fox with the Speer boat-tail bullet in 150 grains from my '06.

I load them to about 2850 over the chronograph using 51 grains of H4895 and with this load I have shot four of the six UK deer species; apart from one detonated Chinese Water Deer have nothing but good things to report. The Speer is a fairly soft bullet in the boat-tail format; I understand from the manufacturer’s website that the flat-based bullets are tougher though by how much I don’t know. 51.3 grains of H4895 gives me an average of 2850 fps over the chronograph which when zeroed 1½” high at hundred yards gives a drop of around 3” at 250 yards, about 8" at 300 yards and about 15" at 350 yards. Bumping the velocity up to 3000 fps causes all of two inches less drop at 350 yards by the way. Either load is therefore is more or less point and shoot for 99% of my shooting here. I did work up to 62 Grains of H4350 under the same bullet for about 3000fps, thinking I needed to work up a flat shoot load for some long range goat culling in Ireland I am mixed up in. I tried this on a few Muntjac on a cull in Suffolk but found that under a hundred yards or so they made a bit of a mess of the deer. I surmised that whilst this load might be good for long range culling, at a distance the softness of the bullet is an advantage, it was not suitable for most of the woodland and field margin stalking I do.

The largest deer shot has been a quartering Fallowbuck of around 90kgs clean weight and the smallest a 5 kilo Muntjac. It exits on everything and doesn't make too much of a mess of the Muntjac.

This is a great bullet and load for general hunting with the '06, especially when downloaded.

A firend has a cut-down, moderated .270 that he loads to 2350 fps with the same design of Speer bullet, that thing will drop like a stone at 200 but has dropped over a hundred Fallow deer.

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Originally posted by DM:

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Originally posted by seafire/B17G:
I'm loading up some ammo for a user connected with Scouts here, that is wanting to use his dad's 30/06...( who recently passed away)...

he wants to use 150 grain Bullets...

my experience is usually with 165 to 220 grainers in the 06...

which of the 30 cal 150 grainers ( Soft Points) would you guys pick?

local available choices are
Hornady
Sierra
Speer
Rem Corelokt

thanks in advance for everyone's input...

How could anyone answer this "properly" without knowing what he will use the rifle/bullet for??

DM

my apologies.. I assumed for deer would have been obvious.. evidently not, so my bad..

Oregon Blacktails.. 80 to 120 lbs on average..
antelope sized..

For smaller deer and rib shots, ANY brand .308 diameter 150 grain bullet would work for you, although i prefer 165's on the white tails that i hunt.

DM

I load Nosler and have great results...

Failing that
Hornady
or
Speer

either one ... but Nosler is the best IMO

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any name brand hunting bullet will work for most everything in north america .. and cheap, too

+1

My first centerfire rifle and the rifle that got me started in handloading was a .30-06. For about 15 years I loaded 150 gr Hornady Spire Points at close to book maximum with IMR 4350 for mule deer and antelope.

I also shot a few bull elk with them until I figured I could get more penetration with 180 gr Sierra GameKings.

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I don't know why anyone would want a 150gr in an '06 tho'...the 180 has a much better BC and tragectory even if it starts out a bit slower, and the 165gr runs a very close second even in the energy department. Less meat destruction I think and I like to eat right up to the hole, not blow a gob of tasty meat out for the birds and squirrels, they get the gut pile as it is.

i've never had this problem using 150-grain pills in the .308/06; but then again, i shoot them in the ribcage.

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I don't know why anyone would want a 150gr in an '06 tho'...the 180 has a much better BC and tragectory even if it starts out a bit slower, and the 165gr runs a very close second even in the energy department. Less meat destruction I think and I like to eat right up to the hole, not blow a gob of tasty meat out for the birds and squirrels, they get the gut pile as it is.

i've never had this problem using 150-grain pills in the .308/06; but then again, i shoot them in the ribcage.

Back in the late 40s to the 70s a fella ,Ben C****,Grand Junction CO., use to pull Millitary bullets and replace them with 150 grain Speer and other bullets. ALWAYS got his share of deer and elk and than some.