Is there anybody producing factory 30-06 ammo loaded with a sturdy big game bull in 200-220 gr? Something suited for grizzly say. I was hoping Nosler was putting them out with the partition or accubond but could not find it on their website.

That old Remington 220 load has killed many a big bear. The Lapua looks like a good one too. The other two loads are with very frangible long range bullets and not for grizzlies.

Mark

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Originally posted by Bobster:
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Thank you! I really thought I had looked, apparently, I needed to simplify my search!!!

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
That old Remington 220 load has killed many a big bear. The Lapua looks like a good one too. The other two loads are with very frangible long range bullets and not for grizzlies.

Mark

Thank you!

just load your own... 59GNS of R26 behind a 220 partition gives me a vel of 2600 from a 24 inch tube...the recoil is significantly more pronounced then with my 200 gn partitions @2700
So i think it would be a very good load
the 220 gn Remington loads are so underloaded its not funny

I load what ever 220gr RN bullet I can get in my 06 scout rifle.

So far I have used Rem, Hornaday, Noslers.

At 2300 fps a lot of hogs and a few bears have fallen to it.

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Originally posted by M 98:
just load your own... 59GNS of R26 behind a 220 partition gives me a vel of 2600 from a 24 inch tube...the recoil is significantly more pronounced then with my 200 gn partitions @2700
So i think it would be a very good load
the 220 gn Remington loads are so underloaded its not funny

I'm not confident enough in my reloads to depend on them with bears.

The 200 gr. Nosler Accubond is as good as the Nosler partition, I've shot a lot of big stuff,enough that I use that load for about everything..Eland, Kudu, Moose, elk, deer large and small,a charlois bull, sez more than enough penetration for Grizzly bear shot at a reasonable angle. I've not shot a bear but the penetration on Moose, bull, and eland is proof in the pudding of that bullets superiority..

i cant tell you that the nosler partition in 200gr with the 30-06 is a great combo for our little bears but we never recovered a bullet. and really little damages to the meat as well.

I'm showing my age, but I wish Winchester was still producing their old 220 grain Silvertip ammunition.

180 grain Partition's have a proven track record on big bears too. That said, I'm with Ray on the 200 gr Accubonds as a suitable alternative.
I've seen an '06 or two that got finicky about 200 & 220 gr bullets. I had Sedgley and a Winchester 70 that keyholed 220s.
It's doubly hard to find what your gun performs best with if you're not handloading.

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Originally posted by TREE 'EM:
180 grain Partition's have a proven track record on big bears too. That said, I'm with Ray on the 200 gr Accubonds as a suitable alternative.
I've seen an '06 or two that got finicky about 200 & 220 gr bullets. I had Sedgley and a Winchester 70 that keyholed 220s.
It's doubly hard to find what your gun performs best with if you're not handloading.

I agree totally about finding a modern non custom that will shoot the 190+ gr bullets well. I will see what this Bergara does. Nosler offers some 180's I believe.

This is the 100 meter factory test target for my Voere Titan II in .30-06 caliber. This is the same rifle as the one Kleinguenther's imported and sold under the name "K-15 Insta-Fire".



This target was fired in 1985 and measures 0.442 inch. The rifling twist is standard 1 turn in 10 inches.

The rifle still shoots this well; however, as I say, Winchester no longer makes the ammunition.

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
I'm showing my age, but I wish Winchester was still producing their old 220 grain Silvertip ammunition.

used them in 300hh and 300 weatherby mag and im not even 60 years old lol ...

You’re only as old as you feel, right?

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
You’re only as old as you feel, right?

well i m far from feeling old so all is good lol