30-06 which bullet is best?

[Deerman]

You know,I think all the bullet makers should get together and make a sampler box like the Whitman candies.Be a great Valentines gift for us shooters,and save a heck of a lot of time.LOL Can't wait to get to the range!!!

[Stuck in Cali]

My god, how refreshing to read info from people who know what they are talking about. I have the same question. By the way great Valentines present!
I was surfing around trying to find what type of ammo I should be putting through my new 30-06 and came across your thread.

I'm glad to read that the 30-06 can be quite useful with all the different grain bullets. The guys at the shop tried everything to talk me out of chambering it as a 30-06. They wanted me to go with a 300 win mag. Anyway after reading all of your replys I feel much more confident in my decision.

[Hi Ball]

Now for those of you who may think the "Old Soldier" has been put to rest because of all the other magnums stemming from the 60's to the WSM's of today, best you think again OK. It is still in the top 3 for sales in the USA today!

I can personally tell you that I wittnessed, a hunter harvest a bull elk in Wyoming across a canyon, with the distance being a measured 447 yards.....FACT! A 180 grain Nosler Partition bullet entered it's side and took out it's liver and then traveled forward to the lungs.

So those of you, who might be wondering do I need a magnum to get the job done, guess again hunters. The 30-06 will kill anything on this planet with the proper weight and constructed bullet inserted in the chamber. You only have to put the bullet into the vital zone of said animal to become successful on your hunt.

It is far harder to be accurate with a rifle period, never mind at long ranges shooting magnums types. Most magnums deliver far more recoil to the body than a 30-06. Something on the scale of 28 to 50 pounds or recoil to the body in small & medium bore calibers like the 300 Win mag, 338 Win mag, 340Wby, .358STA or .375 Wby. A 5 pound increase in recoil to the body can surely be felt for those of you who don't realize this fact.

The 30-06 is much easier for most hunters to control with it's mere 22 pounds of recoil that is within most hunters pain tolerances. Many many large bears where taken in Alaska in the 40's, 50's and early 60's using the corner stone caliber, known as the 30-06 with 180 to 220 grain bullets back then.

[Tarfur]

Hello

I have had very good luck við Sierra 165gr. GK HP. Good accuracy in my rifle, no mead-damage. I have mostly been using it to shot caribous.

Tarfur

[Cossack]

Being a hadloader I shoot only premuim bullets (Barnes TSX) for my hunt loads. About any 150-160 grain bullet will do for deer. Much of it depends on what your gun likes (some will shoot more accurately than others in your gun--regardless how they shot in someone elses gun...of the same make and model, even). The distances at which you shoot will also matter. Polly tipped varmint bullets have great ballistic coefficients for distant hits but tend to blow up when the connect on something up close, for exaple. So try different brands and different bullets (most of the big co's offer premium bullets along with conventional ones) until you find the accuracy and terminal performance you want. And if you do want to experiment with premiums, CCI and Federal offers Barnes X, and Winchester has the Fail Safe which is comperable. They may cost more but 18 one-shot kills keep me thinking it's worth it to send the very best.