What would you load?

[mag41vance]

The Big Game Animal: Whitetail Deer
The Rifle : Browning A Bolt .30-06 ,
Scope 3-9 x 50 Bushnell Elite
Shots are out to 300 yards, most around 200.

Question: What would your load be for this set-up?

 

[wildboarhunter]

My favourite load since mor than 20 years is 150 grs Nosler Partition in front of 58 grs Dupont IMR 4350 with a CCI BR2 primer in a MAUSER 66 rifle with a ZEISS 1,5-6x42.
Fine load for roe-deer, pics and deer size animals, not the hottest load but a good one.

Greetings from South-Germany

 

[Colin]

Personally, I'd load the 165gr Ballistic Tip. I've seen great accuracy out of a buddies .30-06 from some handloads I worked up for him and out of my .300 Win Mag. I'm not a huge fan of 150gr bullets for the .30-06 as the 165gr has a higher BC. Any of the 4350, 4831, 4895 powders should work great, although, I've become a fan of Reloader 22 in my .25-06 and .300 Win. Mag. Muzzle velocity anywhere between 2,800 to 3,000fps with your .30-06 will make for a great whitetail load. With a BC of .475 and velocity of 2,900fps, sighted in 1.5 inches high at 100 yards should put you about dead on at 200 yards and 7+- inches low at 300. I generally sight my rifles 3 inches high at 100 yards. I'm about 4 inches high at 200 yards, and slightly low at 300 yards. That way I hold a little low on anything out to 200 yards. Out to 300 yards, I hold dead on. This has worked for me for many years. Good Luck!

 

[rick smith]

58.5-58.8grs of IMR-4350 behind a 165gr bullet, Nosler, Norma or Lapua brass, WLR or 210M primer, bullet 10-15 off the lands.Rick.

 

[Alaska]

H4350 @ 57.5
165 Nosler AccuBond or Bal Tip
Fed 210 Match Primer
FC or WW cases

 

[SakoSteve270wsm]

A 150 or 165gr. BT,which ever is the most accurate in your rifle.I just don't see a need for a PT or AB for whitetails. :?

 

[JD338]

Another vote for the 165 gr BT.

JD338

 

[longwinters]

Been around 06's for quite a few years. 150-165 is all good. H4350 always worked well also. I would go with whichever weight your rifle likes best and go to Accubonds or Partitions in the Nosler lineup. I know some very knowledgable guys on this forum really like the BT's but outside of the 120 My experience has been real big holes. But if you don't mind the potential for holes you can put a softball thru maybe the BT is the way to go as I have never had one fail to take what it was shot at.

Long

 

[GISMatting]

I'd go with Reloder 22 62.0 grains worth, 168 gr CT Ballistic Silvertip (.490 BC) R-P brass, and a Rem 9 1/2 primer.

 

[mbmm]

You know, I kinda waffle btwn 150-165 bullets and I used to shoot the fancy stuff but, for general WT hunting I don't need them. I have found that I get really the best from my guns with H4831sc, I just like it .....I have used H4350 but I always seem to come back to 4831....must be something in the air here...... :lol:

 

[TRIC]

mag41, been loading 165 PT and H4350. Like the others have said, it all comes down to what your gun likes. My recipe won't change, because my rifle just seems to get along with the 165...

 

[todbartell]

165 grain Nosler Accubonds

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

Only whitetails?
165 BT and H4350
If you are also considering something larger such as elk, I'd go with the Accubonds.

 

[PeterPan]

My favourite load since mor than 20 years is 150 grs Nosler Partition in front of 58 grs Dupont IMR 4350 with a CCI BR2 primer in a MAUSER 66 rifle with a ZEISS 1,5-6x42.
Fine load for roe-deer, pics and deer size animals, not the hottest load but a good one.

Greetings from South-Germany

You have got so many choices in your caliber.
My question would start, with the barrel twist, so
I could select right bullet weight.
.30-06 in Europe sometimes is cut in 1-11" twist vs.
1-10" in NAmerica.

Roe Deer is a pretty small game, so you don't need to much umph, but also you don't want to have to big of wound channel and less meat waste.

Nolser Ballistic Tip is a good bullet, but in my opinion to "soft" for your game. I would rather go with something what will go through then expand voilently inside.
My choice from Nosler would be 150grain AccuBond, which will give you a velocity at muzzle V0 = 900m/s if instead IMR4350 you go with IMR4064.
IMR4350 in my opinion is bit to slow for .30-06.
Safe load of IMR4064 is 53grain, still about 100 Bars under pmax.
Load it to the SAAMI specs, unless you want to play with OAL and custumize your load for your rifle keeping in mind lenght of the magazine.

With that velocity (900m/s) and Energy 3940J, you good for more then 300m.
Bear in mind that you have to "zero" your scope for 250m to get in safe for 300m without any adjustments with scope.
You max LOS point (highest point of trajectory) is 9cm at 140m, then bullet will start dropping. At 300m you should be at 11,5cm low, IMO still safe for Roe Deer.
Your velocity at 300m is around 695m/s
Your Energy at 300m should be 2340J

Glück

:wink: Peter

 

[FOTIS]

180 Nosler AB/PT 60 gr RL 22 for everything.

 

[YoteSmoker]

41mag- Having worked with two browning 30-06 rifles (a-bolt stainless stalker w/ BOSS: and a pre a-bolt BBR), here is what has worked for me. I will list the combos in order of preference if I was hunting for VA deer.

1. 150 hornady interlock BTSP, 52.5 IMR 4064, FC , WLR Primer, 3.355"

2. 165 Sierra BTSP, 57.0 IMR 4350, FC, WLR Primer, 3.340"

3. 165 nosler Partition, 57.0 IMR 4350, FC, WLR Primer, 3.340"

4. 180 noser AccuBond, 60.5 RL-22, FC, WLR Primer, 3.355"
(half grain over book max)

* I would put the 165 ballistic tip toward the top of your list if you can get it to shoot accurately. However, I could not find an accurate combo with that bullet in my a-bolt.

 

[baltz526]

H414 mag primers and 150gr ballistic tips