As you can see by the reply's, one of the strong points of the 308-30-06 is that it does a good job with many different bullets. For deer I stick with 150 grain bullets in both my 308 Browning A-Bolt and my 7600 30-06 Remington pump. I have used nearly all the available bullets for 30 caliber at one time or another. I have used the Nosler Ballistic tip and have had no blow up promblems in either of my rifles. Most of my shooting however is at 200 yards or a little more. I am currently loadind both rifles with the 150 grain Sierra Pro- Hunter bullets. Most of my loads come from the Hodgdon Manual Number 26.