HuntingNet.com Forums - View Single Post - Ammo for 30-06 ?
View Single Post
Old 11-04-2004 | 07:38 PM
  #5  
skeeter 7MM's Avatar
skeeter 7MM
Giant Nontypical
 
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 6,921
Likes: 0
From: Saskatchewan Canada
Default RE: Ammo for 30-06 ?

Hitting bone with a thin jacket bullet at a high MV meant to expand at lower velocities will produce big holes and limited penetration in most cases. Not a bullet failure but by design. If your shooting close distance and/or bone then James B suggestion of a Nosler Partition is a good one 150-165gr would work just depends on what your rifle likes better.

However if the shot was just a slight pull or shooter error than the BTSP you currently use on the ribs will work just fine. Only you can make that call.

If just want to try a different bullet tons to choose from! A good deer load the Hornady SP 150-165gr maybe worth a look. Being flat based this bullet should hold together a bit better than a boattail and opens up pretty nicely on deer for a good wound channel..long range accuracy may not be quite the same as a taper heel bullet but they seem to fly pretty good to average distances.

Just pick the bullet your rifle likes and fits your model(shot length and aim point)

Good Luck
skeeter 7MM is offline  
Reply