Double cavity mold

It’s a flat point bullet.

You bet...I have the same mold, it casts great bullets

Lenny, the trick with cast bullets is that they have a speed limit, usually 1900-2000FPS. That means that your 30-06 is going to be like a 30-30 light load. You can certainly take deer with this sort of load, but be aware that this will likely limit your effective range to 100 yards or a bit more. Many experienced cast bullet hunters compensate by using heavy for caliber bullets to hunt with. My 30-06 cast deer load is a 198 grain bullet with a huge meplat doing about 1900 FPS, for example.

Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook 4th edition is a good read

Lenny1951 said:

Brewer12345, thanks, what mold do you use for your 30-06? What is a meplat? Can you recommend a good book on casting that explains this stuff. I have watched some utube videos and know I can do this I am excited to get started but want to be safe. What do you use for a melter? I really appreciate the help

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You got the two standard references recommended already. I would suggest reading up on the castboolits forum as well.

I use a Noe 195 grain flat nose mold. A meplat is the flat surface on the front of some bullets and the bigger the better to transfer energy to the target. The mold I use has a .19" meplat, which is quite large for a .309 bullet.

I use a lee 20 pound bottom pour pot, but they all drip. No idea of the RCBS or Lyman pots are drippy. I make do.

RCBS Pro Melt does cost a bit more but is well worth the added cost. You can clean it and the valve, so it does not drip, plus you can adjust the heat to best pour your alloy. Never mix or make alloy in the pour pot, use a big plumber’s pot to clean and make alloy.