Maybe we should start a club. Peep Sights and RN. I know it would be more fun than 12x and BT.
220 grain bullet for 30-06
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Maybe we should start a club. Peep Sights and RN. I know it would be more fun than 12x and BT.
Gordon
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My uncle Gil , RIP, used this 30-06 Manlicher Schoenauer he ordered from Abacrombie and Fitch with the 4x Zeiss scope in 1956 to use on up state New York Deer and Maine Moose with other NYPD cops on their fall hunts. He allways used only 220 Grain Remington Corelokts in it . I tried the ones he had and switched to 180 grain loads as I shot the gun in the West at longer distances .
cdb1
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In factory ammunition I use Core-Lokt almost exclusively. The only exception is my .243 because they aren’t accurate in it. The reason I use it is because it’s what my family used when I was a kid, it is usually very accurate in most rifles and performance has been fine. I’ve heard the bullets are more fragile than they used to be. I’ve got quite a bit of 150 grain 30-30, 165 grain 30-06 and 130 grain.270. I’ve had it loooong time. If I ever shoot it all I’ll address the fragile bullet issue. Also in Texas there’s no need for a premium bullet except for possibly Nilgai. I’ve taken a number of nilgai and my one elk(elk was in the 80’s) with Core-Lokts.
DM~
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AND that's because the 30-06 is over gunned for more than 99% of what hunters use it for...
No doubt, the 30-06 is a GREAT cartridge though!
DM
illinoisburt
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357smallbore
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Moose they blow a nice hole in them. Cant speak for the big bears. I know a fella that shot a 400lb black in AZ with a 220grn. Blew an exit hole out of it almost the size of a silver dollar.
Off beat use for them was here in Va there was a season when one could shoot Rough Fish on specific dates,
so many would have swinging bridges stretched or used solid ones, even climb overhanging tree limbs using the
most common round = A 220 grain 30-06 fired in the water beside them or against rocks anywhere near them, they
would float down stream to the net men.
Then left over ammo was used in deer season which would devastate them of course, because even back then most
people were to poor to buy ammo a lot.
Now the Poor people have been eliminated from hunting by legislation raising the price of Hunting License to ridiculous levels
Plus these prices even prevent poor people from enjoying National Forest lakes with parking & fishing & camping fees
separating the poor folks out.
Keep the poor from hunting & the enemy has lost half the battle.
Sorry I got off subject at the end.
so many would have swinging bridges stretched or used solid ones, even climb overhanging tree limbs using the
most common round = A 220 grain 30-06 fired in the water beside them or against rocks anywhere near them, they
would float down stream to the net men.
Then left over ammo was used in deer season which would devastate them of course, because even back then most
people were to poor to buy ammo a lot.
Now the Poor people have been eliminated from hunting by legislation raising the price of Hunting License to ridiculous levels
Plus these prices even prevent poor people from enjoying National Forest lakes with parking & fishing & camping fees
separating the poor folks out.
Keep the poor from hunting & the enemy has lost half the battle.
Sorry I got off subject at the end.
SwampWolf
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I've always had the best results using 180 grain Core Lokts when shooting whitetails with the 30-06. My worst experience when shooting deer with the .30-06 was the first time I tried using 220 grain Core Lokts, back in 1966 while hunting in some cedar swamps of northern Michigan. Three well-placed shots at a buck leaping out of a creek bed had little affect immediately but it was eventually found after tracking it for over a hundred yards or so; still alive and needing a finishing shot. Examination of the chest area confirmed the shots were put in the right area but it was clear that the bullets never opened up. The relatively close range of the shots (no more than fifty feet or so), combined with the heavily constructed 220 grain bullets, resulted in poor expansion performance.
gotboostvr
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I want to say in Florida if you're on food stamps your fishing license is free.
MacAR
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Same here. The 180 gets it done on our thin-skinned deer. I do shoot 220's some, but I tend to use those brush hunting. I agree on the "peeps and RN" club, I've used both for several years and neither have failed to do the job when I needed them.
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I hunted with a PH in Zimbabwe who’s family came from Kenya. His dad put food on the table shooting ivory with his model 70 .30-06 using 220 grain round nosed solids.
While there is nothing wrong with soft 220’s in an 06 and I do enjoy hunting with retro gear. I feel that a modern 180 Gr bullet of premium controlled expansion construction, especially a mono metal probably does everything better including penetration.
That being said if I were ever to find myself in the situation of living in south central AK and was carrying an 06. It would most likely be loaded with premium 200 Gr bullets. Maybe even 220’s if I could find a 220 that I liked and shot well.
While there is nothing wrong with soft 220’s in an 06 and I do enjoy hunting with retro gear. I feel that a modern 180 Gr bullet of premium controlled expansion construction, especially a mono metal probably does everything better including penetration.
That being said if I were ever to find myself in the situation of living in south central AK and was carrying an 06. It would most likely be loaded with premium 200 Gr bullets. Maybe even 220’s if I could find a 220 that I liked and shot well.
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