Best 180 grain 30-06 ammo

[jeffpenland123]

My 30-06 likes the 175 to 185 grain grain bullets it's 1/4moa at 100 yards with the Remington core lokt 180 I'm wondering if there another good one for deer and hogs.

 

[LightFoot]

Hard to beat the good ole 180 core-lokt.

I’ve had good luck with the 178 ELD-X in my 30-06.
A 180 Partition is rarely, if ever, the wrong answer inside 400y.


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[keystone112]

I went with Norma Bondstrike in 180.

 

[hiker270]

You may look long and hard to find another ammo that shoots better. Nowadays the shooting world gravitates toward the fancy named bullets. Rem. core lokt bullets have killed stuff for decades before designer bullets arrived. My Rem. 700 - 270 prefers core-lokt so its what i use. My 30-06 shoots Winchester 180 gr Accubonds the best.

 

[Scottf270]

Unless you are changing the usage of the rifle, ( longer range, bigger game), I question what you are looking for. If I had a rifle that shot 1/4" groups with cheap, readily available ammo, my search would be over.

 

[jeffpenland123]

Unless you are changing the usage of the rifle, ( longer range, bigger game), I question what you are looking for. If I had a rifle that shot 1/4" groups with cheap, readily available ammo, my search would be over.

I plan on long range hunting but mostly long range target shooting max range 600 yards.

 

[jeffpenland123]

I went with Norma Bondstrike in 180.

What's the G1 bc on those?

 

[jeffpenland123]

You may look long and hard to find another ammo that shoots better. Nowadays the shooting world gravitates toward the fancy named bullets. Rem. core lokt bullets have killed stuff for decades before designer bullets arrived. My Rem. 700 - 270 prefers core-lokt so its what i use. My 30-06 shoots Winchester 180 gr Accubonds the best.

There has been more deer hit the ground with a Remington core lokt, Winchester super x and federal blue box than any other bullet out there.

 

[jeffpenland123]

Hard to beat the good ole 180 core-lokt.

I’ve had good luck with the 178 ELD-X in my 30-06.
A 180 Partition is rarely, if ever, the wrong answer inside 400y.


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Idk if this is true but I've been told that the eldx bullet is bad to act like a fmj. What's been ur experience.

 

[glennjones]

My rem 700 likes the 178 eldm.

 

[jeffpenland123]

My wallet ain't deep enough for that stuff lol. But it's good quality.

 

[glennjones]

My wallet ain't deep enough for that stuff lol. But it's good quality.

Only 7¢ difference in the component bullet from the cheapest 180(speer soft point) to the 178 eldm when you reload. If you're buying factory that difference becomes significant.

 

[jeffpenland123]

I'm buying the stuff to reload but I'm just buying it one piece at a time so I don't go broke. Yes factory ammo comparing a cheap soft point to any match bullet or some really high tech hunting bullet the difference is significant.

 

[KenLee]

IMO, the Hornady Whitetail performs a little better than the Core-lokts, but if I had a 1/4 moa round, I wouldn't be looking for a change.

 

[jeffpenland123]

IMO, the Hornady Whitetail performs a little better than the Core-lokts, but if I had a 1/4 moa round, I wouldn't be looking for a change.

I've never used the interlock horandy whitetail I've heard it's real good got a buddy he shoots it out of his 6,5 cm killed 3 deer and his 308.

 

[KenLee]

I've never used the interlock horandy whitetail I've heard it's real good got a buddy he shoots it out of his 6,5 cm killed 3 deer and his 308.

I've killed well over a hundred with the interlock 165 gr 30-06.
That round has been around for a long time.
Were called Hornady Custom interlock 40 years ago.

 

[wapitibob]

1/4” at 100 is meaningless at 600. Find a load that groups at distance and it’ll take care of the close stuff.

 

[KenLee]

1/4” at 100 is meaningless at 600. Find a load that groups at distance and it’ll take care of the close stuff.

600 yards is meaningless to average hunters who aren't named Von Benedict

 

[jeffpenland123]

1/4” at 100 is meaningless at 600. Find a load that groups at distance and it’ll take care of the close stuff.

Ummm sure bub

 

[jeffpenland123]

600 yards is meaningless to average hunters who aren't named Von Benedict

Yesir my longest hunting shot is 300 yards, I'm going out to a range to shoot 600 yards later on.