Roll your own for 30-06

[mountainman]

4350 and 168 Barnes TTSX! Cant go wrong!

[JLS]

For 20 years I've used IMR and H 4831... and am now pretty much using H4831SC... 59.5 grains pushing a 168 grain Barnes TTSX... have loved that load for a long time now.

Not sure what his theory is on the round nose bullet... 

He has apparently hit a few limbs in his lifetime so he figures a round nose won't deflect as much.

Old wives tale.

The only reason for round nose/flat nose bullets is tubular magazines.

[2labs]

No H-4895 loads yet? 48.5 gr. 150gr. Nosler partition. Shoots really good out of the very old 700 with Ziess conquest.

[Rick]

Bobcat is right, no reason to use a round nose bullet in that gun.

Why not use a round nose? Until you're out near 300 yds the difference in ballistics isn't much as most people make it out to be.

A round nose bullet wouldn't be a hindrance to the vast majority of the guys I see at the range.

Those dudes are lucky to hit a deer at 100 much less 300

[Mossy]

I have used IMR or Hogdons 4350 and a 165 grain bullet for my 30-06 loads for only 35 years or so....seems to work well.

Other things i have tried with varying success are H414 and 4831 (IMR or H) with a 180 grain.  Wit h the 180 grain and 4831 i dont think you can FIT enough powder into it to do any serious damage to the rifle.

Find the powder/bullet that works well for you and buy enough components to load it for a decade....buy it up and stack them deep.

Finally got to the range today and yes, the 4350 and 165 grain accubonds proved to be a great combination for my tikka!