30-06

[Curly]

B-tips are fine as long as you only take broadside lung shots.

[Moosehunt]

Go get yourself a box of 180 grain Remington core-locks.  They're about $15 bucks.  We shoot these at moose, grizzly's and deer.  I have recovered more than a few of these right on the opposite side of the shot against the skin....cheap, yes, effective, yes, proven time and time again, yes.  at 18 years old, I assume cost may be of issue, if so, you can't beat 'em.  I use them exclusively in my 30-06....oh, and at 100 yards, sited in 2 inches high, I can get three shots to touch......not bad.

Grab some ammo and go out and shoot!~

[C-Money]

Yesterday I posted pictures of my 07 oregon deer, my 07 WA deer and my 06 elk. All killed with 150gr hornaday interlock bullets from my 30-06. I am using IMR 4350 powder. That bullet work's great and has killed A LOT of game for me. Using a 165gr may just be the best all around. The load I am using has worked well for my family for a long time!

[Gobble]

I shoot the Federal High-Energy 180 gr Noslers for everything. The HE rounds are ballistically equal to a 300 Win mag. I feel 180gr is the best all round bullet size. 

[00 aught buck]

I shoot the 150 gran's they work just fine. there a lot faster and flater than any other one's. Are you reloading?

[lazydrifter]

Hey, what you should do here is have everybody that shoots a 30-06 send you 3 bullets of whatever they shoot.  Then go out and see what shoots the best 3 shot group.  I would start this out but I don't have an '06.

[GoldTip]

Go get yourself a box of 180 grain Remington core-locks.  They're about $15 bucks.  We shoot these at moose, grizzly's and deer.  I have recovered more than a few of these right on the opposite side of the shot against the skin....cheap, yes, effective, yes, proven time and time again, yes.  at 18 years old, I assume cost may be of issue, if so, you can't beat 'em.  I use them exclusively in my 30-06....oh, and at 100 yards, sited in 2 inches high, I can get three shots to touch......not bad.

Grab some ammo and go out and shoot!~

Before I started handloading and I hunted exclusively with a 30-06, I did exactly as Moosehunt did, used 180gr corelokts for everything.  A lot of nice bulls and bucks and bears took a dirt nap with those bullets and caliber, sometimes despite the fact my shooting was not as precise as it maybe should have been.   I've killed a plenty of animals now with big magnums and hot loaded premium bullets flying 40,000fps, and even as handloads they cost more than a good old box of 180gr corelokts.  The animals pretty much all taste the same as they did before, and seem to be just as dead.  there is nothing on this continent that I wouldn't shoot with an '06 and a 180gr corelokt.

[bearslayer]

Two of my family shoot 3006. WE have tried everything from 150gr. to 220gr. Like was said before whatever shoots the best in your gun is the one to use.  I have worked out 2 loads for myself, a 150 hornady and a nosler200gr. partition. I make my bullet decision on where I hunt . Here we have had a lot of trouble with grizzly so I want all the power I can get in high camp. around home I just use my 150 s.

[C-Money]

40,000fps!! man, you must go threw barrels like crazy! That is awsome!

[Intruder]

you won't be using the same bullet for deer as you would for elk.

i will.

you need to grab a few different bullets and go shoot them and decide what your gun likes and shoot them. 165-220 grains will all work. different styles of bullets to choose from serve different purposes.
there's lots of bullets to choose from and odds are by asking this you'll get about a dozen different answers.
i shoot federal premiums with 165 grain barnes triple shocks and my gun likes them and shoots them well.

That's good advice.  Develop 1 load that does everything. 
I would suggest trying 2 or 3 premium bullets in 150, 165, and 180 and just see what performance you get.  A 150 TSX has more than enough poop to do the job.

[lamar_hunter]

its weird my guns seem to like whatever is cheapest