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30-06 Hunting Ammunition Options
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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 2604821" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>If the recoil is an issue for a young shooter (and it almost always is), go with the 165 gr. Game Changer. I sighted in my dad's 30-06 for an oryx hunt, and shooting 180 gr. bullets with a 50 year old buttpad was worse than shooting my 7mm Mag. You didn't say how old the gun was, but check to make sure the pad is doing its job. Limbsavers are good. </p><p></p><p> I'm an advocate of heavy bullets. I shot my first elk with at about 250 yards with a 140 gr. Barnes bullet from my 7mm Rem Mag. It killed fine, but did not exit. I switched to 160 gr. bullets after that. A comparable bullet in .308 dia. is 180 gr. I use 168 gr. Berger bullets now, To get that same sectional density in .308 would require a 200 gr. bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 2604821, member: 29323"] If the recoil is an issue for a young shooter (and it almost always is), go with the 165 gr. Game Changer. I sighted in my dad's 30-06 for an oryx hunt, and shooting 180 gr. bullets with a 50 year old buttpad was worse than shooting my 7mm Mag. You didn't say how old the gun was, but check to make sure the pad is doing its job. Limbsavers are good. I'm an advocate of heavy bullets. I shot my first elk with at about 250 yards with a 140 gr. Barnes bullet from my 7mm Rem Mag. It killed fine, but did not exit. I switched to 160 gr. bullets after that. A comparable bullet in .308 dia. is 180 gr. I use 168 gr. Berger bullets now, To get that same sectional density in .308 would require a 200 gr. bullet. [/QUOTE]
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