Light for caliber bullet loads for .308 and .30/06

[Stover Rover]

Sierra 125 grain Pro Hunters, my friend used this load with great success on fallow out to 250 yards. I believe the load was 47.2 grains N135.

 

[cf2fan]

Sierra 125 grain Pro Hunters, my friend used this load with great success on fallow out to 250 yards. I believe the load was 47.2 grains N135.

I have some of those particular these particular bullets. Sierra bullets have always been accurate in my rifles and it is good to know that someone had actual success with them.
Thanks.

 

[Smellydog]

An alternative may well be that actually lighter especially if driven fast actually give more felt recoil. Recoil is very subject. Light bullets accelerate faster, and thanks to Mr Newton and equal and opposite this will result in snappy recoil the other way.

In the past RWS used to load a soft round nosed 173gn bullet in the 7x65r for use on Roe. This trundled along at about 2400 fps. And they were very soft on the shoulder. For many years my preferred load was a mild load of quite slow imr 4831 underneath a 140 gn bullet doing 2600 ish fps. Minimal recoil.

Remember that recoil energy is s function of mass multiplied by the square of the velocity, so you may well get less recoil, in particular slower recoil using a bigger bullet and slower burning powder at the lower end of recommended weights. Have a look at load data.

This^.

Or, just go buy a 30-30

 

[cf2fan]

This^.

Or, just go buy a 30-30

A .30/30 would be a good alternative but it would preclude me from using my favorite .308 and .30/06 rifles.

 

[Tim1989]

I shoot 119grain yewtree tlr bullets in my .308 going 3060fps , high bc bullets, has completely changed my .308

 

[bbrc]

Sierra 125 grain Pro Hunters, my friend used this load with great success on fallow out to 250 yards. I believe the load was 47.2 grains N135.

Ive used these too in 30/06 on roe and hill red hinds and they performed very well, not too destructive either

 

[Jono 4]

I shoot 119grain yewtree tlr bullets in my .308 going 3060fps , high bc bullets, has completely changed my .308

I use these in my 30-06 and also the 148gn ones, soft shooting, and very accurate.

 

[Tim1989]

I use these in my 30-06 and also the 148gn ones, soft shooting, and very accurate.

yes very soft shooting, very quiet in my rifle aswell, very flat shooting , work great

 

[nordicspitz]

I loaded a nosler ballistic tip 125gr with N140.
Max loaded gave me around 930mps.
This with a 46cm barrel.
Shot a red fox at 155meters 2weeks ago. Exit wound like a golf ball.

 

[ruger77]

I found I had better results loading heavy and slow the light and fast load did too much damage 3006

 

[Rafter]

I used 130 grain Hornady HP bullets in my 30-06 and 308, and they are outstanding. Marketed as a varmint bullet, but the 130/308 load is a favorite with the chopper shooters who use a 308, and I have a groundshooter mate who uses them exclusively in his 308 and has shot well over 1k deer with them.
The low bc means they suck a bit past 300m, but nobody shoots deer that far away anyway.... do they?

 

[nordicspitz]

.308w i might add..
I like the login recoil with the lighter bullets

 

[222parsons]

.308 with 110gn vmax and 125gn nosler hunting. DPT end mounted mod. Recoil is very friendly vs the old 150gn stuff.
Damage wise, foxes hate it and it's OK on Roe.
They both have the same POI at 100m which is ideal.