30-30 & 30-06 Soft loads

[ozfisher71]

G'day all,

I'm new to forums and just after some advice.

I am looking at loading some reduced loads with AR2206H for my Model94 30-30 and Vanguard 30-06. Projectiles of choice are:

Hornady Vmax 110 gr
Speer 130 gr HP
Hornady FTX 160 gr (30-30 only)

With pointed projectiles I only load the 30-30 one in the tube one in the chamber.

Also any advice on Barnes TSX for the 30-06.

[Blackened]

Welcome mate.

What's the purpose of the rifle/load?

You're talking about a pretty by difference in power between a 110gr and 160gr pill when it hits...

[Lorgar]

Hornady Vmax 110 gr

I can speak highly of the Hornady V-Max.

I actually recently did a little write up here on it - viewtopic.php?f=12&t=834

87gr for my .243, not 30 cal, but still useful.

They are now the bullet for my .243.

[Lorgar]

Oh, I forgot to say... I'd give the 110gr a miss.

A mate of mine did exactly what you're doing... Worked up reduced loads for his .308 using 110 pills for his wife.

They were all crap. Couldn't get such a short pill to stabilise as best we could tell.

Went up to 125gr Nosler Ballistic Tips and he was in business though.

[horter]

Also any advice on Barnes TSX for the 30-06.

G'day,

I'm working on some loads with the TSX for my 30-06 Hawkeye All Weather at the moment.

I started with the 180gr but they didn't really take to rifle. They're unusually long is the problem I think.

The weight retention and damage was great, but not such much on the accuracy in this case.

I have a batch of hand loads with the 150gr TSX waiting to go. Should get out to test them in the next few days with a bit of luck.

If they're accurate, I reckon they'll become my usual load moving forward.

[Old Fart]

Hornady FTX 160 gr (30-30 only)

With pointed projectiles I only load the 30-30 one in the tube one in the chamber.

If I'm not mistaken, those are the ones with the 'monoflex' tip aren't they?

So you can load multiple cartridges in a tubular mag...

[Yelp]

Yeah Old Fart.

LEVERevolution is the ammo series in question.

[Aster]

I usually rate Speers pretty highly.

The Speer 130 gr HP should meet your requirements here.

It's a reasonably light pill for generating less recoil, but still a decent enough weight for reasonable ballistics and energy on target.

If you're tossing up between those 3 bullets and reduced loads are a priority, this bullet would be my starting point.

[ozfisher71]

Aster,
Do you have any load data for the 130gr Speer using AR2206H

[Grated]

What rifle are you shooting, ozfisher71?