Thread: Low power 30-06 loads

I have the load that I settled on for a lower power .30/06 load -

170 grain Hornady Flat Nose Interlocks using 46 grains of IMR4895 (not H) with velocity 2450 fps. It was very accurate, (under an inch at 100) and low recoil. I checked with Hornady themselves over the velocity window of this bullet (which is a standard .30/30 bullet) and they told me it was good up to 2500fps.
One deer was shot with this and it penetrated on a 3/4 angle traveling through most of the animal, did as much damage as any .308 does, and was caught in the offside hide, having worn the mushroom down so it was just a shank. My records indicate that the deer was dead at the time the bullet was recovered.

Basically this load is like a .303 ballistically, but I recall the recoil being mild.

I am sure I made a similar load using 2213/H4831 and the same bullet for the same velocity, that also shot very well and was light to shoot, but it was for another .30/06 I had and I didnt keep the load data for it when I sold it, which is a thing I have to stop doing.