Thread: Best 30 cal 150gn - modest velocity

NBT have been faultless performers in my stumpy 308 from point-blank to 400m.

Originally Posted by Hunty1

NBT have been faultless performers in my stumpy 308 from point-blank to 400m.

I'm about to load some up in my 16" .308 with 2206h.

Bloody good!

Hard to go passed speer 150btsp but would happily recommend 168eldms esp at slower speeds

Speer BTSP are fine.

Just one thing though: they are not even close to the BC that is advertised.

I suggested Hornady 150 RN bullets to @Tentmam

Recently I shot my the first deer with one of my vintage projects.
Winchester 1885 30-40 US Govt
Hornady 180 RN at 170m and a clean one shot kill.
When I was skinning the off side the were a couple of copper shards in the exit hole and they seemed very thin.
Yesterday I trimmed all the meat for Christmas gifts and found another copper shard in some shoulder meat.
It measured 1.5 thou



So I sectioned a bullet nose in the mill and the jacket thickens from 1.5 to 3 thou in the length of the ogive



Then I measured the diameter of the exposed lead RN and compared with an exposed lead Spire Point.
5mm vs 3.5mm and with the volume of a circle the RN is slightly more than twice the exposed bare lead frontal area.

My conclusion based on a data set of only one animal killed with the 180 / 30-40 / modest velocity is that the 308 150 RN at typically modest 30-30 speeds would be very effective

So looking forward to Tentman sorting through the options and load development and feeding me all his data

I run two single shot 30-30s and know of plenty more

I'm sure someone smarter than me can compare the ballistics of the RN and SP bullets and I don't expect the trajectory difference will be worth worrying about inside 250m