New 30-06. Thinking about trying copper.

[RevJim]

Yes sir Don, agree. Hornady IL have always been "tougher" than Speers and most Sierras. I like the Hornadys for practice loads to ass they mimic every Partition or Barnes I ever loaded. Amazing to me. I never had luck getting the Interbonds to shoot well in the only two calibers I tried them in. 7mm and 30cal. The 139gr SSTs I shot in the Hornady LM 7mm/08 were pretty soft. Fine for deer and such. Of course, this was around 2004, they may have toughened them up. I really like the flat base Speer Hot Cors too. Merry Christmas pard!

 

[Rie Bread]

180 Barnes ttsx dropped everything this year

 

[RevJim]

Merry Christmas guys! I picked up my Mod 700 Classic 30-06 from the dealer yesterday! I plan on trying some 155 Scenars and 150gr TTSX first. I have some 168 TMKs and 168 TTSX also.
Hey Don- sometimes on Gunbroker you can find partial boxes of monos, or pulled (perfectly fine) monos from factory loads pretty cheap! Thats what I do for trial loads, etc.

 

[Alpine01]

Merry Christmas guys! I picked up my Mod 700 Classic 30-06 from the dealer yesterday! I plan on trying some 155 Scenars and 150gr TTSX first. I have some 168 TMKs and 168 TTSX also.
Hey Don- sometimes on Gunbroker you can find partial boxes of monos, or pulled (perfectly fine) monos from factory loads pretty cheap! Thats what I do for trial loads, etc.

I’d throw in a 150 or 165 CX into the mix as well. Factory CX for my 7mm RemMag were ok but I hand loaded 150’s and dialed in 0.5 MOA pretty quickly. Took my BC moose with this load. Performed very well.

 

[6mm Remington]

Looks like you are on the right track.