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m16tackdriver · September 10, 2012, 06:30 PM

I actually use my target loads to hunt deer. I hand load Sierra 150 gr HPBT match bullets and use IMR 3031 powder in my .30-06 rounds. I have taken decent size (180 lb) bucks at 350m no sweat with that round. The accuracy I have with that load (.4 MOA or less at 100 yd) in my Rem 700 gives me the confidence I can get a one round kill with that load at that distance.

September 10, 2012, 06:30 PM	#35
m16tackdriver Junior Member Join Date: September 9, 2012 Posts: 12	I actually use my target loads to hunt deer. I hand load Sierra 150 gr HPBT match bullets and use IMR 3031 powder in my .30-06 rounds. I have taken decent size (180 lb) bucks at 350m no sweat with that round. The accuracy I have with that load (.4 MOA or less at 100 yd) in my Rem 700 gives me the confidence I can get a one round kill with that load at that distance.