Description
Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point is the Hunt SP line in the cartridge that has been the American default for more than a century. A 150 grain Hornady InterLock boat tail soft point at 2,960 feet per second, printed on the box, twenty rounds on reloadable brass. Part number 3006150SPA20.
The 150 Grain 30-06 Is the Deer Weight
The 30-06 Springfield covers more ground than almost any other cartridge, and bullet weight is how you point it at a job. At 150 grains it is a fast, flat shooting deer and antelope load. At 165 it becomes a genuine do everything weight. At 180 and up it turns into an elk and moose cartridge. Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point is the light, fast end of that range, and for whitetail it is entirely sufficient.
The projectile in Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point is a Hornady InterLock bullet, a conventional cup and core soft point with a mechanical ring inside the jacket to hold the core in place during expansion. There is nothing exotic about it and that is rather the point. It opens predictably at 30-06 velocities and retains enough weight to reach the off side lung on a broadside deer.
The boat tail helps a little past 300 yards and does nothing meaningful closer in. Most 30-06 shots on game happen well inside that, so treat it as a small bonus rather than a reason to buy.
Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point Specifications
The 2,960 fps figure for Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point is printed on the box by Ammo Inc and sits right where a 150 grain 30-06 should. It comes from a test barrel, so a 22 inch hunting rifle will read a touch under it. That is normal.
One warning that matters for this cartridge specifically. If your rifle is an M1 Garand, do not feed it modern commercial 30-06 hunting ammunition. Garands are built around the pressure curve of the original service load, and slower burning powders used in many hunting loads keep port pressure high enough to bend or break the operating rod. Garand owners want ammunition made for the rifle or handloads built to service specification. This is a bolt action and semi-auto hunting rifle load.
Brass under Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point is Ammo Inc production with boxer primers and it reloads normally. In a cartridge as heavily handloaded as the 30-06, that is worth something on its own.
- Cartridge: 30-06 Springfield
- Bullet: 150 grain Hornady InterLock boat tail soft point
- Muzzle velocity: 2,960 fps as printed on the box
- Case: Ammo Inc brass, boxer primed, reloadable
- Product line: Ammo Inc Hunt SP
- Manufacturer part number: 3006150SPA20
- UPC: 818778024681
- Packaging: 20 rounds per box, 10 boxes per case
- Not suitable for M1 Garand rifles
Picking a Bullet Weight for Your 30-06
If deer are the only thing on the licence, 150 grains is all the bullet you need and it shoots flatter than the heavier options. If elk, bear or moose are a possibility, step up. The 165 grain version of this same load is the better compromise, and we stock it alongside this one.
Confirm zero with Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point before you hunt it. A 150 grain and a 165 grain bullet will not land in the same place, and a rifle zeroed with one is not zeroed with the other. Two or three rounds on paper before opening day is the whole ritual.
Recoil in a 30-06 is moderate but real, and it is enough to build a flinch if all your shooting happens off a hard bench in one sitting. Break it up, shoot from field positions, and do the volume work dry. Our A-Zoom 30-06 Springfield snap caps make that possible indoors through the off season.
Keep the brass from every box of Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point. An ammo box for the 270 and 30-06 case family keeps fired cases separated from loaded rounds in a pack or a truck, which is a small habit that prevents chambering an empty in the field.
If you want a conventional alternative in the same weight, our Aguila 30-06 Springfield 150 grain soft point is the same idea from a different loader, and worth comparing on price and on how it groups in your rifle.
Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr Soft Point is a sensible, unglamorous deer load: a proven Hornady bullet, honest velocity printed on the box, reloadable brass and a price that leaves you room to sight in properly. Just keep it away from a Garand. Ships from our licensed inventory in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, with adult signature required on delivery.
A note on supply. Ammo Inc produces in batches rather than continuously, and the 30-06 hunting loads move quickly through September and October. If a lot groups well in your rifle, buy enough of that lot for sighting in and the season together, because the next run may shoot to a slightly different place.
Stored cool and dry, this ammunition will outlast the rifle. A closed container in a closet beats an uninsulated garage shelf every time.
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