Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST – Sharp 20 Round Hunt Long Range Box

Description

Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST is the tipped, fast end of the 30-06 hunting range. A 150 grain Hornady Super Shock Tip leaving at 3,080 feet per second for 3,159 foot-pounds, twenty rounds on new brass, part number 3006150SSTA20. It is the Hunt Long Range line, and the name is an accurate description of what it is for.

Tipped and Fast Versus Plain and Steady

The bullet in Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST is a cup and core design with an InterLock ring and a polymer tip. The tip raises the ballistic coefficient so the bullet sheds velocity more slowly, and on impact it drives back into the core and starts expansion immediately. That combination is what makes Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST a flat shooting, quick opening load rather than a deep driving one.

Put it next to the conventional option and the choice becomes clear. Our 150 grain Hunt SP load from the same maker runs about 120 feet per second slower with an untipped InterLock soft point, which opens more gradually. Across open ground the tipped bullet wins on trajectory and wind. In thick timber at forty yards, the slower soft point is kinder to meat.

At 3,080 fps this is genuinely quick for a 30-06, close to what a Superformance load delivers, and that speed is where the extra reach comes from. It also means a warmer, sharper recoil impulse than a standard 150 grain load.

Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST Specifications

Figures for Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST come from Ammo Inc for part number 3006150SSTA20 and are measured from a test barrel. A 22 inch hunting rifle will chronograph somewhat under 3,080 fps, which is normal and worth knowing before you build a ballistic solution around the published number.

The same M1 Garand warning applies here, more so than with a standard load. Do not feed modern commercial 30-06 hunting ammunition to a Garand. The rifle is built around the pressure curve of the original service cartridge, and slow burning powders common in hunting loads keep port pressure high enough to bend or break the operating rod. This is a bolt action and modern semi-auto load.

Brass under Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST is new Ammo Inc production with boxer primers and reloads normally, which matters given how heavily the 30-06 is handloaded.

• Cartridge: 30-06 Springfield
• Bullet: 150 grain Hornady SST, polymer tipped boat tail
• Muzzle velocity: 3,080 fps
• Muzzle energy: 3,159 ft-lbs
• Case: new brass, boxer primed, reloadable
• Product line: Ammo Inc Hunt Long Range
• Manufacturer part number: 3006150SSTA20
• UPC: 818778023684
• Packaging: 20 rounds per box
• Not suitable for M1 Garand rifles

Where the Extra Velocity Actually Helps

Past 250 yards, and not much before it. Inside that distance the difference between this and a standard 150 grain load is a couple of inches of drop, which is well inside the margin a field position introduces anyway. If most of your shots are in timber, you are paying for reach you will not use.

Mind the close range with Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST. A tipped bullet at over 3,000 fps arriving at twenty yards opens violently, and a broadside shoulder shot on a deer can cost you a fair amount of meat. That is the trade for the trajectory. If short shots are the norm where you hunt, the slower soft point is the better tool.

Confirm zero with Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST specifically. A 150 grain SST at 3,080 fps will not print where a 165 grain load does, and swapping between them without re-checking is a common and avoidable way to miss. Three rounds on paper each season.

Practise dry through the off season. The 30-06 kicks enough to build a flinch if all your shooting is bench work in one sitting. Our A-Zoom 30-06 Springfield snap caps let you drill bolt work and trigger press indoors, which is where a flinch actually gets fixed.

Keep the brass from Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST sorted. An ammo box for the 270 and 30-06 family keeps fired cases apart from loaded rounds in a pack, and stops the mistake where an empty ends up in the chamber.

Ammo Inc 30-06 150gr SST suits the hunter working open country who wants a flatter trajectory and a quick opening bullet in the classic American cartridge. If your shots are short and your priority is meat, buy the plain soft point instead. Either way, keep it out of a Garand. Ships from our licensed inventory in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, with adult signature required on delivery.

On supply, Ammo Inc runs production in batches and the 30-06 hunting loads clear shelves through early autumn. If a lot groups well in your rifle, buy enough of it for sighting in and the season at once, because the next run may print to a slightly different place.

Stored somewhere cool and dry it will keep for decades. Heat cycling in a car trunk over a summer is the one thing worth avoiding.

If you want a conventional alternative in the same weight from a different loader, our Aguila 30-06 Springfield 150 grain soft point is worth comparing on price and on how it groups in your rifle.