I have heard that copper bullets like a bit of speed to open up reliably ...... sooooo Here is me doing a dangerous thing ... Thinking. I bought a couple of boxes of 130 Grain Barnes tax bullets and am planning on loading them up on top of a 30-06 case and pushing them in the 3300 + Ft/sec range .... See where I end up but out of this rifle I am running 150 grain Boiler partitions at 3175 with a load the is still a grain under max in the Hodgon book using superformance powder ... I am thinking of using CFE 223 as that is just a little bit faster burning for the lighter bullets. any of you good folks tried this route before and if so, what did you think about it.

Can't help you on that?

I normally start slower and start gaining powder to see what the gun likes. I would rather shoot the most accurate load.

I shoot 180 grainers out of my 300 win mag. velocity right at 3000 fps. They open up just fine near as I can tell from the exit and internal damage. (yes I broke down and bought a chronograph)

I start lower than what I ended up with in the case of the 150 Partitions. Its just that the 3175 was the most accurate load with that powder. But I do tend to start in the upper third of the charge weights. At the end of the day, If I want to throw a 150 grain bullet at 2400 ft/ sec. I use a 30-30 not a 30-06 if that makes sense.

Welcome to the dark side Danny

I like using a chronograph ...its a useful tool

I have shot and loaded a lot of the TTSX Barnes in 35, and 30 caliber in 300WSM and 308 and they have performed very well. I love the long high BC boattails. I see no need to try and speed them up for better performance, but just for fun is alright too.