Yes I switched from 165gr to 180gr I shot last year at the lease with 165gr it was on target but now I can't hit a doe plus 200 yard shots probaly don't help can anyone offer advice?

Curious what you're trying to ask.. Why are you not on target? Or will an extra 15 grains really change your point of impact that much?

If it's the latter, it will obviously increase drop, but not incredibly drastically. Best advice I can give you is take the rifle to the range, set up a target at 100 yds, and see how it's shooting.

Thanks I mean I shot it at the lease 100 yards it was an inch off of the bullseye but I did shoot it to nite at a 100 yards it wasn't as close but it's a kill shot so I want to know since the first bullet fired out of that gun was 165gr Remington corlokt now I'm using federal 180gr soft tip do u think I should go back to Remington?

Rifles generally like what they like, and there's sometimes no rhyme or reason to it. If your rifle shoots one much better than the other, it may be the bullet weight, bullet design, brand, or a combination of those things. You just have to experiment with different types of ammo and stick with the one your rifle shoots best.

Different loads have different points of impact. How tight are the groups? Pick the one you like and adjust the scope.

Yea I'm gna go back to 165gr the first bullet fired by that gun it was perfect never missed my target unlike now cuz I'm tired of shooting at a deer an missing I adjusted the scope twice an I still miss so

Just a question, but when you checked the sight with the 180's did you just lean up on a tree and shoot one shot at a coffe can or what? If you are going to change ammo or check point of aim/point of impact you need to shoot more than one shot and it needs to be from a stable position. JMHO

I shot a total of three times bout 100 yards at a beer box bout the same size as the kill zone of a deer I was within that area so I figured I was good but I missed the biggest buck of my life too an sorry for my ignorace but what is the diff from a 165gr an a 180gr?

You really need to get a stable rest and find out how each type of ammo performs with your rifle. I have two 30-06 rifles about as far apart on the quality spectrum as off the shelf rifles get, and within a hundred yards they are minute of pie plate with anything. But once you get outside of a hundred yards or so the variance in both the ballistics of differing bullet weights and whether your rifle likes a particular cartridge or not really starts to show and issues only compound with distance. I would sandbag the rifle (taking you out of the equation as much as possible) and find what ammo it prefers. Then when you know what the best the rifle can do with a particular load, you can determine what the maximum effective range you can expect to take various types of game with it under ideal conditions. Next is practice, practice, practice from all potential field positions. Having a great rifle that you fire from a bench three shots a year is most likely not gonna do you much good when your blood is pumping as you try a 300 yard offhand on a running buck. Not that anyone ever does such a thing.

150, 165/8, 180 grain bullets are all quite common in 30-06. Lighter 150gr bullets fly faster and flatter, 180gr punch a deal harder on bigger game. All will work for deer so you might as well shoot what your rifle likes best.

Good luck and happy hunting.

Ww

Site in with the ammo you are going to hunt with and dont change, no two shoot alike. Not just my opinion, fact.

Yea I know I'm gna switch back to 165gr my gun shot a whole lot better with em I'm now using federal 180 gr will probaly finish the rest of the season if not take it to a shooting range

Unless we are sighting in a rifle with a ballistic plex or something like it, we sight in a inch high at a 100 yards. At 200 it should be dead on. Just something to think about whether you use the 165 or 180 grain bullets

Well I shot a coke can bout 110 yards if I can hit that then I should hit a deer I'll find out tommoro