.30-06 at 150 Yards: Ballistic Performance Test
.30-06 at 150 Yards: Ballistic Performance Test. Watch .30-06 Federal Premium 180gr soft point ammunition tested on household targets at 150 yards. Real-world ballistic performance and hunting effectiveness { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/mud_lake_ranch#person", "name": "Mud Lake Ranch", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/mud_lake_ranch", "description": "Mud Lake Ranch is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/b13a95c8-8786-49b0-8bc5-29c4373712a7.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/30-06-150-yards-ballistic-test#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/30-06-150-yards-ballistic-test" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/30-06-150-yards-ballistic-test", "headline": ".30-06 at 150 Yards: Ballistic Performance Test", "name": ".30-06 at 150 Yards: Ballistic Performance Test", "description": "Watch .30-06 Federal Premium 180gr soft point ammunition tested on household targets at 150 yards. Real-world ballistic performance and hunting effectiveness", "articleSection": "Ammunition", "articleBody": "The Mud Lake Ranch .30-06 at 150 yards test answers a question a lot of hunters actually ask before season: what does a 180-grain soft point really do to a target at mid-range? The channel's host set up household objects at exactly 150 yards and put a single round through each one — water jug, watermelon, orange soda, and a concrete cinder block — using Federal Premium 180 grain soft point ammunition. It's a four-shot demonstration built for one purpose: giving viewers a clear visual of the kinetic energy a .30-06 delivers at a realistic hunting distance. As the host at Mud Lake Ranch put it, the goal was to show \"what that cartridge is capable of\" on inanimate, everyday objects that each react differently to impact. The short version: the cartridge dismantled everything it touched, including the cinder block, and the host closed by reaffirming the .30-06 as one of his favorites for deer hunting. Key Takeaways Test conducted at 150 yards using a MileC rangefinder — the host measured 147 yards, then stepped back one pace to set targets. Ammunition was Federal Premium 180 grain soft point, a hunting round designed to expand on impact. Four targets tested one at a time: water in a milk jug, a watermelon, orange soda, and a concrete cinder block. The watermelon was reduced to \"dust\"; a 2-liter soda bottle launched roughly 30 feet in the air. The cinder block took a corner hit, then a center hit that destroyed it —…