400 Rounds of 150gr SPCE 30-06 Springfield Ammo by Sellier & Bellot

“What in goodness’ name is an SPCE?” Fair question. Keep reading!

This 30-06 hunting cartridge by Sellier & Bellot of the Czech Republic is loaded with an uncommon variant of the classic soft point. The soft point cutting edge produces terminal expansion in the same fashion: Its gilding metal jacket stops just shy of covering the tip of its malleable lead core, which enables the SPCE to widen out and tumble around while it tunnel through its target’s soft tissue. But the bullet additionally features a can-shaped body, with an edge where its profile transitions from cylindrical to ogive. That edge punches a more injurious hole into the quarry on impact, which creates more bleeding and an altogether lower chance of the quarry surviving the ordeal.

The SPCE’s profile does make it somewhat less ballistically efficient than a sleeker bullet. That said, this round’s 0.308 G1 ballistic coefficient does enable its 150 grain projectile to conserve over 1,000 ft lbs of kinetic energy at 400 yards, which makes it quite effective for hunting deer and other medium game over reasonable distances. Sellier & Bellot’s nonmagnetic SPCE is seated in a new and reloadable brass case with a noncorrosive Boxer primer to things in motion.