"If you want "Hot" go to the .35 Whelen and bigger guns and forget about hot-rodding the .30-06."
I believe I'm going to have to mildly disagree with you. It's not too difficult to get a load that does more than factory levels with the 30-06. The cartridge is NOT loaded to it's full potential due to several older and weaker rifles chambered to the round. Even most reloading data is deliberately held back for the same reason.
However, if one has the experience, a good chronograph, and uses a little common sense, then getting a bit more from the 30-06 is no great problem, provided one has a modern rifle. As the original question involved a Browning "A" Bolt, a modern firearm, some careful load development should gain him a load that will serve his purposes.
If that Accubond doesn't work out, then I would suggest the Speer 200 gr. Hot-Core. It should work very nicely in a 30-06 as it does very well from my
.300 Win. Mag. at 2930 FPS at the muzzle.
My favorite bullet in the 30-06 however is the 180 gr. Sierra Pro-Hunter. I use them in the 06 for both deer and elk.
The suggestion of the barnes TSX bullets may be a good one. I say may because although I hunted with them last year, the deer did not cooperate.
That happens. I will say that the 100 gr. TSX in my 257 Robt. was very accurate and in my .35 Whelen, the 225 gr. TSX was sub .5" If I'd have gotten a shot and missed, it would have been my fault all the way.
Regardless of what one can do when loading the 30-06, I still start low and work up, even though I know that with the slower powders I can probably pass the max loads by a small margin. Doesn't mean I suggest anyone else do that, I only say I do it.
Paul B.