Good load for the old 30.06

[gohring3006]

I'm in the 4350 camp.
178-180s with 56.5 grains, shoots very well for me. Work up!

 

[Laelkhunter]

55.0 grains of IMR-4350 pushing a 168 Barnes TTSX shoots 1/2 inch MOA out of my ThompsonCenter Venture with 5r rifling

 

[hunter67wa]

BLR peep sight H4350 Hornady 220 RN 52.5grs. Its my timber gun. It hammers the hell out of things. The people just stare at me when I put it on steel at 300 and say what the hell are you shooting. There is no mistake when it hits steel. I may switch to a 180 just for ease of finding the bullets on the shelf.

 

[jjmp]

150 gn Nosler ballistic tip r-p-case 62 gns of h 4350 with a federal 210 primer .(Caution) this is a max load start 3 grains lower n work up !!!. Newbee's read & cross reference data from many sources , read till yur eyes bleed ,& BEE SAFE.

 

[Jasper2017]

I have used the 2 following loads with Hornady 150 gr. Interlock. IMR 3031, 49.0 gr.,CCI 200, Win Case & H414, 58.0 gr, Fed Large Rifle Mag primer, Federal case. Both of these loads shot less than .5 groups at 100 yds.

 

[Wedgy]

Barnes 130 TTSX with Varget at 3,300fps really puts the smack down to about 750 yards

 

[Deleted member 103481]

Any experience with IMR 4895? Interested in reloading for my fathers BAR since he loves old school wincheater silvertips that you can't buy loaded anymore.

 

[Capt RB]

Any experience with IMR 4895? Interested in reloading for my fathers BAR since he loves old school wincheater silvertips that you can't buy loaded anymore.

Great powder for semi auto's That is all we use in the 3 or 4 in our deer camp. Mostly 180's pro hunter's core locks and partitions.

 

[Howland]

I used IMR-4895 in my 700 to get a consistent sub MOA load but I don't remember the charge weight. I wrote it down but misplaced it.

180 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tips 0.010" off the lands with Winchester LRP in a Federal case. I never ran it through a chrono but truing my ballistic app with Noslers published BC says it is a very mild 2,610 fps. It has been 100% DRT effective for deer.

 

[Deleted member 103481]

Perfect, thanks guys its a deer rifle and he is only interested in 180 grain silvertips so looks like I'm on the right track!

 

[cohunt]

I'm running 62 gr RL26 at 2700 FPS with a 200 gr ELDX. 22" barrel and pretty light rifle = she bucks.
Got a vortex Copperhead scope on the way back to vortex for windage won't dial. Pretty sure the recoil killed it.

ha-- bucks pretty good is how my rifle shoots--I have a 22" rem 700 mountain rifle with the pencil profile barrel--I shoot 178 eld-x with 62 grains of RE22 @ 2860fps into just under 3/4 moa --loaded @ 3.355" coal--my 30-06 kicks more than my 7 rem mag, talk about muzzle flip!

 

[SilverbulletMAG]

I have a cheap Winchester XPR 30-06 that is a picky SOB if trying to get anything below 1 MOA. After tinkering and spending more on test load development than the rifle alone, I found 2 powder/bullet combos that shoot half MOA fairly consistently now (with a light crimp).

1) 165 Accubonds behind 56.5-57 grains H4350 (does not like IMR 4350) in Winchester brass seated to magazine length (2.680" to ogive) resulted in 2818 avg, 23 ES and 11 SD on 10 shots
2) 190 Accubond Long Range behind 57.5 grains RL 19 or 55.5 grains Hunter (2615 avg, 10 ES and 5 SD).

For reference, I have tried 7977, 4831SC, RL16, RL22, 100V, IMR4350, Speer 165s, 180 Accubonds, 212 ELD-X, 178 ELD-X and Partitions with marginal results.

 

[Guy M]

Some great classic (and newer!) loads here. Hard to go wrong with the 30-06, one of the 4350's, and 165-180 gr bullets.

Pretty impressive velocity & accuracy can be obtained with a 165/168 pushed with a max charge of H4350.

My favorite "all-around" hunting cartridge!

Regards, Guy

 

[Tex LR]

Count me in with IMR 4350 in the 165G / 168G club.

For the 180G projectiles I prefer RL22.