Originally Posted by Mule Deer
Yep. The SAAMI maximum pressure for the .30-06 is only 60,000 PSI because of old guns, but even with SAAMI-pressure H4831SC I've gotten 2675 with 200's in some 22" barrels. There's no real reason not to push the SAAMI limit a little.

In the only .30-06 I own right now, a NULA with a 24" barrel, 59.0 grains of H4831SC gets around 2690 with the 200 Partition. Haven't tried the 200 AB with the same load.



~54.8grs of RL 17 will put you just under 60,000 psi on a 70 degree day for just under 2700fps (ref QL). I load 53.5 to 54 gr and that puts me right on an accuracy node. This bullet is devastating on large big game, shots MOA to 500+ yards and normally get ~20" groups at 1000yds. Steps the '06 up a couple more notches than your daddy's.