Bea, this one is for you. I like to use IMR 4350 too because it's the only powder I could find for a long time around here and It's been my "go to" powder in my 30-06 and 338 win mag anyway. Here are the results with a 150gr. Nosler partition (seconds):

First 3 shots go sub moa, 5 shots into moa and 10 shots opening up to around 1.5 moa respectively. This is with a fwt model 70. Good enough for "hunting rifle accuracy":

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Looking back at my pictures, this one was shot with a rifle I sold to 79s here on the fire. His daughter is going to be using it on a moose hunt this year.



My pre 64 model 70 fwt also like IMR 4350, but I had to drop the powder charge 1/2 grain to make it happy. OAL was still pretty close to the XTR FWT's (in above pic):
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I've ran H4831 with 130gr. nosler partitions as well. My rifle doesn't seem to be too picky for a pre 64 fwt:
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Originally Posted by raybass
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
Originally Posted by Pharmseller
You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole.

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