My 6.5-06 is one of the semi-custom rifles E.R. Shaw puts together, with a threaded and blue-printed Savage action and a Boyd's laminated stock. It has a spiral-fluted 26" #4 barrel, and I get just under 3000 fps with 140's using 56.0 grains of H1000. That's the load I hunt with, but have tried a bunch of others and can provide some velocities with other bullet weights too if you're interested.


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