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I read somewhere that Hathcock was shooting a 173 grain Sierra BT at 2550fps. Is that the best you could get out of an 06 back in the 60's, was he shooting stock military ammo?
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My guess is that it was Lake City match ammo. 2550 was the velocity of the .308 match ammo with the 173gn bullet and I read somewhere that the -06 was more like 2650. Pic from the web.
Last edited by prm; 10/23/14.
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Carlos Hathcock used LC M72 Match Ammo using the 173 grain M1 bullet at 2640 FPS. His record is still impressive.
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