herschel,

I've gotten excellent accuracy in my NULA .30-06 with 150-165 grain bullets using several powders, including both H4350 and IMR4350, IMR4451 and Ramshot Big Game. Anything around a published starting load will result in .308 ballistics and recoil, though often a magnum primer helps with Big Game.

The last 150-grain bullet I tried was the Cutting Edge Raptor. 54.0 grains of Big Game got around 2850 fps and tiny groups, with what I consider very tolerable (if not downright pleasant) recoil. And I'm not nearly as willing to tolerate recoil as I used to be.


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