Several years ago, I came into possession of a sporterized 1903 A3 30-06, some factory ammo, bullets, brass and a set of Lee Pacesetter dies. It was gifted to my brother from a deceased relative's widow. He ran out of patience getting it to group under 3" at 100 yards.
After fiddling with it off and on over a summer, I could not do much better. Long story short, I recalled reading the Lee advertising of the Factory Crimp Die. Loaded some Nosler 150 gr spitzer solid base bullets and crimped them. 1.75" 5 shot group at 100 yards. 180 gr spitzer solid base bullets was even better at 1.5" 5 shot group at 100 yards.
The gun is back in the hands of my brother and killing Whitetail and Mule deer.
