Originally Posted by Hammerdown
My 30-06 with a 24 inch bbl will do 2755fps with 55 grains of RL-17 and a 200 grain Nosler Partition, nice groups too.


Yep, that's about what I experienced with the same load in a Model 70 stainless with a 24" barrel.

What was interesting was that the 200-grain Accubonds gave about 50-75 fps more velocity than the Partitions with identical charge weights.


Keep your gun-hand ready and your eyes peeled.