Charlie,
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<br> I'll look forward to your results. One thing that put my mind in the direction I was thinking is the reports folks post with the Light Magnum ammo. I've seen some pretty good differences from 22" to 26" in the 30-06, with the 180gr LM ammo.
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<br> I've been loading 63 gr of RL-22 under 190 Sierra MK moly, in Norma cases, and getting average 2903 fps from my 26" Douglas barrel. quickload estimated 2907 fps and 54,000 CUP for this load. I would be curious to try this one in a 22" 30-06 for comparison.
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<br> This load is 3 gr over book max. but given moly bullets, a slow for cartridge powder, and lower max book pressure for 30-06, I am not surprised this shows no signs of high pressure.
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<br> I've gotten responses bordering on disbelief on my results with this load (the 30-06 is only supposed to beat the .308 by 100fps). I feel the 26" bbl, powder an bullet combo bring the 30-06 to a near optimum for cartridge performance.
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<br>MM
