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Mods...I'd like to start a 'pet loads' thread for 30/06s, similar to the one for 308 win. Would you sticky?

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57grs of IMR4350 and Hornady 165gr SP or Nosler Accubond 165gr.

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That was the load I was using until I chronoed it at 2668fps. Now I am using 59.5 gr IMR 4350 and getting 2828fps out of my 22" barreled Ruger. IMR lists 60.0 grains as max.

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52 grains of IMR4064 and a 150.

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Very interesting whit. I'm using 57 gr. of IMR 4350 in front of a 165 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip and my chrono reads 2852 average velocity for a 10 shot string from my 22" M70 FWT Classic SS. Must be the slow barrel/fast barrel thing. I've never gone past 57 gr., it's taken deer out to 425 yds down to 7 yds with no trouble or complaints with a 165 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip. I also average just over 2800 fps with 56 gr. of H380 in the same rifle. Both loads shoot under an inch at 100 yds with a BT, AB, or PT 165 gr. bullet. The IMR 4350 load is what we use in my father's and BIL's .30-06 rifles as well. 3.389" OAL on the tip.
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Originally Posted by mathman
52 grains of IMR4064 and a 150.


Old load that still works good!

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My .30-06 Pet Loads are for 3 rifles:

57/4320/130 Hornady SP 3047 fps R-P brass, CCI LR primers.
56/4320/150 Nosler Solid Base 3006 fps R-P brass, CCI LR.
62/H-205/150 Nosler BT 3025 fps R-P brass, CCI LR.
59/H-205/165 Hornady SPBT 2952 fps W-W brass, CCI LR.
58/IMR4350/165 Nosler Part 2944 fps W-W brass, CCI LR.
61/R-19/165 Nosler Part 2935 fps W-W brass, CCI LR.
60/N-204/180 Nosler Part 2811 fps Fed brass, CCI LR.

Now, my main '06 is a tang Ruger 77, but these have also proved reliable in a Howa 1500 and occasionally in a Sako.

You should use your own criteriae and good sense in your own rifles.




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59.0 gr. H4831sc and a 180 grain boolit of your choice...
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We use 180 loads,that way they are good for either mule deer,elk, or moose.The one that if you truly lucky and works for the rifle is 61gr of RL-22 and a Accubond,it's both less than 60,000PSI and over 2800,about the only load that does that. Having said,I don't have any RL-22 and use N-560 instead. Five of the six 30-06s my sons and I have use some sort of 4350.


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What I have found for '06s with Varget:

130s like 53 grains +- i grain depending on the rifle
150s like 51 grains +- .5 grains depending on the rifle

All of them I have worked up fall right on those numbers and group into an inch. Because I use Barnes bullets, the hard part is now seating depth. Take a Speer flat base 150 seat it at 3.200 over 51.5 Varget and seven out of ten rifles that can group into an inch will. The other three might need a little more or less powder.

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165 Hornady flatbase: 60.0 Hunter, Win cases and Fed 210 primers chronys at 2850-2875 fps. 180 Hornady/Nosler partition: 57.0gr H-4350, same components chronys 2750 fps[this load out of my#1B]. Tom

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One of the 4350's will serve you well.


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52 grains of IMR4064 and a 150.


+1 I've been using that load for 40 years. I flirted briefly with IMR-4350, but the 4064 load was always more accurate and good for over 2900 fps from a 24-inch barrel. Most rifles will shoot it under MOA.


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150 gr Accubond over 59 gr of IMR-4350.

165 gr Accubond over 58.5 gr of H4350

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58ish gr of H-4350 and 165s

A good mild load is 48.5gr of H-4895 and 150s


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A little slower load that is also very accurate and has mild recoil is 50 grains of 4064 with a 150. I'm using Sierra Pro Hunters with Win. LR primers. I got 2825fps out of a 22" barrel on a hot day last summer. That seems a little quick, my notes confirm it but I think I'll chrony it again. Anyway, it's accurate and I can shoot it all day.

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58.5 IMR 4350,150 Fed 215M primer....


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mathman, Calif hunter: That load of 52.0gr IMR 4064/150 bullet knocked over my first 3 mulies! It is a VERY accurate load. But was I satisfied? Oh, hell no!! I had to try other stuff. Ain't it fun? Tom

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Anyone using H414? I'm loading a few 150's with it, starting at 54 grains toward a max of 60 according to Hodgdon data. What kind of velocity can I expect with a 24" barrel?

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