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30/06 load
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 Location: Sagamihara, Kanagawa Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2012 Posts: 960 
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Working up a new hunting load, found it interesting the range from low to high. Which makes sense because of the increased velocity, just nice to visually see it. The primers were all good and I'm sure I can go higher, but 56.5 looks to be the winner for now.
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| Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:11 pm |
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Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52040 Real Name: Steve
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Yeah, that's interesting to see, I agree.
 That's a lot of powder for 30-06 . . . at least for the Garand-level stuff that I've done. Mind sharing what powder and bullet you're using? _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:55 pm |
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Location: Sagamihara, Kanagawa Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2012 Posts: 960
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The bullet is a 178 Hornady ELD-X, powder is Accurate Arms 4350. Hornady 8th edition lists max load as 54.4, but reading the interwebs people are going as high as 57.0. So I started low and figured I'd go till I saw problems with the primer or case. They all look great.
I started with some cheap Remington 180gn Core-Lokt, 100 yards 1" high. As you can see the last group ended up 1" high aswell so I'm guessing around 2750ish FPS. Might try a little more 56.8, 57.1. _________________ You can't comply your way out of tyranny. Last edited by acidfly on Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:05 pm, edited 2 times in total. |
| Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:23 pm |
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Location: Sagamihara, Kanagawa Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2012 Posts: 960
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If anyone was looking for cheap targets, this cost me $1.00. Poster board from Walmart cut in have .67 the stickers are .07ea from a roll of 250.
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| Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:36 pm |
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 Location: Union Gap Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2016 Posts: 1722 Real Name: Randall Knapp
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So acidfly...what are you going to do when you can not get that specific powder and bullet. I am just remembering the last shortage. I load to a node and within that node I can substitute four or five powders with same weight bullet most of which I hard cast.
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| Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:52 pm |
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Site Supporter   Location: WA/MT Joined: Thu Sep 6, 2012 Posts: 8285
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For whatever reason the grandpa ‘06 likes slower burning powders. My current favorite recipe:
180-190g bullet. Pick your poison, I like Nosler Accubond LR but any will do. RL22 @ 62gr 3.340” OAL pick whatever high quality brass and primer you like. 3” high @ 100, POI @ 225, 4” low at 250 and 2800+ FPS all day long and safe in any 24” bolt rifle. |
| Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:10 am |
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 Location: Arlington wa Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2011 Posts: 1134
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Is it just me or does anyone else see the potential of the 55.3-55.6 group's?
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| Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:27 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: East of Japan, not by much. Joined: Fri Jun 3, 2011 Posts: 12990
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Those groups are good - short range. Presumably, the hotter loads point of impact high and center would make longer shot accuracy more of a reality.
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| Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:38 am |
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Location: Sagamihara, Kanagawa Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2012 Posts: 960
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RENCORP wrote: Those groups are good - short range. Presumably, the hotter loads point of impact high and center would make longer shot accuracy more of a reality. Exactly my thinking aswell. Went out today and tried some hotter loads.. 57.1 looked really good. I don't think ill go higher than that though. Should have the round over 2800fps. _________________ You can't comply your way out of tyranny. |
| Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:51 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: The banana belt of MT Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015 Posts: 8587 Real Name: Brian
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What's your Chrono data show?
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| Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:36 pm |
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Site Supporter / FFL Dealer  Location: Lynnwood Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2011 Posts: 2499
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sportsdad60 wrote: What's your Chrono data show? Exactly.... Going by the "book" ballistics will get you some pretty crappy results at times. Chronograph is the ONLY way to know what you really have going. _________________ aka Big_Daddy Nitro Products FFL Dealer SOT Dealer |
| Sat Oct 12, 2019 5:02 pm |
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Location: Sagamihara, Kanagawa Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2012 Posts: 960
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I don't have a Chrono. I just load in increments till I see possible problems. I loaded up to 57.4 the last time I was out and had great grouping with 57.1 at 100 and 200 yards with no bad primer or case signs.
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| Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:52 pm |
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