30-06 and IMR 4350

[Hudge76]

I run 56'gr. of IMR4350 and 165 gr. Accubonds.

 

[K.E.C.]

I have 56 IMR.4350 for 180 Swift Sirocco.
And 57 for the 165 Swift Sirocco.
I have always had good results with
IMR.4350, in the 300Wm also.

 

[OFtrash]

Im using 57 IMR 4350 with 168's with good results.

 

[bonie]

I use 180 Nosler BT with the middle load in my Nosler book of IMR 4350. (old addition like 1990) since 1990 in my Winchester model 70 Black shadow. not a super fast load but they absolutely lay big deer down every time. just a wining load I stumbled on.

 

[338 dude]

 

[Catskills]

For my Tikka, 59.5g and 165 Accubonds gives 2830fps. That load with a HS-Precision sends the Accubonds 3020fps. I had a M77 that shot 180partitions very well at 57.5grains.

 

[Rosebud]

That is a darn hot load! Some bolt rifles will not take that much pressure without very difficult extraction. My 700 likes that load with 180g Ballistic tips, but I think that 56.0g is the normal load.

Winchester cases are thin walled. They may do ok with that much powder

 

[JiggyIi]

Well, does 57.5 with a 165 SGK count?

Loaded 300 today with 58.5 & get 2900 out of a M70 & savage 116 both 22" pipes

 

[JiggyIi]

For about 50 years, one of my 30-06 loads has been 56.5gr of IMR 4350 with a 165gr Sierra GK-BTSP or HP at 2,800fps. Back then, I pushed it to 60gr and hit 3,000fps in that rifle with the 165GK, but groups were not as good as I wanted. So, I went back to the best groupings at 200yds with 56.5gr.

That load has taken untold game and a few varmints.

58.5 @ 2900 with two different 22" pipes

 

[Gary in MD]

I was using 60.0 grains of IMR 4350 and a 150 grain ballistic tip (3010 fps) in one of my 06s and it was a laser, dropped deer on the spot!

 

[338 dude]

I was shooting Hornady super performance ammo when I added my 06 to a list of rifles that I handload for. I've never had this happen before or since and took it as a sign,not only did it shoot a Cloverleaf group at 100 yards but it was dead nuts zero and I mean dead nuts. I never even touched my scope, I never ran it through the chronograph, because at that point, it did not matter.!

 

[VinceMule]

Some have not figured it out, but the Lapua cases will take MORE pressure than Winchester, but the volume is different demanding a different load than Winchester brass.

Some custom chambers do not do well with Lapua 30/06 brass as the SAAMI spec is smaller than the European CIP spec. Lapua 30/06 brass is about .004 larger in the web.

For chambers that will accept the Lapua in the 30/06, 6.5/06, and 280 plus variants, this adds a new dimension to attainable ballistics with heavy bullets with great BC.