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Back to the old 30-06
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<blockquote data-quote="walleyerod" data-source="post: 1716483" data-attributes="member: 38987"><p>Going back to my first rifle as well. Winchester Westerner 30-06 purchased in ~1978. Hunted elk, deer, bear, dogs with it for many years. Lot's of different loads worked up. Last 20 years it's sat in back of the gun closet collecting dust. Been using a 270 WSM, 22-250 and 300 win for years but now it's time to simplify, back to the basics. Was thinking of selling the other large rifles and buying a new 06 but worked up a load last year that really shoots well; very, very, well. So I had the trigger done and it's my hunting rifle again, probably the last one and the one that is passed down. </p><p></p><p>The recipe is nickle plated brass filled with 53 grains of varget, CCI primer, and a 150 grain Hornady SST sitting about 20 thousands off the lands. Ten shot average for this load was 3006 fps and average of five, three shot groups was right at one inch, actually just a tiny bit under an inch! Sweet load. Flat shooting. Five inches low at 300 and only 17 inches low at 400, my outermost range. Loving my 30-06 again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walleyerod, post: 1716483, member: 38987"] Going back to my first rifle as well. Winchester Westerner 30-06 purchased in ~1978. Hunted elk, deer, bear, dogs with it for many years. Lot's of different loads worked up. Last 20 years it's sat in back of the gun closet collecting dust. Been using a 270 WSM, 22-250 and 300 win for years but now it's time to simplify, back to the basics. Was thinking of selling the other large rifles and buying a new 06 but worked up a load last year that really shoots well; very, very, well. So I had the trigger done and it's my hunting rifle again, probably the last one and the one that is passed down. The recipe is nickle plated brass filled with 53 grains of varget, CCI primer, and a 150 grain Hornady SST sitting about 20 thousands off the lands. Ten shot average for this load was 3006 fps and average of five, three shot groups was right at one inch, actually just a tiny bit under an inch! Sweet load. Flat shooting. Five inches low at 300 and only 17 inches low at 400, my outermost range. Loving my 30-06 again! [/QUOTE]
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