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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 1036535" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>Not to push off the load in question but have you considered a Sierra 150gr Spt Flat Base?</p><p>Back in the day I started with a Rem 742 in 30-06 and 4064 with the Sierra 150 SptFB but I don't recall the exact load. I do remember the case was full and it was max in the old Speer #9 manual. That was (1971) before my first chronograph and I sold the gun before I owned one. I don't know how fast it was but it was a burner.</p><p> I bring this load up because I sat at the bench at the old Hamilton AFB range that dumped out onto San Francisco Bay and plopped 20 consecutive shots into 1" from that semi auto. George Forsythe was the Range Master that day and to say he was stunned was an understatement. It was not a fluke as I shot the same load years later in Idaho and it still went into 1".</p><p> Since your game is deer at a maximum range of 300yds this may work very well. The flat base 150's shoot very well in 30-06 and the load is no slouch. Boat tails offer very little improvement at 300yds. A quick run through the ballistics calculator assuming 2900fps (very realistic in 22". You may get to 3000fps in 22") shows with a 250yd zero the bullet climbs no more than 3.5" @ 141yds and drops to -4.2" @ 300yds giving you a usable 300yd point blank range with 2125fps and 1504 ftlbs remaining. The 150gr Spitzer Flat Base bullets are much easier to get inside 1 MOA with any decent load and that gives you a 3" group at your maximum point blank range. Wind drift assuming 10mph strait across your path is only 4.3" at 300yds. This is an excellent deer load for the 30-06.</p><p> Sierra lists 52.1gr as max with 3000fps out of a 26" barrel. Hodgdon lists 53gr max for the Sierra Palma Match 155gr SptBT with 3005fps @ 59Kpsi from a 24" barrel. The Palma Match does not raise as much pressure as the 150 SptFB.</p><p> If you have 4064 it is THE powder for 150gr bullets in 30-06 in my estimation. My early reloading was with the 30-06 and 150's always shot well without a bunch of fiddle faddle. 150's have my highest recommendation for use in combination with 4064.</p><p></p><p>KB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 1036535, member: 51650"] Not to push off the load in question but have you considered a Sierra 150gr Spt Flat Base? Back in the day I started with a Rem 742 in 30-06 and 4064 with the Sierra 150 SptFB but I don't recall the exact load. I do remember the case was full and it was max in the old Speer #9 manual. That was (1971) before my first chronograph and I sold the gun before I owned one. I don't know how fast it was but it was a burner. I bring this load up because I sat at the bench at the old Hamilton AFB range that dumped out onto San Francisco Bay and plopped 20 consecutive shots into 1" from that semi auto. George Forsythe was the Range Master that day and to say he was stunned was an understatement. It was not a fluke as I shot the same load years later in Idaho and it still went into 1". Since your game is deer at a maximum range of 300yds this may work very well. The flat base 150's shoot very well in 30-06 and the load is no slouch. Boat tails offer very little improvement at 300yds. A quick run through the ballistics calculator assuming 2900fps (very realistic in 22". You may get to 3000fps in 22") shows with a 250yd zero the bullet climbs no more than 3.5" @ 141yds and drops to -4.2" @ 300yds giving you a usable 300yd point blank range with 2125fps and 1504 ftlbs remaining. The 150gr Spitzer Flat Base bullets are much easier to get inside 1 MOA with any decent load and that gives you a 3" group at your maximum point blank range. Wind drift assuming 10mph strait across your path is only 4.3" at 300yds. This is an excellent deer load for the 30-06. Sierra lists 52.1gr as max with 3000fps out of a 26" barrel. Hodgdon lists 53gr max for the Sierra Palma Match 155gr SptBT with 3005fps @ 59Kpsi from a 24" barrel. The Palma Match does not raise as much pressure as the 150 SptFB. If you have 4064 it is THE powder for 150gr bullets in 30-06 in my estimation. My early reloading was with the 30-06 and 150's always shot well without a bunch of fiddle faddle. 150's have my highest recommendation for use in combination with 4064. KB [/QUOTE]
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