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 what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 08:44 AM
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kingranch
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im getting into reloading and i went to the range with the gun today.. shot ok groups 150gr nos partitions. with 47-50gr powder loads.. im gonna bed the action and switch to a better powder
i was shooting with my friends powder..hodgkin varget. He mainly used it for his varmint loads.
any suggestions on a really good powder for my 06?
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 08:46 AM
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Preacher Ed
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I am sure that you will get plenty of other responses, and even though I don't reload for the '06 any longer-we always got good results out of IMR-4350. But we mostly used 180 gr.
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 10:44 AM
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STexhunter
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I've always had great results with IMR 4064 with 150 gr. bullets
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 12:43 PM
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jbd76266
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I've always had great results with IMR 4064 with 150 gr. bullets IMR 4064 
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 01:51 PM
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Kyle Horn
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h4350 around 58 gr always does pretty good in any 06. 52 gr of 4064 does well too.
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 03:36 PM
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RiverRider
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 05:01 PM
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Elkman
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My gun likes 4350 and 4064
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 05:30 PM
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dee
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Mine really likes IMR 4350 pushing 165gr Accubonds.
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 07:11 PM
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150-180 gr. - IMR4350. Been my go-to powder for '06 for over 20 years.
I did try IMR4064 with 180 gr. ProHunters and it worked VERY well in one of my rifles, IMR4350 worked better in another rifle with that same bullet. I suppose the rifle dictates what it likes.
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 07:59 PM
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Elkman
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I reload the 150 gr. nosler Ballistic tip, 150 hornady PSP and 220 hornady rd nose
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 08:50 PM
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dawaba
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Hodgdon H-205 works best for me in 4 .30-06s with bullets from 150 to 180 grs. It provides great accuracy with top velocity in all the guns I've loaded. That said, I bet you can't find any.
Then, consider 4064 and 4320 in the 130 and 150s.
Try Re-19, WW-760, and one of the 4350s in the 165s.
And look at 4350, IMR4831, and Norma 204 in the 180s.
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/26/11 11:27 PM
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Spacemonkey
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i use 46 grs of imr 4064 behind the 165gr sierra HPBT out of my remington 700cdl 30-06. Just settled on this load last week when i got three three shot half inch groups...all holes touching. 4064 shoots good for me.
I havent shot those 150 gr partitions, but have shot the150 gr Spitzer boat tails and liked them. Looking back at my load log, i noted in there that in 2007 i was getting a half inch group with the sierra 150gr SPBT with 46.7 grs of imr 4064 with a muzzle velocity 2600 fps. Same bullet and powder at 47.6 gave me a 1 inch group at 2697fps. Then a hotter load with the same bullet and powder...50.3 grs was getting me a .75 inch 3 shot group at about 2800 fps.
I did work these loads up..so dont just jump strait into a hot load.
Enjoy, hope you get you a good load figured out, and i hope the info helps.
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/27/11 02:23 AM
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Keystone Cop
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/27/11 04:21 AM
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rjd
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IMR 4064 works with the 150 grain bullet!!
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Re: what powder for 30.06
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02/28/11 01:52 AM
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longone
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I used to load a lot of 4064 and it shot well out of my bolt and a buddies' M1-g
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