USSR
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I see for 30-06 people seem to opt for the slower powders out of a bolt gun.
The only 30-06 I load is for the garand and that either calls for 4064 or 4895.
Yeah, I load for my 3 Garands with IMR4895, but my bolt guns use heavier bullets and therefor slower powders. My .30-06 tactical rifle load consists of a 190SMK at 2900fps. When I developed this load, I tried both H4831SC and RL22. The RL22 load delivered the velocity I was looking for while staying within SAAMI pressure specs, while H4831SC couldn't deliver much more than 2775fps. Going with a substantially lighter bullet with slow burning H4831SC is not going to be pretty. Just MHO.
Don