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Kinda want to try this. I have access to an indoor range with steel plates at 18 yards. Obviously we don't shoot full power rifle rounds at the steel that close for safety reasons and it damages the steel (AR500).
However, .30 Carbine is closer to a high velocity .357 pistol round and doesn't beat up the steel too much. Would it be possible to load Trail Boss or reduced H4895 loads in .30-06 and get down to around 2000 fps or preferably less? It'd be fun to run a 1903 on steel plates indoors. I don't have a chrono.
I've read here that 4895 can safely be downloaded 60%... so could I take a starting published 110 grain load and reduce the charge from there or is there another consideration I'm missing?
Ah, Hodgdon says start at the max published load and then 60%.
https://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/H4895 Reduced Rifle Loads.pdf
However, .30 Carbine is closer to a high velocity .357 pistol round and doesn't beat up the steel too much. Would it be possible to load Trail Boss or reduced H4895 loads in .30-06 and get down to around 2000 fps or preferably less? It'd be fun to run a 1903 on steel plates indoors. I don't have a chrono.
I've read here that 4895 can safely be downloaded 60%... so could I take a starting published 110 grain load and reduce the charge from there or is there another consideration I'm missing?
Ah, Hodgdon says start at the max published load and then 60%.
https://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/H4895 Reduced Rifle Loads.pdf