I own a rifle that was built in the 1970s/1980s for a rather affluent lawyer in my county.
He died and estate was sold and this rifle was bought in 2016 for the price of $200 due to the auctioner proclaiming no ammo was ever made nor existed and was useless.
The rifle is a 1903 with a English walnut stock and sporter profile barrel. Very professional crafted.
It came with dies and 50 rounds of formed 30-06 brass.
I am clueless as to load data as no book seems to have it, that is what I have never loaded.
Do I start at 6.5x55 swede and load up or what?
What powder is optimal for this cartridge?
What is an ideal bullet weight, 140 grains?
Does actual load data exist?
I also assume the projectile is .264 diameter.
He died and estate was sold and this rifle was bought in 2016 for the price of $200 due to the auctioner proclaiming no ammo was ever made nor existed and was useless.
The rifle is a 1903 with a English walnut stock and sporter profile barrel. Very professional crafted.
It came with dies and 50 rounds of formed 30-06 brass.
I am clueless as to load data as no book seems to have it, that is what I have never loaded.
Do I start at 6.5x55 swede and load up or what?
What powder is optimal for this cartridge?
What is an ideal bullet weight, 140 grains?
Does actual load data exist?
I also assume the projectile is .264 diameter.
