Hi guys I have recently got a .30-06 bolt action with 22" barrel and want to work up a load using cheap cast bullets for plinking and punching paper at 100 yards.
The projectile I will be using is a 165grn round nose flat point. I plan on using H4895 (AR2206H), using the 60% rule on Hodgdons website the lowest load I can produce is using 28.5grn and should give me a velocity of ~1670 fps! (This is an approximation because the figure is not based on a cast bullet, the Hodgdon website does not have data for a cast 165grn!)
Does anyone have experience of reduced H4895 loads using the 60%, specifically for cast bullets in .30-06 rifle?
The projectile I will be using is a 165grn round nose flat point. I plan on using H4895 (AR2206H), using the 60% rule on Hodgdons website the lowest load I can produce is using 28.5grn and should give me a velocity of ~1670 fps! (This is an approximation because the figure is not based on a cast bullet, the Hodgdon website does not have data for a cast 165grn!)
Does anyone have experience of reduced H4895 loads using the 60%, specifically for cast bullets in .30-06 rifle?
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