Powder choices for......

[KY DAN]

I bought a remington 7400 30/06 rifle today at a gunnshow, for $300 I had quite the time saying no.

I understand some consider them finicky..... I will form my own opinion after a proper disassembly, cleaning, lubing.

I will admit my only 30/06 loading has been for a m1 garand, I used 150 grain horandy soft points and 155 bthp match of same manufacturer propelled by 47 grains IMR 4895. I planned to use this load in the rifle.

IMR 4895 much like everything else is out of stock so I must ration my remaining 7 pounds of IMR 4895.

What other powders are appropriate for this rifle and 150 grain bullets?

 

[kalielkslayer]

I’m really not trying to be an A$$ but open any manual.

 

[Pottimus]

I always found you could never go wrong with IMR 4064. It is my go to for my 740 that is chambered for .280 Remington. Most 30-06 loading I do lately, I use Hodgdon 4895, reducing the load, but that is for a A3-03. I doubt your new 7400 will be very finicky, and it will be a fun shooter, hopefully surprisingly accurate.

 

[algaeguy]

I have had some success hunting deer with this gun and varget. It hasn't been finicky for me at all, but I do than clean the barrel and action as I was taught by my father. Clean the gas ports as you know buy also make or buy a z-,shaped brush to occasionally scrub the throats. Carbon can build up there if you let it

 

[stillquietvoice]

Aa2230., or any powder appropriate for use in a Gawande would work well with your 7400.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

What makes the 74-series finicky in .30-60 (and .270) is the length of the case the gas system has to extract. Keeping the chamber clean and using powder that burns in the slow range with lots of gas helps - at least it did in my guns when I had 74’s. I always preferred IMR 4064 with 150gr Speers but IMR 3031 and 4198 worked as well when I tried them. Don’t recall ever using anything else but it’s been a while.

 

[Charlie98]

The list of powders that work in the .30-06 is long, but distinguished. For what it's worth, don't fix it if it's not broken... I'd start with IMR4895 just to see... and then move on if it doesn't work well enough. Strictly speaking IMR powders... I'd go to IMR4064, which can also be used in reasonable M1 Garand loads, if you run out of IMR4895.

 

[KY DAN]

I am not trying to reinvent the 30/06

I open manuals

Others have extensive experience with gas systems and I don't. I only have m1a, m1 garand, and limited ar15 to draw from.

As stated the remington 7400 is a cuss word and any tip someone may have is a step on the right direction

 

[entropy]

IMR 4064. If a carbine, IMR 3031..

 

[Charlie98]

Others have extensive experience with gas systems and I don't. I only have m1a, m1 garand, and limited ar15 to draw from.

...all of which operate very well with IMR4895 and IMR4064. I don't see why the 7600 would be any different, as a gas operated rifle. As entropy mentions, if it's a short barrel... IMR3031 if IMR4895 doesn't work well. I use IMR3031 in my 16" M1a, as an example.

 

[Jim Watson]

What other powders are appropriate for this rifle and 150 grain bullets?

A friend had a similar problem although in a different caliber. He could just not figure out what to do.
I went through a couple of handbooks and a couple of powder company www manuals and compiled a list of powders that would be suitable. The next time we got to a store that had some stock, I handed him the list and said "One of these." There were two from the list, he bought one and lived happily ever after. Really, he came to prefer it to his previous standard powder.

 

[rdnktrkr]

I've only loaded for the 742, I've used loads I've worked up for the Garands with a 150gr bullet (I have been told to stay at 150gr or lower because of the aluminum chassis)
I also made a list of powders for each caliber and which powders can be used in multiple calibers and have been pleased with some of my finds

 

[EricBu]

I bought a remington 7400 30/06 rifle today at a gunnshow, for $300 I had quite the time saying no.

I understand some consider them finicky..... I will form my own opinion after a proper disassembly, cleaning, lubing.

I will admit my only 30/06 loading has been for a m1 garand, I used 150 grain horandy soft points and 155 bthp match of same manufacturer propelled by 47 grains IMR 4895. I planned to use this load in the rifle.

IMR 4895 much like everything else is out of stock so I must ration my remaining 7 pounds of IMR 4895.

What other powders are appropriate for this rifle and 150 grain bullets?

I have one, my dad gave it to me, maybe 30 years ago or something. Never had a problem with it, but I will say that it does not like super hot ammo, and it gets iffy with heavy for caliber bullets. I've used precision rifle, varget, and 4895. My M1 Garand ammo is very close to yours, and I use it to plink in the 7400. Hunting, work it up with the hunting bullet type and weight of your choice. If the gun is in good shape, it will run fine and make a decent minute of deer hunting rifle out to normal .30-06 ranges. On these, feeding problems are almost always the magazine, new ones can be easily found online.

 

[entropy]

I've only loaded for the 742, I've used loads I've worked up for the Garands with a 150gr bullet (I have been told to stay at 150gr or lower because of the aluminum chassis)
I also made a list of powders for each caliber and which powders can be used in multiple calibers and have been pleased with some of my finds

The receivers on 742s are steel. They just aren't hardened as much as the bolt. Staying around or under M1 loads is a good idea nonetheless.

 

[captain awesome]

I ran out of imr4895 and started using western powders "blc-2" equivalent. It works well enough for me and was significantly cheaper than replacing the imr4895

 

[sisyphus]

I use StaBall for my 375 loads and saw they had load data for 30-06, but I haven't tested it yet

 

[2ndtimer]

I’m really not trying to be an A$$

And failing.
He is asking for tips from those familiar with the auto loading Remington 30/06, which can be touchy with some of the slower burning powders commonly listed for the 30/06. If you can’t be helpful, silence is the better option.
As others have mentioned, staying with the middle burning rate powders (IMR-3031 up through the 4895’s, 4064, Varget, Accurate 2495) is usually recommended.

 

[kalielkslayer]

And failing.
He is asking for tips from those familiar with the auto loading Remington 30/06, which can be touchy with some of the slower burning powders commonly listed for the 30/06. If you can’t be helpful, silence is the better option.
As others have mentioned, staying with the middle burning rate powders (IMR-3031 up through the 4895’s, 4064, Varget, Accurate 2495) is usually recommended.

I apologize!

We all learn differently. Personally I like to research on my own. I’ll DuckDuckGo any topic, read 4-6 articles, get a consensus, and start there. That’s how I garden, can, reload, compare calibers, many other things.

And a DuckDuckGo search would probably bring you back to an old THR thread. In fact, that’s how I found THR.

But you’re right, my efforts to not be an A$$ weren’t very good.

 

[kalielkslayer]

Wrong thread

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

I apologize!

We all learn differently. Personally I like to research on my own. I’ll DuckDuckGo any topic, read 4-6 articles, get a consensus, and start there. That’s how I garden, can, reload, compare calibers, many other things.

And a DuckDuckGo search would probably bring you back to an old THR thread. In fact, that’s how I found THR.

But you’re right, my efforts to not be an A$$ weren’t very good.

I tip my hat to you sir. Well done.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

The receivers on 742s are steel. They just aren't hardened as much as the bolt. Staying around or under M1 loads is a good idea nonetheless.

Yup. The biggest issues I’ve had with used 74-series rifles is the tappet system. They’re a pain to disassemble and clean so most hunters don’t. They just seem to run the guns dirty and squirt WD-40 into the chambers until the guns a total wreck, then sell them off. Step one for me is always a complete disassembly and factory-style cleaning, followed by light lubricant in the moving parts, then a good chamber scrub and reassembly. Check the magazine for nicks and bent lips or just get a new one like @EricBu says. Run the equivalent of factory 150gr CoreLokt. That’s what they’re made for. Nothing hotter or it’ll turn into a jamamatic.

 

[Buzznrose]

[QUOTE="kalielkslayer, post: 12413422, member:

But you’re right, my efforts to not be an A$$ weren’t very good.[/QUOTE]

Brother, You aren’t alone…it’s probably my biggest character flaw!

 

[FROGO207]

IMR 4064. If a carbine, IMR 3031..

This is what works best for me also. Different loads but same propellants in my bolt actions as well.

 

[AJC1]

I have been using a lot of n135 and they are neighbors on the br chart. It hasn't been more expensive lately and it has been available local to me so that was the push for me.

 

[lightman]

Not in a 7400 but in a 740 or 742 I have used IMR 3031 and IMR 4895. This was with 30-06 and 308.