Now that riflemansjournal has been down a bit..
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Mark W
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I'm a pretty big fan of the old 06. I just recently finished putting together a Savage 110 with an 26" Excalibur 1:11 twist heavy barrel with a Harrels muzzle brake. I dropped it into a Savage 112 BVSS stock. I still need to pillar bed and do some trigger work but it's shooting 168 Amax into pretty small groups.
Just Dave
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Just me I guess.. Utmost, not even close though.
I just had a 700 action cleaned up, cryochecked a 27" Douglas, Heavy match 1:9 barrel and dropped into in an XLR chassis, with a Huberworks trigger.
Seeing some great groups from the new 200 and 212gr ELD-x, Haven't tried anything much heavier, but I'm sure it would take it.
I just had a 700 action cleaned up, cryochecked a 27" Douglas, Heavy match 1:9 barrel and dropped into in an XLR chassis, with a Huberworks trigger.
Seeing some great groups from the new 200 and 212gr ELD-x, Haven't tried anything much heavier, but I'm sure it would take it.
Along with you. I've been keeping my '06 ready for a new barrel for some time. Still shoots 190s great, but just not my go to rifle... Maybe it's my low supply of h4350 that's been keeping me waiting.
-Mac
Fast14riot
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I just rebarreled mine this past spring, haven' gotten around to fully working up a load yet, but it' shooting 175smk quite well for fire forming. I have yet to try any of the loads German had listed in the blog, but I intend too.
Beanland06
SSL
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.30-06 just keep on shooting. I have an '03 Springfield that I sporterized many years ago that still keeps most loads well under an inch. I found it as a barreled action in apparently unfired condition. Original barrel as when it left the factory...100 years ago (made by Rock Island Arsenal in 1917). The old '06 has earned a spot in everyone's rifle safe.
Depart123
I built a model 700 in 30-06.
24" Lilja 3 groove barrel, Sendero taper, 1/10 twist, currently in a B&C M40 stock wearing a Burris XTRII 3-15x. With 56.5g of RS Hunter, it will stack 190g SMK's in a hole at 100yds, and stays under 3/4 MOA at 200yds. I intended to put it on paper at distance this summer but never got to it.
24" Lilja 3 groove barrel, Sendero taper, 1/10 twist, currently in a B&C M40 stock wearing a Burris XTRII 3-15x. With 56.5g of RS Hunter, it will stack 190g SMK's in a hole at 100yds, and stays under 3/4 MOA at 200yds. I intended to put it on paper at distance this summer but never got to it.
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06 is my go to rifle . Recently sold several , just too many to tend too . My favorite is a 721 that was rebarreled with a Shilen select grade . Smith did the works to the reciever , bedding , and trigger , had him leave the cosmetics of the original stock as was , plain Jane and scuffed . He did good , it has a consistent cold shot that is better than anything I have ever shot . This rifle will never go anywhere bought it for 150.00 with a 284 barrel on it . Never fired it with that barrel , just rebarreled it .
Kenneth
Kenneth
I have a browning bar.. I know it's a semi auto ... took me a lot of messing around but I got it so half are under an inch and the other half a little over ... average comes out to around just over an inch.. I feel pretty good with that being what it is ... it was my grandpas deer hunting gun that got passed down to me ... now I only take it out hunting on sunny days
Mulligan
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My old '06 is on its third barrel now.
The Smith talked me into an AI thus time around, I am well pleased with his recommendation.
180 Nosler AB out past 800, no problem. Lilja 3 grove finished at 26", 180's at 2998 behind a healthy load of H4350. I had it up to a higher node at 3080 but got ejector marks when the temps hit 103.
I can comfortably hit my ball cap at 700 yards without question.
Of all the options in the safe, when it's time to chase elk, I carry my '06.
CW
Edit, I reread the op
For computation, I shoot a dasher. My '06 will not run with my Dasher at 600 or a 1000. Can't say say I know what it is that makes a difference.....maybe just some Dowling magic in that Dasher. I do shoot (just acquired it a few months ago) a straight 284 for f-class comps at 1000, it cannot run with my Dasher either. I would also say out right, my '06 shoots as well as my 284. I just will not abuse (use) it like I do my comp rifles.
CW
The Smith talked me into an AI thus time around, I am well pleased with his recommendation.
180 Nosler AB out past 800, no problem. Lilja 3 grove finished at 26", 180's at 2998 behind a healthy load of H4350. I had it up to a higher node at 3080 but got ejector marks when the temps hit 103.
I can comfortably hit my ball cap at 700 yards without question.
Of all the options in the safe, when it's time to chase elk, I carry my '06.
CW
Edit, I reread the op
For computation, I shoot a dasher. My '06 will not run with my Dasher at 600 or a 1000. Can't say say I know what it is that makes a difference.....maybe just some Dowling magic in that Dasher. I do shoot (just acquired it a few months ago) a straight 284 for f-class comps at 1000, it cannot run with my Dasher either. I would also say out right, my '06 shoots as well as my 284. I just will not abuse (use) it like I do my comp rifles.
CW
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Mulligan
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Yes, if running heavies I would also try RL-16 or RL-23
CW
Depart123
180g is pretty much the traditional bullet weight for 30-06. 200g and heavier are heavy in this caliber, but it handles them just fine.Any of the 4350's or 4831's and Ramshot Hunter have all worked well. I don't use Alliant powders so can't comment on those.
30-06 is one of the most forgiving cartridges in existence.You can pick almost any 180g bullet, put a mid-range load in it, sight it in and go to the woods. That is an exaggeration, but only a slight one.
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Mulligan
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180's and up
CW
Depart123
If I were you, I would just let that info alone. If those loads are accurate, he's running those at 300 winmag speeds out of an '06. I wouldn't touch'em.
Well that particular poster that claimed the 3000+ w/ 180s did say it was a -06AI.. as far as M14 I was just curious what he was running because that pic he posted looks like a helluva rifle!
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