Rem 700 3006

I have the same Rifle/Cal and have been running factory Barnes TTSX 168gr ammo with acceptable results (under 1" groups @ 100yrds), but they are getting hard to find. I do have a couple of boxes of TTSX 168gr for future reloads.

I'd take a long look at either a Nos Partition or Berger Hunter Classic VLD in the 160-180gr range as well. Which is the route I have gone given Barnes is kinda in limbo at the moment.

The trick i found with my Mountain SS was no more than three shots and then let it cool down for a few minutes. The slim profile barrel (#2?) is great for saving weight, but not your friend on the accuracy part on consecutive shots I find.
 
I have an old (approx '78 model year) Remington 700 in 30:06 and I've, found it likes 165/168 grain best. Fooled around with lighter and heavier but just couldn't get the accuracy I wanted. My son has a Tikka and his is the same 165/168 grain. Mine works best with IMR4831 and his IMR4350
 
For the 30-06 180 grain bullet of your choice and 61 grains of RL22. Have not seen a rifle yet that this load doesn't like. And 2750 fps. As alway start lower and work up. Your funeral if you don't.
 
Everything else up to snuff? Barrel cleaned properly? Crown in good shape? Bedding and action screw torque? Scope and rings reliable and tight? Seen so many guys burn hundreds of rounds chasing "a good load" before ensuring the rifle was good to go.
 
These are not starting loads:
190SMK over 52.0gr W760. I got a slightly stiff bolt lift with the combination when I got to 53.0gr... shooting in the summer. Fantastic 5shot groups with a custom target rifle. I fired three groups: 52.0gr, 52.5gr, 53.0gr in what was obviously a node. Actual group sizes were all ~0.5" at 100y but discount that one shot per group I always seem to screw up, ~0.25" group.
 
My standard culling load was 50 grains of Varget and whatever 165-168 grain bullet I felt like testing. Always seemed to work in any 30-06 I tried it in.
In a general sort of way, if a barrel doesn’t like a flat based Hornady or Sierra, a NBT, or classic hunter it isnt much of a barrel.
 
mikeelliot said:
Everything else up to snuff? Barrel cleaned properly? Crown in good shape? Bedding and action screw torque? Scope and rings reliable and tight? Seen so many guys burn hundreds of rounds chasing "a good load" before ensuring the rifle was good to go.
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^^ Best advice in this thread ^^
 
SuperCub said:
^^ Best advice in this thread ^^
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Yup this is great advice, also I once had a Mountain Rifle in 6mm that I very foolishly sold, it was very whippy in that the barrel was so light it was hard to get a consistent shot with the factory trigger. It was the first time I ever took a rifle apart to figure out the trigger mechanism, tuned it nicely to break at about 2 3/4 pounds and it helped tremendously with gauging off-the-bench accuracy.
 
I have a Mauser in 30-06 that was very picky, ended up any bullet behind Varget got me to where I wanted to be. That said Varget is not that great with heavy bullets if you are looking to get Max speed, I would stay below 180’s and to me 165 and down. I use 150 VLD’s. I had a hot load behind 165 SST’s and Varget, the best I could get was at 2750fps....
Good luck!
 
For decades, my standard test load to see if a 30-06 will shoot [after making sure bedding, scope mounts, etc are good]
is a 180 grain Hornady FBSP Interlock, chased by 55 grains of IMR 4350, fired by a CCI 200.
If it will not shoot this, usually there is a serious problem.

For the 150 grain bullets, again a FB Hornady or Sierra and 51 grains of IMR 4064, with a CCI 200 for the spark.
That being said, 2 of my present 30-06 rifles seem to prefer loads on the "heavy" side. Dave.
 
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Flat base bullets are getting hard to find in some calibers in my experience but are a good place to go. 30 caliber shouldn't be hard to get them
 
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