After prepping Win brass and heading to the range, I worked up a load that groups in the .6s and .7s consistently.
WW case, WLR primer, Nosler 165gr BT and Pt and 63gr of RL22 for a velocity of 2922fps. Caution: this is a max load, reduce 10% and work up. Bullets were seated .010" off the lands. Primer pockets remained snug after five loadings.
This 30/06 was like most I've worked with. It was not fussy and brought back memories of my 1st 06 which performed very similar in accuracy and velocity. I kinda miss the ole 06 and it seems like a good return to simpler cartridges. Hmm I got a LA Rem Classic McMillan stock laying around in the office.
sure-shot
Accuracy is good, knock down power is good, energy is good......what doesn't the -06 do well?
It is like a reliable old grand parent. I would rather go with grandfather to the VFW than some young kid, and I'd rather bring my -06 to a hunt than most other calibers.