Yesterday afternoon, along with some other stuff, I was playin around with some ’06 with powders I have not worked with much, or at all.

I have a Ruger Mod77SS 30-06 with a 22” barrel, and I was working with the Hornady 180gr BTSP bullet. Win cases. I am shooting at 200 yards, and the temp was 36°F, not a cloud in the sky.
Oehler mod 33 chronograph at 15'.

Alliant 4000-MR is one I have not tried in ’06. Alliant recommends 57.0grs with a 180gr bullet. And, they say this load will produce 2700 fps. Hmm.. I thought..
They also recommended a Fed215 primer. I thought that was kinda overkill, so substituted a CCI-250.




Far right target..
Well as you can see, not only did this load produce 2700 fps with a 22” barrel, it did it at 36°. Plus, accuracy is not bad either. The first two rounds are just about touching.
This is worth further study..

OT.. I was pretty impressed with that Fed 130gr SP factory load out of my kid’s .270 Win… The Remington load group was 3”..