If you got any good load using a 165 gr. bullet, I'd like to hear it. Seems 4350 and RL19 are quite popular with this weight bullet.

Thanks

57 gr. H-4350 has ruined the day for everything that I have shot, With that load. 165 gr Nosler part. 3/4 groups at 100 yds.
2 caribou
1 5X5 bull elk
3 cow elk
1 Black bear 400 + lbs.
4 or 5 deer.
All 1 shot except one small deer ( go figure ?)

I used IMR 4831 and 165gr Hornady bullets. Shot less than MOA out of my old Winchester 70.

todbartell is pretty close. I use 57.5 grs of IMR 4895. Works for me.

Oops, meant to say MADDOG. Sorry 'bout that.

Tod

My old man's sako liked 56.5gr of IMR4350, 165gr. NoslerBT and Fed bench primers.

I use 57.5 grs of I 4350 and a 165 gr SST in my 06.Its a Rem. mtn rifle.

Mine is the same as boilerroom's except my bullet is the 168 gr. Nos./Win. CT version of NBT. Gives 2780 fps chrono. out of my Rem. M700 DU rifle. Shot a nice 180 lb. 8 point this yr. with it, and he only made it 40 yds. with a lung hit.

My favourite 165-grain hunting load in .30-06 is 62 grains of Reloder 22 ignited by a WLR primer. I've also had virtually identical results with 61.5 grains of H4831SC. My hunting rifle is a Remington 700 Stainless Synthetic Mountain rifle, and that Reloder 22 load averages about 2780 feet per second and puts the first three shots out of a cold barrel into an inch at the center of the bullseye at 200 metres every time.

Another excellent and uniform combination is 50 grains Varget with the same bullet. This load is an excellent target load, and works safely and wonderfully in my Garand.

John Barsness writes that somewhere between 57 and 58.5 grains of IMR 4350 creates the ultimate .30-06 load with a 165-grain premium bullet, and I've found that combination to be outstanding, too.

In fact, I'd be willing to bet that any reasonable rifle powder between, say, IMR 3031 and Reloder 22, would give good results with a 165-grain bullet in .30-06. It's just one of those magical cartridge/bullet combinations.