I have found, in a couple places on the internet, loads for 165 grain Hornady spire points with Re19 going up to 65 grains. Manuals I have checked say 61 grains is max. I just loaded a bunch of rounds starting at 60 grains and increasing in 1 grain increments up to 65. I loaded the bullets out to be .0025" off the lands. At 64 grains the powder was slightly compressed and I vibrated the case to get it all in. At 65 the powder was very compressed. I will shoot these rounds this weekend over the chronograph. What is the highest reasonable velocity I should be able to attain in a 22" barrel with 165 grain bullets? I am hoping to get around 2900 fps. Is this unreasonable? If I get there before reaching 65 grains I will of course disassemble the remaining rounds. I would appreciate any and all advice.

NoCAL

Nocal,
I have been to 61gr. with a 165 NBT Molly and got 2673fps. I switched to RL22 and went to 64gr.@2884 my groups were better with the RL22(.30in. group). H414 60gr.@2916fps with a 2in. group. I have used I4350,I4831,AA3100,H380,AA2015,I4064 and most all of them got me into the upper 2800fps range.

Chuck

I have used 59 gr of 4350 with nosler 165 gr bt and they shot at 2972fps

H414 is the best powder for the 165's in a 30-06.

Hey NoCal, I have reached just a shade under 2900 with 56.0 H414 and 165 grainers. Proceed with caution!!!

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