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Exactly right Guy. I, well I should say my 30-06 likes the 180 NP and 55.0gr H4350 for an average of 2738 fps. Once I found the best OAL to tighten the group to sub 1" I do not think there is an animal where I am that is going to care that I could push another 100 fps or so out of it. As long...

As I said 30-06 is a no brainer. The one problem I have with the .308 and the 2.800" is this length does not feed well as it is near the max length of the magazine. I was looking at the 2.740" and 2.720" and wonder if the out lyers are pulled. Both of these lengths fed really smoothly.

Well I finally was able to get to the range today. Great day overcast with a temp of 4.0 degrees and no wind. Here is the 30-06 targets sorry so big, but can't figure that part out yet. I think it is a no brainer at a length of 3.320". This is what I have been used to with this rifle. It...

Here I will throw my vote for the 165gr Partition. Whatever this has been shot at has dropped without questions. That is anything from whitetails to moose. Lots of the recovered bullets are the picture perfect mushroom that I know the Partition to look like.

Thanks for the info. Yes I am limited to length as the rifle is a 1970 Browning BLR and the magazine will only allow so much length before it does not clear properly. I found max length by using a dummy round with bullet just in slightly then closing the bolt. This puts the bullet right...

Just curious if anyones think pressure will be an issue with running short lengths? For instance as I posted .308 is OAL of 2.800" and have laddered down to 2.700" and 30-06 OAL is 3.380" down to 3.300". I thought that the pressure should go down or am I mistaken?

Well I have reloaded some more rounds and have 3 shots of each. .308 is 2.800, 2.780, 2.760, 2.740, 2.720 and 2.700 30-06 is 3.380, 3.360, 3.340, 3.320 and 3.300 I am hoping these should get me close to where the sweet spot is and then if I feel like it I will run some splitting the best two...

That is some great shooting. I am getting very excited to do the same tests with both my 30-06 and .308. I have found what I like as a powder charge, now to find the best seat depth. Thanks for the pics they are great.

Do doing the method that described, I did have pressure signs with the .308 up near max loads. I also had the worst accuracy, so I backed down and found the best. I will now have to shoot more ( which I have fun doing) to lower the OCL to fine tune this load. Thanks so much for the advice.

I will agree with Mike that I load for accuracy only, and I would say that 99.9% of the time it is not a max load. Most of my loads for my .308 and 30-06 are around midrange. So far all of the animals that I have shot have dropped regardless of super high velocity max loads. As long as I am...

I am a strong second with what mike has written. They look pretty good to me.

I am so happy to be learning so much from others who know alot more than I do. One thing my grandfather always said to me was "there is never a dumb question as that is how you will continue to learn as life goes on". I know that the old Browning BLR has a limited length detachable magazine...

Well just did a double check and the first measurement is correct 3.377" to 3.380" on 40 rounds. I am trying to figure out what the heck I was doing. I had taken an looser un-primed case and barely seated the bullet. I then placed it into the chamber and closed the bolt and removed the...

Sorry I think I might have to double check my measurement because I think 3.380" is 0.040" over what the max SAAMI length is. Dummy me. I think that the measurement should have been 3.338", but double checking my work is not something that I do not already do with all my reloading. Safety...

Thanks Mike, and how did the moose hunting go this year? I hope you are getting out more this season. I am hoping this weather change we are having will get the elk bugling. I hate hunting in 30 degree weather. Animal is half cooked by the time it gets to hanging.

I just checked my 30-06 and the OAL is at 3.380" right now. I look at Nosler's load data test length is at 3.310" for the 180gr partition spitzer. SAAMI for the 30-06 is 3.340". Wow that is giving a fair bit of range of depth seating. I am just checking do you start at your max length and...

I was checking my .308 and right now it is the one that is 1.75" groups. My handload seat depth for this is 2.805" and I see that the Nosler load data shows 2.810" as maximum S.A.A.M.I. OACL. I am thinking that the groups will tighten more should it be seated deaper. I am running 44.0grs...

Thanks so much for the advice. I am going to have load up some more rounds and try to intermix some range with hunting season. I am not sitting too bad with either rifle as they are shooting 1.5" to 1.75" groups at 100yds. Will have no prob dropping an animal with either. Maybe I will play...

Right now and have been for 32yrs Nosler Partitions have been shot in both rifles.

Just curious how others would go about running a seating depth test. I want to play with the seating depths to tighten up some of the groupings that I have with two of my rifles. What would be the best incriment to drop by from OAL to find each rifles sweet spot? What would be the best number...