By the way I am also old enough to remember the H205, that was my go to powder for my 06 . A couple years ago I purchased an unopened 8 lb box of H205 , it was in perfect condition. I use it with lapua brass, BR2 primers and 165 grain AB and BT s out of my 30-06 Sako Finnbear . Fire formed brass...
My son drew an either sex Moose Tag for Vermont this year and he will be using 165 gr. Accubond ahead of 60.5 gr. H205 powder at 3100 fps out of a 30-06 Sako Finnbear , he will also have his 44 mag 9 1/2" Ruger SRH with cast 305 gr FNGC. It will depend on the circumstances as to what he will...
The 6.5mm is not bad either. My Dad has an old Model 70 in 264 WinMag with a 26" barrel, with the right load it will work good on Elk. That Caliber does need the longer barrel to shine, unless of coarse you need the extra muzzle flash to see.
My Uncle hunted with the one he had for years, took...
I have always pushed the 06 to it's upper end, 165 grain bullets at 3100 fps. That gives good results on Deer and gives a reasonable range as well. It's funny even back in 1973 Handloader Issue #43 showed loads in the rifle I now have at near factory 300 WM of that same time...
In my handguns I use cast for everything, My loads for SRH 44 mag with 9.5" barrel I have a mold that can either cast 295 grain Hollow Points or 300 grain Flat Nose, both are gas checked. Cast Flat Nose have good penetration on game from any angle, the large metplat on the Flat Nose still...
I just canceled my backorder of the 190 ABLR and will order the 165 Accubonds.
One of my buddys and I took his range finder out today for grins and giggles to check out a few of the longer shots that could be made around our area and to my surprise there were many 500 to 600 yard shots that...
The H-205 was an unopened 8 lb. box that a guy in New Hampshire had purchased about 20 years ago, I met with him a year ago, we opened the box and untied the heavy pink colored bag. It smelled good no acidic or ammonia smell so I purchased it. I used to use it in the early 80's in both my...
I have not had a chance to take game with them but they shoot real good out of my Sako Finnbear 30-06. I used 60.5 grains of H-205 behind a 165gr. Nosler Bal Tip Boat Tail with Lapua fire formed Brass using CCI BR2 primers, it gave the best results 5 shot groups less than .500" center to center...