Load Data for 180 grain with Reloder 22, 30-06

clearwater

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Feb 5, 2005
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So I bought some Reloder 22 after hearing all the great comments here for
25-06 and 30-06.

I got load data from Noslers site on 165 and 200 grain bullets but they didn't
list Rx22 for 180 grain.

Could someone tell me Noslers data for 180 grain for the 30-06,
 
30-06 w/ 180 gr
Start 57.0 grs
MAX 61.0 grs

Start low and work up.

JD338
 
My pet load is 60 grains of re-22, 180 Nosler Partition, Winchester brass, and Fedral or Winchester primers. Safety note- on a real hot day with my Winchester Modle 70 the book max load (61 grains) will flatten primers. The velocity for my load is right at 2800 ft/sec. How does it perform? At 75 yards it will break both shoulder blades on a 5 X 5 elk (large body) that was laying down. The back half of the Partition was lodged in the off side shattered scapula. It was all over but the guttin and dragging. At 150 yards the bullet entered the rt side flank and lodged just under the hide forward of the left shoulder. It was an older cow elk with a full pounch. She piled up 75 from where she was hit.
 
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