170gr Nosler RN Partition in a 30/06 case

William T. Watts · October 20, 2017, 09:49 PM

I've given this bullet a lot of thought over the years for a 30/06 load, I no longer use a 30/30 for hunting and thought this combination would be hard to beat out to 200 yards using a model 70 Winchester Featherweight. I have both IMR4895 and IMR4064 powders using R-P cases and CCI primers, I thought I would use Nosler 180gr bullet data in 1/2 gr increments and see what happens!! If by chance someone has already tried this experiment I would be interested in your findings!! I happen to have 20 boxes (1000) of these bullets and it's about time to start using them!! William

Dufus · October 20, 2017, 10:28 PM

Load them to 2600 fps or less and they will do everything you want them to do. Either of those powders will do it.

bedlamite · October 21, 2017, 12:24 AM

I did this a year ago. Pics are gone, but the 32gr load was the best accuracy and lowest velocity spread:

https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=580103

William T. Watts · October 22, 2017, 01:40 AM

I think I will start at 45.0grs of IMR4895, oal 3.103, this is about .010" off the lands/rifling, kind of surprising the OAL is so short. This length seems to feed well, I haven't used my chrony for a couple of years, I want to see what kind of velocity this loading produces!! Just finished loading three rounds to fire tomorrow!! William

October 20, 2017, 09:49 PM	#1
William T. Watts Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2010 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 1,074	170gr Nosler RN Partition in a 30/06 case I've given this bullet a lot of thought over the years for a 30/06 load, I no longer use a 30/30 for hunting and thought this combination would be hard to beat out to 200 yards using a model 70 Winchester Featherweight. I have both IMR4895 and IMR4064 powders using R-P cases and CCI primers, I thought I would use Nosler 180gr bullet data in 1/2 gr increments and see what happens!! If by chance someone has already tried this experiment I would be interested in your findings!! I happen to have 20 boxes (1000) of these bullets and it's about time to start using them!! William

October 21, 2017, 12:24 AM	#3
bedlamite Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2000 Location: WI Posts: 1,395	I did this a year ago. Pics are gone, but the 32gr load was the best accuracy and lowest velocity spread: https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=580103 __________________ A plan is just a list of things that doesn't happen.

October 22, 2017, 01:40 AM	#4
William T. Watts Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2010 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 1,074	I think I will start at 45.0grs of IMR4895, oal 3.103, this is about .010" off the lands/rifling, kind of surprising the OAL is so short. This length seems to feed well, I haven't used my chrony for a couple of years, I want to see what kind of velocity this loading produces!! Just finished loading three rounds to fire tomorrow!! William Last edited by William T. Watts; October 22, 2017 at 02:17 AM.

October 20, 2017, 10:28 PM	#2
Dufus Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2014 Posts: 1,965	Load them to 2600 fps or less and they will do everything you want them to do. Either of those powders will do it.