Thread: Reloading data for 30/06 AI

Originally Posted by shooternz

I have a Black Mountain barrel in .308 on my Rem 40X very accurate even though the throat is well worn, Your P17 could have been a Full-bore rifle at one time and the barrel rechambered to 30/06AI
get the barrel slugged if it was a Full-bore rifle the bore & groove diameters could be tight and the twist 1:13" it will still handle 168 SMK's I have shot hundreds through mine with excellent accuracy,
case capacity is about 4% more for an AI case any factory equivalent load will fire form the cases, I haven't loaded a 30/06 AI but have had a 22/250AI they are quite easy to load for no drama at all
if you already have a 30/06 just use the load for that.

good point on the full bore some could of reamed it after the fact. the loads I was running in it yesterday were 50gr 2208 with 150gr moly coated projectile, they came with the rifle. whats best practice to fire form cases live rounds or blanks. some of the cases separated on the neck, so will anneal the surviving cases.