any powders to use for cast and jacketed in 30-06?

[gary01]

I was wondering which powder might be best to use if i wanted to use the same for both?

[MT Gianni]

WC 872 comes to mind.

[gary01]

Thanks MT I've only been reloading a couple of months. I have been lurking and reading quite a lot.

[phaessler]

Have been using 4895 (Hodgdon or IMR) in the '06 forever , with both J-types and cast.

Pete

[John Boy]

Gray, the best advice is buy a copy of Lyman's 49th Handloading Handbook. For the 30-06 there is loading data for cast and jacket bullets plus excellent chapters on reloading & casting

[TCLouis]

4895 and 3031 come to mind

[kenyerian]

IMR 3031 works with both of them. I like Unique for Boolits also. The Lee C309-150-F works well in the different rifles I have owned.
http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp The Hodgdon Reloading site has a lot of data for the 30-06.

[gary01]

Thank you all for that advice. I do have that book and i have a lee c309 170 grain mold that I'm getting pretty good at. So far I've only shot 13 grain red dot in it. It does pretty well at 100 yards. I tried 55 grain imr 4350 with them and couldn't even find where they hit.

[Shiloh]

IMR 4895

Shiloh

[cavalrymedic]

ditto what phaessler said. H4895 is indespensible. And it works in a bunch of different rounds.

[gary01]

Appreciate it fellows. Looks like 4895 it is for 06's.

[troy_mclure]

ive had good luck with middle of the road performance with win748.

[DxieLandMan]

I haven't loaded cast in the .30-06 but for all my other J words, I use IMR 4895 and IMR 3031.

[NVScouter]

4350 is doing both in mine. But I'm still trying to get my bugs out!

[jonp]

I always used imr 3031. Produced good results for me so I never went anywhere else. I was loading for whitetail 200yrds and in so a tacdriver or upper end loads were not necessary for me

[303Guy]

No-one has mentioned Varget yet. Another multi-purpose powder that seems to produce good accuracy, one I would think would be the first go-to powder one should have - unless you already have H4350. They look too similar for my liking and you can't tell if you got the right one! None of the powders I have look the same - that's how I choose them - so I gave away my Varget (AR2208 to me) and replaced it with W748 which I like a lot and seems perfect for moderate cast loads (using Dacron as a positioner). But I load for 303 which is 308 capacity.

[plainsman456]

I have used IMR 3031 and it worked.

[DrCaveman]

Im with 303guy. Varget worked awesome for jacketed and so far so good with cast lead. A lot of velocity range available and pretty low pressures. Havent tried 4895 or 3031 but plan to when powder gets back on shelves.

Im disappointed to hear that h4350 is not performing well with cast. It is my winner for full house loads using heavy bullets. Ive only tried it with jacketed so far.

[geargnasher]

Any flavor of 4350. I also second the WC872, but it needs help to get burning efficiently.

Gear

[jonp]

Just looked over my shoulder at my bench and a can of IMR 4320 is looking back at me. I'd almost forgotten about it. IMR 4320 worked well in both my 308 and 30-06 and at one time I used a bunch of it. I bought it to try in a 7mm Mag I had at one time and used it in the 308 and 30-06 but moved into 3031 when I sold the 7mm. You might not want to forget trying this powder although it does not seem to be as popular as some.