extreme reloading

BigBore96:

Don't take this badly, but you don't seem to know enough about rifles and components to be able to build an accurate rifle. You probably don't have the equipment necessary either.

The first thing to do is to buy a very good benchrest rifle in a caliber (like 6mm PPC), very good reloading equipment, and get very good advice for picking the proper components and how to assemble them for best accuracy.

After that, you'll need a very good front and rear rest, some quality windflags, and learn how to dope wind. After you burn out a couple of barrels, you'll probably become a pretty good centerfire benchrest shooter. (Then, if you wish, you're ready to learn how to shoot the more difficult game, Rimfire Benchrest.)
 
Bigbore96, Picher's suggestions are great for learning how rifles and ammo shoots accurately. If you want to learn, and excel with, the skills and knowledge of shooting rifles off your shoulder, get a high end match rifle that's fired at targets from 200 to 1000 yards from standing, sitting and from prone postions. You have to hold these rifles still by yourself. Benchrest rifles sit atop rests perfectly still and are virtually untouched by humans except for their trigger finger on a 2-ounce trigger.

There's no accuracy difference between benchrest and match rifles; the best of both types shoot under 1/4 MOA at 100 yards, 1/3 MOA at 300, 1/2 MOA at 600 and 3/4 MOA at 1000. It's how each is held that makes groups shot in competition in benchrest matches measured to much smaller dimensions that what's shot from hand held, shoulder mounted, match rifles on their targets.
 
I have to admit, when I first saw the title of this thread I thought I was about to be treated to a description of how someone had put together a handload for his .30/06 that hit 3500 fps and was within safe pressures.

instead, I learned a little by reading the comments, as I so often do.

BTW, I hope none of you have found a 3500 fps load for your .30/06 that you claim to be "safe" :)
 
Tom68 comments:
BTW, I hope none of you have found a 3500 fps load for your .30/06 that you claim to be "safe"
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Folks have been loading 59 to 60 grains of IMR4895 under 110-gr. varmint bullets in .30-06 cases for decades. That puts 'em out the barrel at 3500 fps. Some factory loaded 110-gr. ammo did the same thing. Check Hodgdon's web site for load data with pressure listed.
 
Good catch Bart, I was limiting my thinking to the 165-180 grain range. Next time I get sarcastic I'll give it a little more thought ;)
 
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