Powder recommendations for .308 & .30/06

[kutenay]

Hah, what bulltwaddle!!!! PFs are for pussies!!!!

As to my current .30-06 rifles, they are a minty P-64 Mod. 70 FWT, professionally pillar-bedded in a Pacific Research stock, wearing a Leupy 3.5x10x50, this rifle averages under a m.o.a. consistently and I have had it since '91. I found it in a Vancouver Is. gunshop for a fraction of it's value and grabbed it with great glee as any sane rifle "looney" would.

I have a nearly new Mannlicher-Schoenauer carbine, a MCA version made in 1971 wearing a Leupy 1.75x6 and it shoots just like the Mod. 70. I have not touched the bedding as this is a collectible, valuable piece, except to waterproof it, but, the other post-war MS carbine/rifle I have had were also tackdrivers, contrary to the popular belief among those who have never owned or shot one.

I have a 1956 vintage Brno ZG-47 long barrel and a Browning Safari made in '61, both in nearly new, untouched condition and they give a tad over an inch with 4x Zeiss or 4x Leupy. I had another stone-mint short barrel ZG-47 that shot under an inch and a number of well-used P-65 STD. s that would do as well.

These are all very well made rifles and this shows in both their consistent accuracy and flawless function. None of them are now easy to find or inexpensive, but, the value is there and a person can depend on these rifles under the worst conditions, performance is what counts to me.