Windsor,
295,110h-110 and similar ball powders for pistol/revolver rounds basically have to be slightly compressed,otherwise "blooper" loads will result.

All that 30-06 brass,is it military with crimped primers?

Dillion mmakes a primer swage tool that takes the sweat out of that job.

Wayne

Most of the 30-06 brass is LC66 and LC69.

I have a couple of devices to deal with the crimps, once's a cutter and the other is the RCBS swage tool that uses the press. I much prefer the swager.

If I get tired of dealing of the press, I'll look at the Dillon and RCBS benchtop swager tools.

In other news, a couple of weeks ago I pressed up some 25-06 rounds and headed to the range to get some speed dope on the charges. I'm using the 115gr Nosler "Ballistic Tip" hunting round and H4831SC powder. My powder ranges were from 48gr up to 52gr in .4gr increments.

Used a Magnetospeed clamped on the end of the barrel to measure the speeds.

Numbers were good, rifle had some good consistency near 52gr loads. The brass didn't have overpressure signs, so next round will be starting at 51gr and ease into 53gr at .2gr intervals, see if I can find the sweet spot.

After we find a good spot in speed, I'll fiddle with seating depth.

Windsor,
That sounds good but be wary of excessive pressure.

Just trying to get the last FPS out may result in disaster.

Your eyes,face and life are worth a lot more.

I usually find that the starting loads are usually the most accurate for me.

Wayne

Understood.

I'm looking for the best consistency in speed for a given powder charge.

Chasing that FPS dragon's tail is bad juju, as you've touched upon.

Windsor,
The beauty of hand/reloading is that you can tailor your loads to your needs.

Nice to be able to load a heavy recoiling round down to light practice/cast bullet loads with Trail Boss powder.

Shooting my 44 Ruger Alaskan with my planet wrecker loads is fun....for a while.

I prefer to practice with nice light loads at about 75o FPS.

Heck,I have great grand daughters that graduated college,I am basically too old to get thumped a lot!!!

Wayne

Heh, yeah, I understand that.

Was thinking the same for .44Mag (see above).

Fortunately 25-06 doesn't kick like a mule even when squirting lead out at 3000fps+. That's one of the reasons I picked that chambering.

The 25-06 ranks pretty close to the 257 Weatherby but a whole lot cheaper to shoot. I was seriously looking at getting the Weatherby but wound up getting a Winchester Model 70 in the 25-06. Very happy with the performance; oldest grandson Brandon has "borrowed" it for a while.

Pap

Pappy & Windsor,
As you know,the 25-06 started out as a wildcat round way back when and then was "legitimized" in the early 70s.

Excellent cartridge,superb BC/SD and not overbore capacity.

I have yet to hear of one not being accurate

Wayne