ammo bankDoes anyone have any experience shooting this grain weight in 30-06?I am wondering how it performs as a varmit round, especially long distance up to 300-500 yrd.
30-06 55gr.
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, Oct 17 2006 09:28 AM
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Posted 17 October 2006 - 09:28 AM
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Posted 17 October 2006 - 10:15 AM
As far as I know those are no longer in production. I shot some years ago but wasn't satified with their accuracy in my .30-06. I wouldn't trust them at over 200 yards and then only on a coyote sized object. The idea was there, but they weren't very popular and that price is WAY up there. 
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Posted 17 October 2006 - 01:49 PM
I remember those coming out as a kid.
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Posted 17 October 2006 - 02:10 PM
That's right, try to make me feel older than I am. 
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Posted 17 October 2006 - 02:15 PM
Did I mention that was when I was a YOUNG kid?
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Posted 17 October 2006 - 02:24 PM
I still have a few boxes of them. I remember them not being that great for accuracy. At the price they want for them I might just have to wrap them up and sell them when I retire. By then they ought to be 50 + a box LOL...Walt
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Posted 17 October 2006 - 09:34 PM
25 years ago I only had one rifle, the .30-06, so I had to use the accellerator round and it worked just fine on groundhogs but I never shot more than 220 yards. I was so amazed that I got the ground hogs that I did. No complaints from me. You can still order that round today for something like $22./box of 20.
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Posted 22 October 2006 - 03:04 PM
You can still get them in 30-30 and 30-06 but the .308 win has been droped. I recently had a local gun shop get a couple boxes for me to try out. I tried them in three of my '06s and I got 3 to 4 inch groups with them. The worst part was that the rifle that shot them the best was an auto loader and it wouldn't cycle them. 
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Posted 22 October 2006 - 06:48 PM
Wow! I was pretty sure they'd stopped making them. 
But you can see why they should stop. It's hard to hit anything with them.
But you can see why they should stop. It's hard to hit anything with them.
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Posted 22 October 2006 - 07:16 PM
I too have tried them and still have an OLD partial box and was not at all impressed by the accuracy.Happy Hunting,rick
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Posted 23 October 2006 - 03:01 AM
You can also buy the accel insert and load your own if you want to try them. E A Brown sells them.Mike
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Posted 10 December 2006 - 01:09 AM
I new ther was a reason for the 25-06. That 75 grn VMAX sounds good now. I tried the 308 when I was a kid to. shot tree trunks ok and close bunnys but missed on the yotes 
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Posted 10 December 2006 - 08:24 AM
How long ago was this? I had a guy tell me a few weeks ago that you couldn't buy these in CA anymore because there were no rifling marks left on the bullet to trace with. I didn't think he was telling the truth, but who knows with CA's gun laws...I recently had a local gun shop get a couple boxes for me to try out.
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Posted 10 December 2006 - 01:45 PM
I've heard people saying that they weren't available in cali. for that reason for quite some time now. Richard at the gun shop said that's B.S. and got in a bunch of 30-30 and 30-06. I got a box of each a month or two before deer season. He may still have some.
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