I just bought a 30-06 barrel that I hunted with this year. I really like it. I worked up a quick load of 58 grains of 4831 and 165 grain BT. It took 5 shots to sight in. Shot numbers 6-8 went into a 3 inch group at 300 yards(about 6 inches low). I sure can not complain about that. Especially since I have not even had the trigger adjusted yet(A tad heavy, and too much creep). And did not even have a chance for any load development, although the load mentioned has been historically accurate for me, in quite a few different 30-06's. I shot 3 deer with it so far this year. All shoulder shots. All three dropped in their tracks-who would have believed a BT would do that. Longest shot was about 260. Shortest shot was 50 yards.

I just ordered a 6.5 X 284 from Fox Ridge. I am hoping it will account for a whole bunch of ground hogs this summer. Tom.