The Hornady Manual lists 760 as the best powder 41.9 is the starting load with 53.6 being the Max load. IMR 4831 gives the same velocity with The starting load of 46.7 and 55.3 as a max load. The starting loads list 2200 fps velocity with 2700 being the max velocity in this manual. These loads are directly from the Hornady Manual 15th Edition. These loads were developed from a 24 inch barrel. I have never shot this bullet in the 30-06 but have shot thousands of them in the 308. I was using the 190 grain BTHP match buit the same dats would be used. I used them for steel silhouette shooting for about ten years. I also found that they worked very well on deer as well. Develope the load with care. As I said I have never used this data myself.