im not framilar with red dot powder is it a fast burning pistol powder ?

the differencs between the size of the ball and the barrel is quite small because when you think about it very little of the ball would be in contact with the barrel so it would be very eazy for it to swage to proper size. My loads are about as loud as a high velocity 22 shot. ive yet to have one stick in the barrel. someday i will chronograph to find the acutal velocity, buti think it is probly higher than a expect. ive tried my loads at 50 yards once and i put maybe 2 out of ten into a 10 inch circle.

I use Red Dot in my skeet loads. It burns fairly clean. I would compare it with Bullseye. Tom.

Sorry for the late reply, was gone for the holidays. The rifle is sitting next to the others right now and i havent put the scope on it yet so needless to say im not sure how well it shoots with factory ammunition. Ibought a box of Winchester 180 Gr Ballistic Silvertips that the older 30-06 enjoys and was going to fling a few of those down the range in a day or so to see how they do. But other than that, im not sure what other brands to try. I was thinking of skipping factory ammo alltogether but now that i think about it, if a factoryround shoots well enough, there is no need to handload. We just have a few presses up here at the office and I wanted to see what i could get out of handloads. Thank you everybody for your suggestions. If anybody wants to add input on great factory loads that would be great as well!

When i started reloading you could really save money and gain performance. The race is getting a lot closer today. But for the30-06 unless you stay with Federal orHornady, most factory loads are kind of weak. Compared to what the 06' is capable of bacause of the old rifles. Plus there isnothing like smokin' a buck or bull with one you rolled yourself.I used IMR powders and Win primers on everything for years. They are good products, i have also had good results with Hogdons lately too. The most accurate loads are usualy well below max, so start out at the minimum or just above.