I have a Stevens 200 CF-LA I "Customized" (if you wanna go that far). I put a better trigger in it and NSS recoil lug and rebarreled it with a new Savage SS 22" 30-06 in Magnum Contour off of a 116. Has 1:10 twist. My pet load right now is 180gr Sierra SBT Gameking over RL19 seated to touch the lands and very light crimp. It will do 1" easy at 100yds. Have had one group just over .5" at 100.
My buddy shoots a Rem 710 30-06 (no he doesn't own any Savages, yes he's still my buddy) and we have had good luck with a 150gr SST over RL15 seated to 3.340 OAL. With me behind it, it will do 1" at 100, with him behind it it will do 2". He's one of those guys that shoots Minute-Of-Deer. He probably shoots 20 rounds a year, just to check it before the season. I have tried the SST load in my gun and it works good in mine also, but I wanted something heavier since I shoot 150's outta my 308.
I would recommend the RL19 and RL15, Varget has also done good in the past but I switched to RL15 and RL19 when Varget got real scarce and I have been just as happy if not happier. If you want my exact receipes shoot me a PM and I'll go look them up outta my log book, since it isn't right handy.
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