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Reloading Rem. Woodsmaster 740 .30-06

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I have a friend who pulled a cow tag and has an old ( I believe 50's era) Remington semi-auto Woodsmaster 740 chambered in .30-06. He has a young child and wants to shoot copper bullets so the kid can enjoy the elk without any worries about digesting lead.

 

The gun cycles Remington Cor-Lokts just fine but I am going to dial up some 180 Barnes TSX-BTs and give them a try this weekend. I'm going to start with 46 grains of IMR 4064 as that is the mide-range from Barnes load data.

 

I know reloading for old semi-autos can be tricky...should I lean towards light or heavy loads to get started? Anybody have any suggestions with OACL or load density?

 

i'm not expecting sub-moa from an old autoloader, 2-3" at 100 yards would be great. I'm mostly just curious if anyone has had success hand loading for this rifle. Thanks.

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FL size your brass.

You can use a light crimp, just dont bulge the case or it will not feed

Dont jam the bullet into the lands

Work up a load based on reloading data.

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If not to digest lead is the reason hes switching to copper bullets, he has a few screws loose.... But, great bullets none the less!

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If not to digest lead is the reason hes switching to copper bullets, he has a few screws loose.... But, great bullets none the less!

 

That just cracked me up.

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Good starting points, thanks.

 

FL size your brass.

You can use a light crimp, just dont bulge the case or it will not feed

Dont jam the bullet into the lands

Work up a load based on reloading data.

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