I was wondering about the accuracy of military ammo, in this case  DEN 42 30-06.
I have been getting about 4" groups at 100 yds.
Should this ammo do better or is it just me?
Saur 200, Leopold 3/9 and a very steady rest.
later, ace

I hope you have a nice recoil pad and a vented bolt. If that stuff is actually 68 years old I can imagine the powder has deteriorated a bit, and that usually means hotter and ?!?. How do they extract, how do the primers look, and how are your groups with good quality ammo? (and why are you subjecting a nice rifle like that to anything but premium ammo?)

"DEN 42: 1942 production. Denver only produced 30-06 ammo during WWII so this is hard to find ammo......for the WWII collector... "
Bwaaaaaaa......

Sorry, got a little carried away there...

Well, primers look good, does'nt extract hard, does'nt kick hard, burns clean, and it is all I have with me.
ace
PS how you doing up there in rain country?

This latest front is suppose to move out sometime around July...

PS, Nothing wrong with turning collector ammo into collector once fired brass I guess...

I will save you some.

Well, to answer my own question about surplus ammo, I went out yesterday to try out some different ammo.
I had 3 different hand loads from way back when, and they all grouped about 2 inch.
That may not sound like much to some of you but for me that is damn good.
I even have some shake when using a rest.
thats it for now,   ace