Tallman: I will do the same as you , if the casings are really tarnished then I will also use the Never dull. I do also have 3 tumblers - one for brass cleaning, one for moly coating the bullets and the other for waxing the bullets. But I don't do much of the brass tumbling anymore.
Robb: I have loaded my '06 Rem. 700 BDL for about 25 yrs and I settled on a very good combination for that 22" tube:
Nolser Ballistic Tip 150gr or Hornady 150 plastic tip.
RL 19
Fed. Match primer.
The vel. averages around 2865 fps @ 7' from the muzzle.
(I would advise here, that it would be better to use the Hornady plastic tip over the Ballistic tip, they are tougher bullet than the Nosler)
Another load that I have found works really good:
Barnes "X" 150gr Moly coated.
RL19 powder
Fed Match primer.
( this load is really acccurate - even in my Rem 7 mag)
As far as powder goes, I stay with just two brands; Hodgons and Reloader powders.
Just my preference, but they have served me well in the 35 + years of reloading. I quit usings IMR powders 20 yrs ago, they just couldn't produce the high velocity's with less presurre than some of the other powders.
Hodgon 4831 I buy in a 25 lb keg.
