Century2 wrote on Oct 18^th, 2011 at 11:42am:

psteinmayer wrote on Oct 16th, 2011 at 12:29am: I personally load a 165 grain Hornady spitzer with 38.8 grains of IMR 4064 with excellent results! I have worked up a similar load however it was for my 22" carbine so the load may be hotter than necessary for a 30" barrel. The load densities achieved with IMR 4064 are best with the shorter barrels. For 30" barrels, the IMR 4350 gives better load densities.

I'll keep that in mind.  I normally loaded a 180 grain Hornady spitzer or 180 Grain Speer boattail with 38.4 grains of the 4064, also with good results.  The Speer boattails can only be used single shot... with no crimp ring, they push back into the case when I try to chamber a round.  I switched to the 165 looking for a flatter trajectory with a higher muzzle velocity.  I think that round for round, the results (on a accuracy scale) are very similar in my 1898, and the recoil is very manageable with the 165 grain.  Next time I buy powder, I'll look for the 4350.  I also load 30-06 (180 grain)for my Garand, and I use the 4064 in those loads too, so it's convenient.