270 Winchester pet loads?

[long40shot]

Good stuff here guys!

 

[Frankr]

I caution you to work up to all loads..But here is my new load with RL17 and the 145 ELD-X 3 shots at 200 yards.
270 win..Original Kimber 8400.. very nice...not like the light weight 8400L's they make now...I guess I have had it around 20 years now..That is under 1/2 moa in a factory rifle..which is the norm in any 270 I have had...all factory rifles. I just worked this load up and I am going to load 20 up to shoot it some more and absolutely no Pressure signs at all bolt opened like butter cases look good...so I am going up 1/2 gr and up another 1/2 gr just to see what it does.
but it is good enough where it is..3,060's FPS...I have never had a 270 I could not get 3,050 with a 150...I think I am going to like this bullet...I wonder about that Nosler Long range accubond is the BC all hype ? I know the Berger's are true.

 

[nmkid]

More years than I can count...130 gr. Sierra and 55.0 grs. of IMR 4350.

 

[Larryh128]

I used to shoot 130gr Noslers until I tried the Barnes 110 gr TTSX over 59grs of RL-17. Super accurate and super flat. 3550 fps. They don't move.

 

[wholman]

TAG

 

[lhsako]

In my Sako .270 I use 130 accubonds over 63 of RL22, cci 200. WW cases.
its a deer load but 130 ballistic tips shoot just as well and have used them for chucks w/ great results. impact is impressive!!!!!
this is a max load in this rifle. work up slowly !!!!!!!

 

[JSH]

I have tried a fair bunch of recommended powders for the 270 and a 130 over the years. They shot ok and bullet performance was ok.

I tried some reloader 26 and a 150 SST.
I worked it all of the way up to book max.
This was in a fairly new Savage rifle,less than 100 rounds down the tube.
3170 fps with a 150 is moving.
Accuracy was MOA or better all the way to 450 yards.

 

[Frankr]

Thanks for that post JSH I am going up on the RL17 but I have been going to try the 26 and see how it did.

 

[Brians356]

130 gr BT
55.4 grs IMR 4451
WLR primer
Hornady case

3015 fps (22 in barrel), load density 95%

(No pressure signs up to 56.0 grs, 3050 fps.)
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[Nude nut]

My paddock pizza load.
60gr ADI 2209/H4350
90Gr Sierra HP
Win brass
Tikka t3
Fed gold primer.

 

[Frankr]

well I played with the RL17 then the RL26 and posted some speeds in the 3,100 FPS from the 26 but just could not get it to shoot to well..So being that I have shot a lot of RL22 in the past but not for a few years I decided to try some RL23 since I had it. Hornady 145 ELD-x bullet 24" barrel 270 first year production Kimber 8400. So I worked up to
59.0 Gr at 3,030 FPS average. shot like a 3/4" 3 shot group and a 1 1/4 " three shot group at 200 yards..My buddy said load some and lets go shoot at some rocks in the field and see how it does. So I pulled a Ballistic chart on the BC and velocity..First rock 650 yards. dialed it . hit first shot, hit second shot about 2" apart..So we found another rock at 450 yards,dialed it hit it twice and pulverized it into pieces about a 6" rock. So we set one up at 700 yards,dialed it and hit just off it twice but if it had been a deer it would have been done. So we set up a 6" rock at 980 yards I had one shell left. so I dialed it..called the wind and hit 3" to the right of the rock I held a little too much wind. Still would have been a dead deer..I was kind of impressed how well it did shooting off a bipod in the field. going to load more up and see if we can do it again..but yea wow it was just on. at every yardage we shot..hun just a regular old 270 getting it done. not some super long range cartridge just a old deer rifle.

may end up being my new favorite load.

 

[CaptainMal]

Decades of 140 Hornady Interlock and recently SST's or 140 Sierra Gaming HP's. Push them, depending on what the gun likes, with 53-55 gr. of IMR 4350.

 

[Chief 101]

I also like the 130 Partitions but with a full dose of IMR4831

 

[kyreloader]

Has anyone barreled up and tried the 170g Berger Elite Hunter?

I think this bullet with RL26 might be a great match.

Thoughts??

 

[AckleymanII]

FJIM, Thanks for that load data and field report!

 

[smustian]

140g Sierra Game King over 52g IMR 4350 for me.

 

[rebel]

140g Sierra Game King over 52g IMR 4350 for me.

Hey new guy, you got street cred?

 

[Eric Leonard]

130 ProHunter IMR 4064

 

[Sharp shootin' SEAN]

I have shot a lot of H1K in the 270 win..150VLD's...very consistent ...You will need a drop tube and a slow fill to get er packed in there...2,950 FPS with a 150 VLD...and kicks like a 7MAG...I don't know why but when ever you pac slow powders they thump harder...I went back to IMR4350 and got 3,050 FPS and feels like half the recoil. But I have shot the H1K for a year or two and i would say it is very consistent and accurate..I shot it out to 1K...
Most people do not understand Ballistic the 270 win with a 150 is ballistic superior to the 30/06 and it has been used for 1K for a long time..Truth is the 270 is a great round and gives a high BC and high SD. It can only be out performed by your high BC 6.5's and 7 bores or a big magnum. And we have shot the 7 mag and 300 mag's and yet we keep coming back to that 270...it works...

 

[Sharp shootin' SEAN]

I have had great results with a 150 gr s/p tip flat base bullets with 52.8 gr. IMR 4831 powder. I put 3 shots in the bullseye with powder work up doses varying with a 2/10th a dose increase from 51.6 to 53.0 gr IMR 4831 powder, all strike's in bullseye were from just below maximum powder dose.