270 win load advice
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This is the bullet of choice with my 270. 60gr H4831sc gets near 3170fps and sub moa. Dumped a bull elk with it too so it has some punch.
Same with me, except I only have 2-270’s that I load for. And that’s using lead bullets. I was having stability issues with 150 lead bullets, they would shoot fine at 100 yds but they would open up to 4” by the time they got to 200 yds. Unless youhave a fast twist barrel, I doubt you will be able to stabilize those long mono’s. If by chance you do get good groups at 100 yds, make sure to try them at 200, just to be sure.
Can you elaborate more why you think so? the 150 grains in a 270 can be pushed to above 3000 fps (200-300 fps more than the 150 in the 308) with Rl 26 and probably some other powders. It also has a much better Sectional density than the 150 in a 308 caliber.
Sure
My opinion, which is probably different than others, your included, (and I am ok with that) is that the reason to shoot a 270 over many other calibers is because it will shoot light bullets extremely fast with flat trajectories and low felt recoil accurately.
It's a big enough gun to hunt everything on this continent except for polar/grizzly bears.
Its small enough to use on ground hogs and coyotes.
Once you start loading up heavy bullets going fast the felt recoil increases, and the trajectory likely gets less flat.
So IMO the gain of less recoil is now lost.
There's lots of calibers that will push 150's really fast, so if that is the point of the exercise then use them instead of the 270.
Even for factory loads, The 150 in 308 is slower than the 150 in 270 win. The point with the new powders like Rl26 in the 270 is that you can push any 150 bullet above 3000 fps. The recoil is almost the same as a 30-06 with a 180 grains. A 150 gains bullet going at 3000+ fps is as flat as a 130 going at 3060 and has much better ballistic properties and punch. With that you are not really far from a 160 grains in a 7 mm Rem Mag.
