When my wife started hunting we couldn't afford multiple rifles. She used three loads in her .270: 60 grains of H4831 with the 130 Hornady Spire Point (pronghorn and deer), 57 grains of H4831 with the 150 Nosler Partition (elk and moose), and 50 grains of IMR4895 and the 90-grain Sierra hollow-point for varmints of all sizes. All three shot close enough to the same point of impact that they could be used interchangeably, and while the 90-grain load wasn't the fastest possible, it was incredibly accurate, sub-1/2", and didn't kick all that much. It also smacked the snot out of any sort of varmint.

Since then the same load has shot very well in several other .270's. Velocity usually runs 3000-3100, depending on the rifle.


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