I have had my son shooting all summer with 22 Grains of SR 4759 in his Encore chambered in .270. The bullet he has been using is a HDY Interlock 130 grain. It just dawned on me that he may be a little under gunned. Shots will be inside of 100 yards. I called Hornady but they told me the minimum for that bullet is 2800fps for reliable expansion which I don't buy so that ended that conversation. I am thinking with this load he is doing about 1800 FPS.
Now season starts saturday and I will go back to the drawing board if need be, but just curious what thoughts are.
Ryan
Ryan,
Looks like you got a lot of opinions with a few backed by some field experience(s). I reload light loads for my wife's 30-06 so have a little experience, but not with the 270 your loading.
I'm going to fall on the side that thinks you may have expansion problems with that bullet.
Here's a couple of thoughts I can offer:
1) Shoot that load across a chrony so your not guessing what velocity its going.
2) Line up about 5 one gal milk jugs filled with water and shoot'em. Look for the hole size from one jug to the next and try to find the bullet if it stops.
