Got to make up some deer loads for my buddy, never loaded for a .270 cuz they suck but he likes it and I hunt his land so Im all in.

Anyone for a pet load they dont mind sharing?

58 grains h4831, and any decent 130, 140 grain bullet. In my order of preference, Nosler Partition, Hornady Interlock, Ballistic Tip, Sierra Game King.
Hodgdon H4350 will work if you have that, and about umpteen other powders, but the above are my favorites based on a significant track record.

55 grains of IMR4350 under a 130 is a real good load in a lot of rifles. H4350 ought to do just as well.

Thank you gents!!

60 grains 4831, 130 gr. bullet.

I load 57 grains of H4350 under a 110 grain Barnes TTSX.

R19 with a 130 3145 fps out of a 22" barrel and a tack driver. About the same load I use w/H4831 but way faster. My gun shoots Barnes TSX and Hornady's in the same group. Work up, bla bla etc.

Any idea of velocity? 22"?

130 TTSX or 150 Partition, both with H4831, is about all I use anymore in a couple of 270's.

58 gr H4831SC and 130-140 gr accubond, sierra gameking, gave under an 1" at 100 yds in 2 270s




Shod

Passport: Jack O'Connor is rolling over in his grave at the ignorance of your opinion regarding the wonderful 270 Winchester cartridge!
Suffice it to say that I also disagree with your opinion as well.
The 270 Winchester IS and HAS BEEN one of the top cartridges for Deer (and much other game as well!) since the day it was born (back in 925!)!
That amazing fact was even further enhanced when the fine folks at Nosler began manufacturing their latest variation of the 130 grain Ballistic Tip bullet.
I won't give you any of my favorite "pet loads" I use in my various 270's because you don't deserve them.
But for the sake of your "buddy" I will highly recommend you use the Nosler 130 grain Ballistic Tips in his 270 loads.
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

110g triple shock
58g of Win 760, Rem 9 1/2 or cci 200

or

57-58g of R#17 with fed 215

Both are 3300 fps loads

VarmintGuy gets it. Deer drop like a lightning bolt hit with these 270s. All mine did, dropped faster than 308, 35 Rem, 300 Win Mag, 35 whelen, 20 gauge slug, 12 gauge slug, and 25'06. All shot behind the front leg. Perfect deer cartridge with 130s IMHO.

My families been killing deer with the .270 for four generations. Yea, I have loads.

GFY.

H4831 + 130 gr bullet of your choice. Don't bother to look further. Seriously.

I think he's joking.

Thanks for that. Working up 110 ttsx loads now.

I've been using that same load in a couple of .270's since the late 1960's. Cap it with a Hornaday 130 Interlock and rock on!

p port. I agree w/the loads already listed. The 270 W is very easy to find accurate loads.

1 combo not mentioned yet, I believe was also JOCs.

For moderate recoil and blast use IMR 4064, 49grs., 130 bullet.

I've graphed that load years ago in several rifles and the velocity is @ 2900 fps. It helps novice shooters, YUTES, and ladies.

I killed several WT with that combo, so it is a proven performer IF the shooter performs also.

Today's trial run with RL15 and the Barnes 110ttsx. 50 grain sight in load in middle. Up in 1/2 grain increments to 52.5 gr. 52.5 put 3 into <1/2" with a flyer opening it up. Has promise. I'll go a little higher then try the above mentioned 110 Barnes loads.

Why do they suck?

Anyway a 130g bullet and 56g of H4350 or a 150g and 58g of H4831SC and you're there.

If you're in any doubt about which bullet to pick, go Interlock.

Shoot some deer or pigs and see how much they suck.

One of the quickest kills I've ever seen on a deer was with a 130 Interlock from a .270. My nephew shot a buck and it went down instantly. There was blood spatter and lung material in the pine tree 10 feet behind the deer.

Here is a WAG from me- I wouldn't be too concerned about getting top velocity from the 270, either. A few years ago I went from using a 7 Mag to shoot deer to a 270 loaded to about 7/08 levels, and it seemed to me the 270 with moderate loads killed even better than the 7 Mag with max loads.
John Barsness wrote an article about that time saying that perhaps bullets killed better at somewhat moderate velocities, and that surely correlated with my experience.

OP,

I searched long and hard for a load for my new-to-me 270. I went through a range of loads for the powder and bullets I had on hand. The tightest group I could obtain was just over an inch on a good day. I had a smith look at the barrel and stock. He said the barrel was in good shape but the stock was really flimsy.

I took the load with the tightest group and adjust the OCL. I used Hornady's load data along with an OCL used in the Nosler book. Mindful of the stock, I made sure the pressure point on the rifle was a little farther back (closer to the trigger guard) and found my sub MOA!!!!

Bullet: Hrnady SST 130 .277
Powder: H414
Load: 50grs
COAL: 3.320
Primer: CCI BR LR

HaYen

130gr Speer Grand Slam/Nosler Partition and 60gr IMR 7828SSC CCI 250 Primer.

I have been using the 270 Win since 1973 and nothing beats IMR 4350 in the 270

Seriously??? You are not a pusher of 4831? Mr. JOC would be very displeased at you lefty...

Slip some blue box federals into a cartridge holder and don't let on..

Spend your extra time on some other cartridge, or just being lazy.

Bea, this one is for you. I like to use IMR 4350 too because it's the only powder I could find for a long time around here and It's been my "go to" powder in my 30-06 and 338 win mag anyway. Here are the results with a 150gr. Nosler partition (seconds):

First 3 shots go sub moa, 5 shots into moa and 10 shots opening up to around 1.5 moa respectively. This is with a fwt model 70. Good enough for "hunting rifle accuracy":


Looking back at my pictures, this one was shot with a rifle I sold to 79s here on the fire. His daughter is going to be using it on a moose hunt this year.



My pre 64 model 70 fwt also like IMR 4350, but I had to drop the powder charge 1/2 grain to make it happy. OAL was still pretty close to the XTR FWT's (in above pic):


I've ran H4831 with 130gr. nosler partitions as well. My rifle doesn't seem to be too picky for a pre 64 fwt:

Nothing ? Maybe in your rifle. Surplus 4831 Did/Does, yes I have a few #s.

Also IMR 7828 does

in several 270s I have and have had.


Now, I'm not saying that 4350 doesn't work NOR that it's not accurate.
I'm saying in my rifles S 4831 & 7828 beat 4350 in VELOCITY & accuracy combined.

YMMV

Jerry

I have owned a 270 that wasn't more accurate with 4350 than 4831

Callin em out of the closet w/ this one John; I love it.

It really is ok tho; you don't have to play the "it's my friend's". If I can drive a Prius you can shoot a 270!

I used H4831 with 58 to 59 grains of powder with pretty good accuracy in my Ruger 77 and a Savage 116 Weather Warrior. The Savage liked Hornady 130 sst best but would shoot most good 130s and 140s accurately. The Ruger seems to be stuck on Speer Hot-Cor 130 as its favorite. I changed to IMR 7828 and both rifles became tack drivers, although in all fairness to H4831 I have to say the Savage is very accurate with both powders but IMR 7828 gets the best. The best 7828 load for the Savage is 58.8 grains with the bullet loaded within .010 of the rifling. I've begun using the Ruger as a night time hog rifle because it has a lighted reticle, and have been shooting 150 Winchester power points out of it. I inherited 1500 of these bullets and they work fine on big tough hogs. These are loaded with 57 grains of IMR 7828 which I think is over book max. For some reason the Ruger shoots fairly low velocity. With this over max load I get only 2750 fps but it kills hogs and deer very dead. Speed is not everything I suppose.

Yep, what Royce said. 56-58gr H4831 and any 13-140gr bullet. Just plain works.

55.5 grain H4831sc with 150 grain Hornady.

I believe my latest load is 52 grain IMR 4350 with 140 Sierra. Will double check.

I am trying to consolidate my rifles into a single powder -IMR 4350.

My CZ 550 shoots most things pretty well - but I have it on good authority EFW's Prius is a real slayer!!!!

Fawn was quite a match (it was a fair fight ) but no over penetration:

What the Chinese call "dink ding".

I wouldn't give this blasphemer of the .270 Win the time of day, let alone any pet loads. Wake up buddy!

Interesting.

I can vouch for that recipe ! !

You can! Well then just may have to try it in my Featherweight .270.

Don't forget about Ramshot Hunter. I bought a stainless Hawkeye a couple weeks ago and tried H4831 with every bullet I had. I even shimmed it hoping that floating would cure all issues. It didn't...

Then I tried Hunter over a magnum primer. It shoots nice little triangles now..

Thanks CowboyTim and Jwall,shot the IMR 7828 SSC and 130gr NP this mornin' and .

E NM -

Glad it works for you.

Some yrs. back when H 4831 went into the dumper for velocity I switched to IMR 7828 and have had NO REASON to look for anything else.

I like 55grs. of RE22 with the Hornady 150 BTSP. Killed many deer with that load. Or 57grs of IMR4831 with the same bullet.

My favorite load for my .270's is 56 gr. IMR 4831 and Remington Core-Lokt 130 grain bullets

Here are a couple of targets that I shot the same day, using the same load.
first one is 7 rounds from my Tikka T3, second group was from my Ruger #1.
I've been using this load for almost 30 years in a number of .270's and it always works well. A little slow.........but nice groups and does the trick on game.

Nice shooting !!

I haven't tried that combo but just might since I have plenty of IMR 4831 on hand.

What's UR approximate vel.?

Interesting,I tried VV-N165 in my Super Grade and accuracy along with speed improved.

Actually in my 3-.270 Winchesters,don't use H-4831 in any of them. In my .270 Wby it's RL-25 IIRC. The info is in a shed and right now to lazy to get it.

E NM -

I don't recall the particulars per H 4831 as to yrs and who/where it was manufactured.

IIRC (?) in the 80s H 4831 was manufactured ?somewhere? and Mule Deer told me and others in an OLD thread that the velocity was not up to expectations. Sometime later H 4831 was manufactured somewhere else (?) and is today. This latest H 4831 is closer to "normal" than the earlier stuff.

From the posts of others on the fire including M D, the newer stuff seems pretty good.

BUT after buying several diff lots back in the 80s I guess I became 'gun shy' and ain't interested in risking it anymore.

I've been using 7828 a lotta yrs and have seen little deviation from lot-lot. IMO accuracy is superb and more than sufficient for hunting and close enuff for most varmints. Now we don't have PDs but from Groundhogs (marmots) up 7828 does very well. (in 270 W)

I chronographed the loads the same day I shot the groups.
Tikka gave 2820 fps, Ruger was 2875 fps.

I thought it was strange...............same load, same day, 55 fps difference. Admittedly, the ruger was a few years old with a couple hundred bullets down the barrel, the Tikka was new with less than 20 rounds through it.

Still got the Tikka, traded the Ruger for a 7x57 #1 International

I used WW brass and primers. C.O.A.L was 3.340"

Have 5 lbs of the SC version of H-4831 and I don't get the accuracy and velocity that I did when I had 8 lb keg of the "long cut" that I bought in the early 90's.

Been using 7828 since it became available in the mid-late 80's. Right now,use in a .25/06 with a 100 gr Sierra FB along with some other cartridges. It's one of my favorite powders.

sniper -

yeah, 2825-2875 is on the slow side for a 270 W however a lot of game has been/is killed with 'slower' bullets. They are just not my choice.

I admit that for MOST of my hunting that is fast enuff and dependable for killin stuff.

OTOH I'm used to getting 3100 and + out of the 270 AND I'm already used to THAT trajectory. From 0 out to 400 yds. I don't have to wonder what's the range? where do I hold?

NO the 270 is NOT dead on 0-400 yds, I just KNOW my rifle, load, bullet, & trajectory so.....

Anywho- those were good groups you shot and as long as that load fits your needs--you don't need anything else.

Good Hunting & Shooting
Jerry

Sniper you might find those velocity spreads tighten up if you increased the charges a grain or two. Based on your velocity you seem to have a bit of room.

Not uncommon to see a 270 behave that way when you're a couple hundred fps below a normal "max". Then again it shoots fine so...I'm just explaining away your velocity spreads.....please continue.

I'm pretty happy with the way this load shoots..........haven't recovered a bullet yet.

When I feel the need for more speed, I have a load with 61 grains of H-4831 and the 140 grain Swift A-Frame that gives 2950 fps. It doesn't give quite as nice groups, but works well enough for me.

What he said. That is what I killed my last elk with. One shot and it was over.