Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 270 win

My experience with the .270 only goes back 42 years, about 20 rifles and lots of game. I've hand loaded for the cartridge from the first one.

The classic powder for the .270 is H4831 (including H4831SC, which I prefer for it's better metering and density).

My favorite load is 60.5 gr/H4831SC, Federal 210M primer, 130 Nosler Partition, Nosler brass. It clocks an average of between 3025 and 3050 fps in my three rifles whose barrels are from 22" to 24". I seat to magazine length as it runs out before I hit the lands.

For 150 grain loads, I use 58 gr/H4831SC, Federal 210M primer, 150 grain Nosler Partition, Nosler brass. This averages just under 2850 fps.

Great thing about these loads is that in my pet .270, a custom on a Mauser action, the group centers at 100 yards are only about 1/2" apart (the 150s are lower), allowing me to interchange ammo depending upon the game and conditions. This rifle is superbly accurate with the 130s, yet the 150s still average MOA.

If my rifles like the Partitions, that's all I use, antelope to elk. I have one, a factory 1952 Husky on an FN Mauser, that isn't keen on Partitions, but absolutely loves the 130 grain Nosler Accubond. I use the same load as above.

I see you have a stock of Ballistic Tips, and have found them to be very accurate in any .270 that showed any inclination to shoot any load well. I'd not hesitate to use the 150 BTs on elk sized game, but I sure like and have had great results with the Partitions and Accubonds.