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Anyone have any light loads for the 270WSM? My wife will be deer hunting with this rifle this year. She shoots it great with 140gr TSX full house loads and a lead sled but the recoil is to much with out the lead sled. So right now I am just looking for a good light deer load for a 270WSM in a M70 F/W. Thanks for any help you can give.. RL
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Try 55gr of H4350 with a 130gr partition I found it very accurate from 55-62gr while working up the load,62gr gives me .610'' group (3 shots) at 100 yards and 55gr was around an 1''.
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john, This maybe just the ticket. Thanks RL.
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id just try a light load with 140 accubonds
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RL a thought to consider is to get some of the TSX 110's and work up a load for her.
Just a thought.
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Mark what powder do you think would be best with the 110gr TSX? Right now I have RL19, RL22, H4831sc, H1000, H380, Varget, Magpro, H4350, W760, and N-160 on hand. Thanks RL..
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RL,
If you have a load that is accurate and effective...why have her shoot another load? Use the lead sled at the bench and i doubt she will notice recoil under hunting conditions.
My wife began hunting 3-4 years ago. Her first animal was a hog with a 9.3x62. 286gr Barnes X traveling at just shy of 2,400fps. the thing was a seriuos kicker. She did not even notice the recoil while hunting but was wayyyyy to scared to shoot it off the bench...after seeing it push me around.
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I would like to avoid scope/head with her and make this up coming hunt fun for her and me to..RL
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The Speer manual makes a point of recommending a light-load recipe for many of the harder-kicking calibers.
In keeping with that trend, Speer online has "light" load data for the 270 WSM that recommends their 110 gr HP bullet with XMP-5744 powder. I don't have the powder charge range handy, but you can get it at Speer.com My Winchester M70 likes 25.5 gr of XMP-5744 for accuracy. IIRC it runs just around 2000 fps and recoils very lightly.
It also blows up nicely in woodchucks and other varmints, so it's got a potential use aside from a light-kicking training round.
Last edited by DocRocket; 03/29/07.
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Thanks Doc, I will give www.speer.com a look.. RL
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RL: John is onto something with IMR4350;the new Hornady manual shows 52.8-IMR4350-130 Hornady giving 2800fps.Should kick like a 7x57.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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