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54.5 was a good load for me with 130 Hornady

140 Sierra gets 52 grains of same or 4451- seemed to shoot the same. Both great.

For anything heavier I went to H4831 with pet load being 55.5 for a 150 Hornady.

60 grains H4831, 130 partition. DONE. over 200 big animals over the last 50 years. If a 270 won't shoot that it goes down the road! Deer and elk both.

I use 61gns RL26 and a 140gn Nosler Accubond for 3100fps in my 700CDL .270win. Of all the powders tested during load development RL26 gave the highest velocity followed by RL22 & H1000.

That’s a wild looking goat!

My last .270 liked 62/H4831sc/130 Hornady; 60/R26/160 PT; 59/R23/150 NBT.

/thanks need some new info for the .270..

Howa 1500 270

H4831 @ 56 grains
130gr Nosler BT
CCI Large Rifle Primer
Remington brass
COAL = 3.300

Groups range from: .327 - .470 @ 100yds.

*Switching out brass to WC (no other changes) still delivers groups under .750

I used both those loads in the 3 270, I own They shot very well in all of them. You do have to watch case capacity

those loads will not work in Federal cases. Also work up to those loads in your rifle. I have 2 257 Roberts one will take much hotter loads than the other.

Try RL26 as it produces good speed with lower pressure.

Is the Sierra a Spitzer or HP?

I found that my Kimber 84L Classic has a tight chamber and a short throat/lead. I started out .050 off the lands with the Barnes 110 TTSX and Hunter ( from my previous work with it in another .270) No good ( 1 1/2 to 1 3/4) so I seated the bullet to the top edge of the first groove ( as many suggest) and 62.5gr Hunter/Nosler cases do 1/2"! I then started the Barnes 129 LRX .070 off the lands, over R16. I could do no better than 1 1/2, even later when I also seated it to the top edge of the first groove. So I left R16 and went to the old Standys, H4350/H4831sc. Bingo! 55.3/H4350/RWS cases BR2 was 1/2", and shot exactly 1" higher than my 110 TTSX, same zero. H4831sc/60.5/RWS cases/BR2 also went into 1/2" and also 1" higher than the 110TTSX and 1/2 inch right. So both work swell! I will chrono them al later on. I go for accuracy first, and then see how fast its going. I'm sure I'm plenty fast, ha.

55.3 grains of RL 17 and a 130 grain fusion gets 3200 FPS out of a Kimber as well as a Fieldcraft. Accuracy is fantastic on both.

57gr RL23 150gr. Ballistic Tip (or Accubond) for 3000fps in a 24" barrel Remington 700
60gr RL23 130gr. Ballistic Tip (or Accubond) for 3225fps in a 24" barrel Remington 700

I had been loading 57gr H4831 with the 150s before I got a chronograph. Until I checked, they were only shooting 2750fps. I also had been using 65gr H4831 with a 160gr bullet in my 7mm Rem Mag, and found it only shooting 2925fps. RL23 has that same rifle and bullet shooting 3100fps now. I've switched all these loads from H4831 over to RL23

My rifle is a Win 70 stainless CRF 270 with 24" factory bbl. from the now defunct New Haven , Conn. plant. This load right out of the Barnes manual. Their 24" bbl rifle with Barnes 130gr TSX/TTSX. 59.5 grs of Rel 19 & Federal standard LR primer = 3211 fps. This smoking load was confirmed over my chrono with the same velocity. Sub 1/2" groups in my rifle. I find it out performs far heavier lead core bullets including the partition style. Will take elk cleanly. If deer is what you want then the Barnes 110 gr mono is the way to go.

Me too, a 50 year .270 wcf user. Tried every combo , In my view 150 N.P's are gold, 160's too. Push them from 2800 to 3000,+ and they work on Bull Elk. Many, many Bull elk. I favor RL 26 these days.

Thanks guys.......this was a “timely” thread! We’ve got my wife’s 270 Win., retired since 1996, and wanted to build a good varmint load. Many years ago I bought 1000 130 grain “blems”....it’s time to start putting them to use! I believe there’s something in this thread that will fill that need! 👍 memtb

QL shows 3054 FPS at 60,458 PSI with RL23 but I was using 140gr Accubonds Sako A7 with 24" barrel.

The 150gr Nosler partition and MRP at 59gr QL shows 3010 FPS at 60,101 PSI Same rifle. Hope this helps.

Anybody try RL-16 with 130 Scirocco? Thinking of giving this combo a try

Lou

Straight from loads that work. 140 AB 58.5 h4350

130 Hornady and 62RL22

Both cci match primer and ww brass

Are you sure your 140 AB load is H4350? If that from John's article, Handloads that Work, I believe that's a H4831 recipe, using 57gr for 150s, 60gr for 130s and splitting the difference with 140s at 58.5