Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Good .270 Loads

What worked well in my 50's Model 70 was 130 gr Partitions pushed by 54 g IMR4350.

I only own one .270 Win., and it is a finicky biotch!

Doesn't help that, only after multiple trips to the range, with multiple factory and hand-loaded recipes, I discovered that it won't shoot anything well without at least four or five fouling rounds through a clean barrel.

Having figured that out, I then tried at least a half dozen factory offerings, as well as hand loads with H4831SC, IMR4350, RL-22, IMR7828, IMR4895, and RL-19. Some even showed promise. But, alas, none were consistent.

I was just about to kick this rifle down the road when I stumbled upon some VV N-160 and gave it a whirl. It was a winner, @ 55.0 gr behind 130 gr Hornady Interlock SPs (WW brass, Fed 210 primer). Modest velocity for me at that charge (a little over 3000 fps), but very accurate and very consistent. Vihtavuori lists their max at 58.0 gr [for a 130 gr Remington SP], so there is more room to play, but I'm happy with what I've got.

So, of course, they aren't all easy to load for.

I have had great luck with N560 in my 270 Win with 130 or 110 grain H4831SC with 150's is excellent as well.

Good luck and shoot straight y'all

Anybody tried the Hornady 145 grain ELD X bullets with R 26?
I have usually shot Partitions in mine with very good results but looking for something different.

I decided to see if I could get 140 gr Hornady BTSP to shoot accurately in my .270 rifles. I found good results in a couple different .270 rifles with 53.5 gr of RL16. I have not yet chronoed it but expect to be close to 3000 fps.

I have a new Sako in 270, got it sighted in. Need to try it on something

I chronoed it today in 3 different rifles. Average across 3 rifles was around 3040 fps. All barrels were 22" long.

I couldn't get 150 grain partitions to shoot well with any powder. I'm going to use 58 grains of 7828 ssc with the only 150 graner my rifle likes. The 150 speer hot cor. I can get decent accuracy with a 130 grain partition, but deer season is saturday, so i will use the speer.