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Just wanted to see if anyone had a good accurate load for a 270 win shooting a 130 SST. My plan is to use IMR4350 since that seems to work good for alot of people and it's what I've got. Thanks for any and all help.
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It's quite likely it will shoot well with 55 grains. Work up of course, but 55 and a 130 is a classic.
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That is a commonly recommended load for all 130's. I gave it a shot and found a sweet spot a mere half a grain away. Betting if you load to three different depths one of them will be pretty spot on.
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I would stick to the plan and stick to behind the shoulders. That bullet is a bomb. It kills whitetails in their tracks but a rapid expander for sure.
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Have you tried the 130SST lately? MD says the newer SST perform pretty much like the standard Hornady Interlock. Not arguing, just asking. Thanks
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I haven't used the 130 .277" version, but the 95 grain out of a 243 has been a very good deer bullet at my camp for a number of years.
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southtexas, no I have not tried the new one, it was shortly after they came out that I tried them. At least 15 and probably closer to 20 years ago. They were too explosive for my taste then so I had moved on and remained a little leary.
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SST-140 & 150g is a real plus, 130g is a bomb, lung shots only....on the order of a 300 Win mag with a 150g
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I used the 130 SST to kill a west Texas muley several years ago. Performed just like a ballistic tip and left a blood trail a blind man could follow. Damnedest bloodiest mess I've ever seen, but the deer was dead.
My load was 55.0 grains of IMR 4350/CCI 200 and Winchester brass out of a Browning A-bolt Stainless Stalker.
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Slow the 130 SST down to below 2700 fps impact velocity and you will be fine.
I load mine with 53 gr H4350. Very accurate (sub 1/2 MOA) and around 2900 fps MV out of my 20” BAR.
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I’m shooting 140 SST at 3030 or 3050 FPS using Hunter. It’s been a great range ammo out to 600 yards as well as deer if I want to . But I use ttsx for hunting for reasons mentioned above.
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All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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I shot 5 deer with the 130gr SST in my 270win during the 2012 to 2014 seasons. I stoked them with 57gr of IMR4831 and a Fed210LR primer. I killed every deer dead, but honestly they didn't put holes as big as a 130gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. I didn't find the SST to be as destructive as I had heard they were. I have since sold the 270win so I haven't used them since then.
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I’ve killed whitetails with 139 gr. SST’s in my .280 Remington with no problem. The last one I killed was a doe that got tangled up in a fence. When the bully hit her she got untangled really quick. I almost did. It find her as there was no blood trail.
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SST's have treated me well as long as they hit game below 3000fps. Most I had come apart where close range and loaded on the top end. Further distances didn't have any issues beyond finding the core in the shoulder and jacket in the hide.
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Yeah part of my problem was I was using them in a 270 weatherby as well as the standard. 3500 fps was a bit much.
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I killed a buck in northern Kansas last year with my 270 Winchester using 130 grain Hornady SST at 511 yards measured with a Leica rangefinder. Buck ran about 8 yards and fell over dead. Found an empty copper jacket (no lead core) on the far side under the skin. Lungs looked shredded. I was very impressed with the bullet at that range, and it is now my go to bullet in my 270 Winchester M-70. Using RL-22 and Winchester cases. Need to check the load but muzzle velocity average is at 3073 fps.I will check my notes but I am pretty sure that is what I have plugged in my Ballistics AE app.
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