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If your want some spice in your life, try the 160gn Partition and go chase an elk.

SAS,
I am with you. I started using a 270 back in 1980. It was all I had through the 90's, went looney the first 1/10 of this century and am slowly losing my looneyism.

I have played with 85gr TSX's up through 180gr Woodleigh's, varmints through elk. I have loaded it reduced to full throttle and everything in between.

I am also going to work up some loads with the 150gr LRAB this coming year also. But I am waiting for a rifle to come back from getting a new barrel. 30-06 to 30-06 improved.

55.5 grains of H4831sc and 150 Hornady Interlock out of 23.6" barrel. .010 off of lands.

Brad, the new Scheels in Billings just happens to have a Montana in .270. Just thought you should know.

IMR 7828ssc has given me the best combination of accuracy and velocity.

Thanks... I think.

Brad, in the mid-eighties, I used this load (except 59 grains) and when I finally obtained a Chrony somewhere in there I was at 2980 fps. This was from a 22" barrel, stock Rem BDL and probably some over-exuberance.

Edited to add: I also used the 160-grain Part and reached 2850 out of the same rifle. That is an oft over-looked bullet in the 270. It flys pretty flat in spite of that semi-spritzer profile.

George, going back through my 270 notes (I've had 4 of them and am likely getting ready to build another) I found I generally went with 58.0 H4831sc with 150's for an average speed around 2,850 from a 22" barrel. My last Kimber Montana preferred Dober's H4350 load with 150's.

Here are two elk ("where they fell") that dropped to that rifle. A big cow with a 150 Ballistic Tip, and a 10 year old bull to a 150 Partition:

Building a 270 does not sound like a bad idea at all!

I have a 1996 M70 Classic Stainless action... feeling the need for a 1-10" 270 fWT barrel for it, probably DOuglas. A McMillan Hunters Edge, Talley X-Low Lwt's (have those), 6x36LR Leupold, (have it) PT&G Aluminum Bottom Metal (have it)... should work!

Likely 7.5lbs all-up.

Brad, that sounds like a very good hunting rifle.


I call dibs....grin



That or a MT in 270.


Thinking 6x with dots as well.

140 Accubonds with H4831sc don't suck!

Don't you guys know the .270 was cancelled by Winchester on January 1, 2000 because it's so antiquated? You just think various companies are still making rifles, ammo and components, because there's such a backlog of unsold .270 stuff there's still plenty for sale.

JB, you will love this.

I couldn't find any 140 AB's on the internet.

Walked into our one little store here in town this week(great store BTW, Hi-Line Sports...) and they had 3-4 boxes of 270 cal bullets, 1 was the magic 140's!

Holy smoke! Is Hi-Line the store near Waterhole #3?

I've often found stuff in smaller town Montana sporting goods that was unobtainium on the magical Internet. I also know where there's some 6.5 140 AccuBonds for sale. I even left two boxes on the shelf, since I have plenty, and yesterday they were still there. Good price too.

When it gets bad... really bad, Montana may likely be the last place on earth that has 270 componants.

And, of course, 22-250 brass...

Yep. As a matter of fact one of those small local stores around here has 130-grain Hornady Interlock Spire Points, another "ordinary" bullet that has never failed me or Eileen on dozens of pronghorns and deer. I left some there, too, because I have enough for the foreseeable future.

The same store even had 200 Winchester .270 cases until a couple months ago, when some local guy bought 'em all.

Water Hole #2 is the place JB, across the street from the Western National Bank.

Obviously been a while, but yeah, I've been in Hi-Line a number of times. Good little store, as you said.

I know some dudes that frequent Waterhole and they always ask if I've heard of this guy named JB......grin

You know, I can't recall ever being in the Waterhole. Maybe I should try it some time, say a nice evening during the Stampede?