Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 270 WSM, Reload or not?

Just purchased a Tikka T3 Lite. Just got it scoped yesterday. Bought some factory ammo to start shooting as Im not equipped to reload for this round presently. Mag legth shows that factory OAL is the absolute max...and boy is it close with the Federal 130 TSX Fusion. Advertised velocity is max same as reloads. Even if its not quite up to the 3300fps advertised velocity, if it gets 3200fps, thats plenty. In your opinion, how much actual advantage would/could there be to reloading for this gun? Im sort of leaning towards thinking that if I can find a factory load that shoots well, it'd be nice to have a gun that, should I not have time to load rounds, I can go to the store and buy ammo and be ready to hunt on a moments notice.

I can honestly say that I have never killed a deer with factory loaded ammo...It would never cross my mind to ever buy the
factory stuff....Reloading is just part of the deal...
Bart

Like Bart said.

Did Federal's son marry Barnes daughter? Some confusuion about your TSX Fusion?

like Bart said, again.

The last factory round fired through one of my guns was in 1982. And that was only because I was 200 miles out of town on a job for three weeks and found a great deal on a Ruger 77 with 4-12x42 in 25-06. I just couldn't wait to get home to shoot the rifle, especially with all of the rock chucks down at the job site.

I have had good luck with factory PowerPoints in both .270 WSM and .300 WSM. In both cases, accuracy was very good and the rounds delivered advertised velocity. In the case of the .300, it was in a 23" Barrel vs. 24" as tested in the catalogue. Both rounds performed well on feral pigs on the few I shot with them. That being said, I prefer to load my own, but use factory every now and then to see what's new.

-Lou

Winchester, Federal and Remington make premium Ammo for the 270's that shoot extremely well. Those that have not tried them have a lesson in factory ammo accuracy coming. Furthermore, a lot of reloaders regularly shoot ammo that is less accurate than the factory stuff. I never use Barnes anymore, Noslers are as reliable as they come.

They say factory ammo is better than ever. Like Bart I have never even shot a big game animal with a factory load! I have shot at and missed a deer with slugs and dispatched some deer with the .22 but I have a thing about handloads.

Just use what makes sense. I bet those factory loads are as hot as can be.

Whats stopping you from loading the 270 WSM anyway? Most shops have them or order a set from Grafs and you will have it Friday.

Hello 280Rem, I handload for my 270 WSM and I can give this warning do not use MagPro on hot days! The MagPro was great when the temp was about 70 outside no bad pressure at all with 72.5gr of magpro and 140gr TSX. Then a good hot day about 95+ outside and this is what I got..
Randy..

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280Rem
I have only seen a couple of 270 WSM both loads were the 150 grain Win Super X PP.The rifle's were a Win and a Tikka both shooting that ammo where very accurate.To me the PP is the most underated bullet in the hunting stable.
Like the one fellow said I can't load this good for the price of the ammo.
The guy took a really nice moose last season with the 150 grain Power Points

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What make is your 270? From the looks of the case head the bolt face don't look square, and how many times have the split neck cases been reloaded?

Those necks look like some of my R-P cases after 2 loadings in my STW.

I too got an overload using Magpro on a hot day. There was some dispute about this and it only happened on two shots. Of course I stopped shooting Magpro and would never use it again. My load was 74 grs behind a 140 Ballistic Tip from a tested Kimber 8400 270 WSM. The second case stuck in the chamber and I could not push it out with the little portable cleaning rod I bring to the range.

The year before I had worked up to 74.5 grs but with the new gun in cool weather and hunted with it and it worked well. Velocities were high and well they should be with all that powder.

I can't recall the velocity from the overload in 80+ F. weather but it was very high. Perhaps as high as 3400 +- fps!

By the way I would not use anymore of those primers. I guess they are Remmys? I am stuck with lots of Remmy primers. They split, leak and ruin a bolt face even with regular loads.

The rifle is a M-70 feather weight and rem 9.5 mag primers.

Yes, actually...Federal Vital Shok...my mistake. Not up on my factory loads...havent shot any myself in 20+ years.

That particular lesson may never be learned as I have no intention of shooting/hunting with factory loads. It's too much fun rollin' my own.

As other's here, I've taken all my big game animals in the past 30+ years with my own loads....there's alot of satisfaction in doing so.

Having said that, I am well aware that factory offerings nowadays are much "better" than years ago. If, for some reason I wasn't able to load my own anymore and someone stole my many hundreds of big game reloaded ammo, I would not hesitate to carry some factory offerings. You do what you gotta do, willingly or not.

Just my desire to take em' with loads I made up. Kind of complete's the entire hunt for me......IMHO.

.280Rem - well don't start now!!!...Good luck on whatever you choose to do.

I've got a 270wsm in a tikka lite, that shoots realy good with my handloads.
I never fired any factory ammo through it. The rifle shoots great with my handloads and I dont know or care what it will do with factory ammo, it'll never see any.
The bigest reasons for me to handload is I like handloading and buying components alittle at a time, it dosnt seem so expensive to shoot alot.
I guess if I didnt like handloading then I'd shoot less and shoot only factory ammo.

Jamie

I use magpro in both the 270 wsm and my 264. I have used it from 20 deg to 107deg with NO pressuer problems !!!!!!!!!!

Im shooting the same 140 tsx and 74 gr of magpro in my 270 wsm fwt. I shot my antelope last year in 95 deg weather and had no issues.

I wounder if you may have got a bad lot of powder?