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90 grn hollow points are wicked. A 130 ballistic tip with 4350 or 4831 pushed to 2900 is a sure deer killer and accurate enough in all 3 of my 270s.
 
The 90 gr is what I was considering lite. I thought they made them but I didnt know if anyone shot them. I never messed with .270 before.
 
Any quality 130 gr. bullet with a worked up max load of H4831. If a .270 won't shoot that load something's wrong with it.
 
I've shot the 270 for 40 years. I have only used 130 grain bullets, Sierra Gamekings, and only one load....60 grains of H4831. That was Jack O'Connor's favorite load, and it's worked extremely well on whitetail deer for me.
 
I use 58 grains of IMR 4831 with a Speer 130 grain. It shoots great and has killed a lot of deer and elk. Start low and work up though as this is at max.
 
My 700 shoots 115gr Nosler Custom Comp into very small groups with 47gr of Imr 4064. It also shot Norma 110 gr soft point very well until I ran out of them.
 
I have been shooting 130 gr SST over 58.5 grns of H4831SC for a while now, very accurate and have performed exceptionally well on white tails and muleys. As for lighter bullets the 110 gr Vmax over 48 grns of H4895 is the most accurate combo I've shot out of my 270, tears one [beeep] of hole in a coyote too! That is a hot load with the H4895 so work up to it!
 
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Thanks for the load info. I have all the books but I still like to hear what other shooters have had luck with so thanks again. To start with I loaded up to 55 gr IMR 4350 with 130 hornadys,because thats what I had on hands,and it looks good.
 
Originally Posted By: tnshootistThanks for the load info. I have all the books but I still like to hear what other shooters have had luck with so thanks again. To start with I loaded up to 55 gr IMR 4350 with 130 hornadys,because thats what I had on hands,and it looks good.

I shot 54 grains of IMR 4350 behind Remington Core-Lokts for a while, and the load performed well. Ultimately I went with 60 grains of AA 3100 (now discontinued). Out of my 22" BDL I got a clocked 3150; pretty quick for a short barreled rifle. But the chamber is long and I had several more grains of powder room than the book load, if that makes sense. I loaded Speer Grand Slams and had almost a quarter inch of projectile sticking out behind the cannelure. And fwiw, 59 grains of IMR 4831 performed remarkably like 60 grains of the AA powder. I just thought the Accurate powder was cleaner and burned a bit cooler... and I never saw a need for a magnum primer in any of my .270 loads.

Years ago I shot the Hornady 100s a bit, too. Seems to me I used 62 grains of IMR 4831, but I would check the load books to be certain. That was a long time ago, and memory fades...
 
I have shot bucket fulls of 90g Sierra HP in the Rem 700 270's, they are wicked accurate with IMR 3031gr. The load that Brother and I use is 47.5g of IMR 3031 with a Rem 9 1/2 primer and velocity is between 3500-3600 fps, wicked accurate to say the least.

For a do it all load with the 110g Barnes Tipped triple shock or the 110g Sierra Pro hunter Spt, two different loads are fantastic:

58g of Win 760 with a Rem primer at 3350 fps shooting sub 1/2" groups

57g-58g of R#17 with a fed 215 = 3350 fps

I seat both of these bullets at .050 off the lands.

I can tell you that a 110g Barnes tipped triple shock will not be found in a deer, and half a dozen deer that I have killed have dropped in their tracks when shot through the shoulder. The 110g Sierra is a good deer bullet also, but of course not as tough as the triple shock.

If I had to pic a bullet weight for the 270 to do it all, it would the 110g weight as it is more accurate than the 130 or 150g weights, and I am talking tiny, tiny groups out of Rem 700's that are bedded and freefloated.

I was turned on to the 110g Sierra spt by a Utah family that helped me trail a big buck shot up in the mountains. Their entire large family and cousins had gone to the 110g Sierra due to the fact that more of the deer just drop in their tracks with this bullet due to speed. 3300-3400 with the 110's is normal out of 22"-24" barrels, and H4350 is right at 3400 in my buddy's 24" 700 shooting the 110g tipped triple shock.

I can only imagine what a 110g V max would do to a coyote.
 
When working up a load be sure to use the same lot of brass if you can. For example I used the same load 54.5 grains IMR 4350, cci 200, 130 Hornady Interlock in 3 types of brass. I used my Oehler model 33 for load info. The results were;
Winchester brass vel. 2928, es47, sd17
FC brass vel. 2955, es63, sd21
RP brass vel. 2980, es38, sd15
The same load, same day using Nosler BT and FC brass vel. 2945
The Hornady bullets all grouped near 1.5 inches and the Nosler grouped at 1.25 inches.
So brass does make a difference due to the internal capacity from lot to lot and brand to brand.
The rifle was a pre war model 70 with 24 inch barrel.
Good luck,
Dan
 
I cant recall the charge but the 90grn sierra hp is what we used too. Kills deer like lightening and mild recoil. We just loades the accuracy load out of the sierra manual and let it ride.
 
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