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Load work for Ruger 270 Win, for Elk
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<blockquote data-quote="Roughwater" data-source="post: 653588" data-attributes="member: 33915"><p>Hey WinMag, appreciate you chiming in. You do have a good point. </p><p> </p><p>In short, right now I'm working up loads for the Matrix RBT (a bonded bullet) at 150 gn and the 165 gn Matrix hunting VLD bullet. </p><p> </p><p>our goal is to be able to take an Elk with one of these bullets out to 500 yards but we will attempt to get as close as possible of course. We would only shoot to 500 yards in a rare instance where we could get no closer. </p><p> </p><p>But Big Green's confidence in the 165 VLD's however has spilled over on me some so I'll see if I can make them work on paper first. My first attempt with the 165 VLD today with the 270 winny didn't go real well. 60gn of Magpro just netted me an average of 2580 FPS. Two rounds were within an 1' of each other but the 3rd round was a flyer at about 3" from the other 2 rounds. </p><p>After loading these first few rounds and testing I'm beginning to think maybe top end on these 165's would be 2700FPS at best with this rifle and that's pushing it beyond max published loads. I'm not giving up yet. </p><p> </p><p>I did get a decent group of 1" and OK velocity (2660 average) out of my 270 WSM with 66 gn of Magpro. If I can bump that up to about 2800+- FPS with good accuracy I think I'll go with the 165. </p><p> </p><p>We've been waiting on the completion of the Colorado draw to see what area we get. We had no preference points but based on previous years, odds appear to be in our favor of getting our first choice for the Elk 1st rifle season. But we did put in for 3 other GMU's should we not get our first choice. June 4th is when they say the results will be available on-line. Seems like it's been a long wait but only a couple weeks to go. </p><p> </p><p>Terry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roughwater, post: 653588, member: 33915"] Hey WinMag, appreciate you chiming in. You do have a good point. In short, right now I'm working up loads for the Matrix RBT (a bonded bullet) at 150 gn and the 165 gn Matrix hunting VLD bullet. our goal is to be able to take an Elk with one of these bullets out to 500 yards but we will attempt to get as close as possible of course. We would only shoot to 500 yards in a rare instance where we could get no closer. But Big Green's confidence in the 165 VLD's however has spilled over on me some so I'll see if I can make them work on paper first. My first attempt with the 165 VLD today with the 270 winny didn't go real well. 60gn of Magpro just netted me an average of 2580 FPS. Two rounds were within an 1' of each other but the 3rd round was a flyer at about 3" from the other 2 rounds. After loading these first few rounds and testing I'm beginning to think maybe top end on these 165's would be 2700FPS at best with this rifle and that's pushing it beyond max published loads. I'm not giving up yet. I did get a decent group of 1" and OK velocity (2660 average) out of my 270 WSM with 66 gn of Magpro. If I can bump that up to about 2800+- FPS with good accuracy I think I'll go with the 165. We've been waiting on the completion of the Colorado draw to see what area we get. We had no preference points but based on previous years, odds appear to be in our favor of getting our first choice for the Elk 1st rifle season. But we did put in for 3 other GMU's should we not get our first choice. June 4th is when they say the results will be available on-line. Seems like it's been a long wait but only a couple weeks to go. Terry [/QUOTE]
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