Not my choice but assisting a young hunter reload for reg 10 twist 700. Average shot distance this area is 350 yds. Plan on using Hammers. Please offer your thoughts on best starting powder. I have on hand almost all currently popular powders. Thanks!
270 WIN BEST POWDER ELK
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Reloader 23 works very well for me in both a Remington 700, and a beautiful model 70 Supergrade, both in 270 Win. Its a temperature stable powder that has proven to provide very good velocity and accuracy in my rifles. I used to use Reloader 22 until I did some temperature testing and discovered that it suffered from some rather extreme velocity spreads at different temperatures. I repeated these tests using 23, and found that it virtually eliminated the problem. I also use this powder in my 6.5 x 55, and 300 Weatherby rifles with very good results.
Huntz
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Ramshot Magnum.
Funny how some people still bring up the unicorn powder, RL 26, when I haven't seen it for sale in over a year and a half. Some might have hoarded it and maybe some are finding it, just not the case for me. Unless I could grab a couple of kegs at any time, I give up.
I have had better luck with rl 23
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I used H4831/130's since I started shooting the 270 in 86. I tried Rl 26 a few years ago. Now I'm running it exclusively in the 270. The 130's(sst, nos btip, SGK, and speer) can all be pushed to 3250 before I hit pressure I'm shooting the sst and Nosler at 3140 with 61.2 in FC brass. I'm also shooting the 140 game-changer at the same speed 3140. I ran up to 3190 but it shot well at the 3140 mark so I didn't go any further. My ES for 5 shots is 3fps. and it is accurate. This is a factory Weatherby vangard 24". I have done a ladder with 145eldx's and they too will run up close to 3200fps also but I have not pursued it due to having a ton of 130's to shoot up first.
I'm loading a friend's with 150 interbonds and I hope to run the ladder test this weekend
For the hammers I'd think Rl16 would be a better route to try. I don't think you will get to pressure with the slower powders. Steve @Hammer would be a best source for powder choice.
I'm loading a friend's with 150 interbonds and I hope to run the ladder test this weekend
For the hammers I'd think Rl16 would be a better route to try. I don't think you will get to pressure with the slower powders. Steve @Hammer would be a best source for powder choice.
