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270 WSM - 170 gr EOL Berger load development
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<blockquote data-quote="Raudy707" data-source="post: 1531869" data-attributes="member: 105681"><p>I rebarreled my Tikka T3 lite with a 1:8 twist barrel and starting handloading the 170 grain Bergers. Finicky as heck but after 60 or so shots of barrel break in and a few different powders I found a sweet spot with 67.6 grains of Retumbo, CCI 250 magnum primers, 2980 fps out of my match grade barrel. Basically jammed they are 0.010 off the lands and if you go 0.050 they scatter all over the place so you have to constantly caliper and double check each and every round. I bought the super slick Forster Bench Rest Ultra Micrometer seater die and that helps out a ton! But every bullet is a hair different so I still hand check each and every one. Got up to 3050 fps with Reloader 26 but accuracy wasn't as good (1.5 MOA) so I went with the slower Retumbo. 0.4 moa at 100, 0.5 moa at 300, 0.5 at 900 yards and that is as far as I've shot it on paper so far. I did shoot an orange (yeah the fruit) at 500 yds last week first shot so I can't complain. Rifle is deadly accurate. I haven't removed the bolt stop and used a longer magazine so I have to hand feed them single shot but man they can shoot!! Killed a blacktail buck and an elk this year with the Berger's and while it was pretty messy on the poor little blacktail, it worked really well on the elk. Passed right through as a matter of fact after blowing the heart in half and hitting 2 ribs. Not too much bloodshot meat and lawnchaired the elk on the spot at 330 yards. I'll save them for specific needs but am going to try and shoot 130's & 140's in copper until I find a combination that matches the same point of impact or really close so I can shoot the copper bullets for 0 to 400 yards and the Berger for 400 yards and out. I don't shoot big game animals past 500 yards but I do practice on paper and steel out to 1300 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raudy707, post: 1531869, member: 105681"] I rebarreled my Tikka T3 lite with a 1:8 twist barrel and starting handloading the 170 grain Bergers. Finicky as heck but after 60 or so shots of barrel break in and a few different powders I found a sweet spot with 67.6 grains of Retumbo, CCI 250 magnum primers, 2980 fps out of my match grade barrel. Basically jammed they are 0.010 off the lands and if you go 0.050 they scatter all over the place so you have to constantly caliper and double check each and every round. I bought the super slick Forster Bench Rest Ultra Micrometer seater die and that helps out a ton! But every bullet is a hair different so I still hand check each and every one. Got up to 3050 fps with Reloader 26 but accuracy wasn't as good (1.5 MOA) so I went with the slower Retumbo. 0.4 moa at 100, 0.5 moa at 300, 0.5 at 900 yards and that is as far as I've shot it on paper so far. I did shoot an orange (yeah the fruit) at 500 yds last week first shot so I can't complain. Rifle is deadly accurate. I haven't removed the bolt stop and used a longer magazine so I have to hand feed them single shot but man they can shoot!! Killed a blacktail buck and an elk this year with the Berger's and while it was pretty messy on the poor little blacktail, it worked really well on the elk. Passed right through as a matter of fact after blowing the heart in half and hitting 2 ribs. Not too much bloodshot meat and lawnchaired the elk on the spot at 330 yards. I'll save them for specific needs but am going to try and shoot 130's & 140's in copper until I find a combination that matches the same point of impact or really close so I can shoot the copper bullets for 0 to 400 yards and the Berger for 400 yards and out. I don't shoot big game animals past 500 yards but I do practice on paper and steel out to 1300 yards. [/QUOTE]
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