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Help me choose a .277 bullet... (.270 Win)
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<blockquote data-quote="440coronet" data-source="post: 1953925" data-attributes="member: 98596"><p>My 2 cents... I got a Rem 700 in .270 from my father in 1978. (He was a Jack O'Conner fan)</p><p>I started with factory loads and a shot some deer with 130gr Cor-Lokts and then read "too much" and became very enamored with "out west" hunting so got some Remington Bronze tips. I then started to handload in my early 20's and began testing different bullets (all with H4831 as that was the standard) My rifle loved 58gr of H4831 cci200 and Hornady 140gr BTSP. I shot a lot whitetails with that load and then the Nosler Ballistic tip "phenomena" grabbed me "gotta love marketing!" and my Rem loved the 140gr BT's. These were the early ones and boy they sure dropped the deer but boy did they make a mess... I finally shot the barrel out of that old .270 and resorted to my .25-06 for a few years. My father passed and it bothered me that I wasn't using that .270 in his memory and honor. I wanted it to look like the rifle he gave me so I finally found a 22" blued "take off" from a local gun-smith whom had removed it many many years ago. I had it installed by CHS precision (whom are great gun smiths) and it looked just like factory. I went to site it in with my old favorite loads of 4831 and 140 gr BT's Couldn't get it to group under 3 inches so tried the 140 Hornady BTSPs same deal tried 140 gr Sierra's (always an accurate bullet I go to when I want to see how really accurate a rifle can be or when I can't get something to shoot anything else A little tighter but not acceptable to me. Different powder charges, primers, brass, OAL adjustments just wasn't happening I then tried some 130gr Accubonds and that was it .5-.75" 100 yard groups So I learned a lesson myself (but that has been written many times over) is that the rifle/barrel will tell you what it wants! And my old .270 with it's 130 Accubonds will be going with me in Oct to Wyoming for my first Antelope hunt and my dad will be along also....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="440coronet, post: 1953925, member: 98596"] My 2 cents... I got a Rem 700 in .270 from my father in 1978. (He was a Jack O'Conner fan) I started with factory loads and a shot some deer with 130gr Cor-Lokts and then read "too much" and became very enamored with "out west" hunting so got some Remington Bronze tips. I then started to handload in my early 20's and began testing different bullets (all with H4831 as that was the standard) My rifle loved 58gr of H4831 cci200 and Hornady 140gr BTSP. I shot a lot whitetails with that load and then the Nosler Ballistic tip "phenomena" grabbed me "gotta love marketing!" and my Rem loved the 140gr BT's. These were the early ones and boy they sure dropped the deer but boy did they make a mess... I finally shot the barrel out of that old .270 and resorted to my .25-06 for a few years. My father passed and it bothered me that I wasn't using that .270 in his memory and honor. I wanted it to look like the rifle he gave me so I finally found a 22" blued "take off" from a local gun-smith whom had removed it many many years ago. I had it installed by CHS precision (whom are great gun smiths) and it looked just like factory. I went to site it in with my old favorite loads of 4831 and 140 gr BT's Couldn't get it to group under 3 inches so tried the 140 Hornady BTSPs same deal tried 140 gr Sierra's (always an accurate bullet I go to when I want to see how really accurate a rifle can be or when I can't get something to shoot anything else A little tighter but not acceptable to me. Different powder charges, primers, brass, OAL adjustments just wasn't happening I then tried some 130gr Accubonds and that was it .5-.75" 100 yard groups So I learned a lesson myself (but that has been written many times over) is that the rifle/barrel will tell you what it wants! And my old .270 with it's 130 Accubonds will be going with me in Oct to Wyoming for my first Antelope hunt and my dad will be along also.... [/QUOTE]
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