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So Will the .270 Win Overtake the CM's and PRC's?
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<blockquote data-quote="The Old Hunter" data-source="post: 1953628" data-attributes="member: 110660"><p>I guess I fit in The Older Hunter category! My long time respected rifle Hunter was Mr. 270, Jack O'conner and bow hunter was Fred Bear! Our whole family were brought up shooting 270's, Dad, Mom, my brother and myself. Before my brother passed away 2yrs ago, gave me our Dad's old Remington 700 ADL 270 that Dad modified and installed a BDL trigger guard/floor plate. I have upgraded it with a 6 x 25 x 50 Athlon illuminated scope. </p><p></p><p>To get to the point, YES this is a HUNTING rifle for sure, for 50 plus years! I think my Dad and Jack O'conner instilled a love for the famous 270 rifle. Per Jack O'conner, years ago documented, sight in 3" high @ 100 yards and just hold on out to 300 yards with no hold over. </p><p></p><p>As far as long range shooting, personally, the 6.5CM is only slightly flatter shooting but not worth all the cost and increase in reloading equipment and supplies. With that being said I wanted to see if I could come close to the Creedmoor ballistics and recoil so I strayed from our life long family load of 130 gr Rem Core-Lokt, 58gr H-4831 and CCI primer, chrono'd @ 3021FPS.</p><p></p><p>I first tried 130 grain ballistic tips with reduced H-4831. At 49.75 grs it blew me away at 100 yrs had 3 rds grp < than .2" with 2 res in same hole. Chrony showed ave of 2593 FPS. </p><p></p><p>My second test was using H-1000 and CCI Mag primer. I settled on 53grs behind a 130gr Berger VLD, which gave me a grp of .24" @ 100yds and chrono'd @ 2567 FPS. </p><p></p><p>Recoil was very mild, more like a 243 cal. Truly a fun and exciting venture to find a more accurate load for my Dad's OLD Rem 700 .270 and one to get close to 6.5CM velocity and recoil. I hope you enjoyed the trip and how I rekindled the past of shooting a GREAT caliber! </p><p>Thank you,</p><p>TOH, (The Old Hunter) <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Old Hunter, post: 1953628, member: 110660"] I guess I fit in The Older Hunter category! My long time respected rifle Hunter was Mr. 270, Jack O'conner and bow hunter was Fred Bear! Our whole family were brought up shooting 270's, Dad, Mom, my brother and myself. Before my brother passed away 2yrs ago, gave me our Dad's old Remington 700 ADL 270 that Dad modified and installed a BDL trigger guard/floor plate. I have upgraded it with a 6 x 25 x 50 Athlon illuminated scope. To get to the point, YES this is a HUNTING rifle for sure, for 50 plus years! I think my Dad and Jack O'conner instilled a love for the famous 270 rifle. Per Jack O'conner, years ago documented, sight in 3" high @ 100 yards and just hold on out to 300 yards with no hold over. As far as long range shooting, personally, the 6.5CM is only slightly flatter shooting but not worth all the cost and increase in reloading equipment and supplies. With that being said I wanted to see if I could come close to the Creedmoor ballistics and recoil so I strayed from our life long family load of 130 gr Rem Core-Lokt, 58gr H-4831 and CCI primer, chrono'd @ 3021FPS. I first tried 130 grain ballistic tips with reduced H-4831. At 49.75 grs it blew me away at 100 yrs had 3 rds grp < than .2" with 2 res in same hole. Chrony showed ave of 2593 FPS. My second test was using H-1000 and CCI Mag primer. I settled on 53grs behind a 130gr Berger VLD, which gave me a grp of .24" @ 100yds and chrono'd @ 2567 FPS. Recoil was very mild, more like a 243 cal. Truly a fun and exciting venture to find a more accurate load for my Dad's OLD Rem 700 .270 and one to get close to 6.5CM velocity and recoil. I hope you enjoyed the trip and how I rekindled the past of shooting a GREAT caliber! Thank you, TOH, (The Old Hunter) 👍 [/QUOTE]
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