Standard 270 win

I have a Model 70 in .270 Win. When out of California, I use plain old 130 gr Corlokts. In California, I load a 140 gr Barnes TSX over 43 gr of 4350. I killed a hog at 350 yards with it... A solid load.
that seems like a pretty mild load, almost dangerous, should that powder charge be 53g?
Totally agree. Barnes shows 48.9 gr with H4350 and 49.4 gr with IMR 4350 as min load. Hopefully a typo otherwise potentially dangerous.

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in my Rem 700 bdl, Boyd's laminate, pillar bedded, bbl floated, Trigger Tec trigger, 6-24 Burris Signature, the 140g Nosler Ballistic tip seated to just barely kiss the lands, Win brass, CCI 250, 58g of H4831 shoots 3/8" with a Gentry Muzzle brake at 100 yards, 1 3/4" at 300 in the calm.

I have shot 130g Sierra and Ballistic tips for most of my life with 55-55.5g of IMR 4350 or 60-61g of H4831

A Ruger Mark II Stainless skeleton loves the 110g Barnes ttsx with a max load of R#17 or H4350 in the 3350 fps area, the 110g Sierra Pro hunter has done very well on deer over the years with the same load.

Barrels are very different, the above loads are for illustration of what works well in my rifles, consult a loading manual.

A good friend here is having exceptional accuracy with IMR 7828 in bullet weights from 130.140, and 150g, cup and core types.
 
I load for a number of buddies' .270 Win. Loads vary but generally 52 grs. IMR 4350, 53 grs of Win 760, CCI BR-2 primer, 140 gr Sierra Tipped game king, Hornady Interlock, Barnes TTSX or Nosler Accubond for bullets and whatever brass the guy has. I like the Lapua best. FYI, I am having a 6.8 Western being built to fill the 27 Cal gap in my gun safe line up:).
 
My old man and I started building my 270 Mauser action when I 9/ We finished the stock that winter and he handed it to me completed on my 10th birthday.

I shot a moose and my largest whitetail ever this year 45 years later. I loaded for it when I was young. Then shot Federal premiums with Nosler partitions, and Barnes bullets. Switched to Hornady Superformance and then Barnes LRX

Have recently returned to reloading and the animals I took this year were all with Barnes LRX bullets on top of 55 grains of 6.5 StaBall. The load has also worked great on steel to 600 yards
 

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Luv my 270's, got four, BUT MY favorite do all RIFLE as well as my fastest Is a post 64 model stainless, 24" factory tube, stuck in California a few more years, 130gr GMX IS MY FAVORITE HANDLOAD HERE, H4831SC, CCI200, WINCHESTER CASES, JUST 2 GRAINS UNDER MAX LOADS, BUT IS FAST, HIGH 3200'S, can't get of hold of RL26 but would like to try it someday, Then again at these velocities , might not have to, drops them fast and exits with blood and bone fragments to.
 
My old man and I started building my 270 Mauser action when I 9/ We finished the stock that winter and he handed it to me completed on my 10th birthday.

I shot a moose and my largest whitetail ever this year 45 years later. I loaded for it when I was young. Then shot Federal premiums with Nosler partitions, and Barnes bullets. Switched to Hornady Superformance and then Barnes LRX

Have recently returned to reloading and the animals I took this year were all with Barnes LRX bullets on top of 55 grains of 6.5 StaBall. The load has also worked great on steel to 600 yards
Nice stock on the Mauser. Nice whitetail too.
 
The rifle in this picture was one of the first hunting rifles I or probably anyone else in South Dakota at the time owned with a synthetic stock. It was a Remington Model 700 barreled action chambered in 270 Win. that I had a little gun shop in Sioux City, Ne. bed into a Brown Precision stock in 1983. My friends nick named this rifle "The Light Saber!" because everything I pointed it at bit the dust! I Traded it for a 700 FS in 7mm Rem. Mag. when I moved to Wyoming. Stupid move as the 7mm isn't quite as accurate and only slightly better on knock down power! My favorite load was the 140gr. Hornady Interlock pushed with 53.5 grs. of IMR 4350.
 

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Used 150gr flat nose Core-lokt for a great long time and blood trails were not a problem. I've had great luck with 130 grain Fusions as well. Once I started loading I went to 130 VLDs and now I have switched back to 150gr SSTs and Accubond LRs.

In a magazine fed, gas operated whitetail deer gun I would just go with a proven 270 combo of H4831 or IMR4831 under a soft 130grain bullet. I wouldn't spend money on high end bullets in that set up either but that just me - SST, interbond, or something similar. If you go with a 150gr bullet I have had great success with RL23 lately.
Those 270 win. 150 grain remington Core-lokt semi pointed soft points were my all time favorite 270 bullet, My uncle, cousin, and all their inlaws praised that round more than any other for hunting whitetails in Alabama, I had to stop using them on blacktails here in Kalifornia but saved a stash of them. They hold together and mushroom nice, easily one of the best cup and core designs for deer and hogs ever for with in 400yds.
 
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