.270-8x68 with 180 grain Woodleigh bullet

[jjmp]

Do you shoot of a rest or sand bags ,the Aussies know how to build a bullet but so do we Americans ! Thks

 

[Lee Goodwin]

Reloder22 made in Sweden. Maybe that's why they spell it reloder ? I remember this stuff being brutal in 300 Winchester. I went to alliance data on their website and they had one load dose published and it must have been full throttle pedal to the metal. I got scared of it and hid it from myself.

 

[Lee Goodwin]

Do you shoot of a rest or sand bags ,the Aussies know how to build a bullet but so do we Americans ! Thks

Today was sandbag on jeep hood.

 

[jjmp]

Respectfully you need a more stable rest , them Aussie bullets cost money,and even though I've never shot them I know they Darn good ,your rifle is a Great model and caliber, your groups will tighten up with better support ,Again Very well done !!! Wish I could shoot with you !!! Thks

 

[jjmp]

Love the Rl/22 powders have for yrs, the Sweds excell at what ever they put their minds to !!! Just saying Cheers !!!

 

[Lee Goodwin]

Will do. Better rest. I have a shooting table i just couldn't take it with me today. I just had to burn some powder...

 

[jjmp]

10/4 Brother ! Good on you !!!

 

[Calvin45]

Of course we want updates, or at least I do! Love this experimental stuff. I'm amazed to see Barnes load data showed the old school original 180 going over 2700 with rl 22. But I believe it. My experience with rl 22 and these 180 woodleigh was that, as has been stated, rl 25 was better, rl 22 didn't beat 7828 for me. But, though they weigh the same, they are not at all. The 180 woodleigh is much longer and has a much much thicker jacket. This I suspect is why it prefers slower powder than the Barnes original, it weighs the same but will spike way harder, offers a lot more resistance to engraving. It has been said you need a better shooting rest. I partly disagree, but only this regard: if you're shooting better groups with other loads from the same shooting rest, it still tells you something meaningful about comparative accuracy. All groups could be tighter from a bench rest no doubt, but if you're consistently shooting 2 inch groups off the hood of a truck with one load and struggling to get 4 with another, you can say for sure the first is more accurate and the other needs work.

 

[jjmp]

Out of 7 powders Barnes tested imr7828 & RL/22 were the best ,pretty sure Barnes 180s were .32 thousands thick , yeah the Woodlieghs 180 are longer ,don't have any going by pixs,got some old Speers 170 rn ,have to measure them.

 

[Lee Goodwin]

I will be at least a week before I get to shoot again...I will post results here when I do.

 

[Lee Goodwin]

Shot at 105 yards today. I had loaded 180 grain woodleighs using IMR7828ssc. Max load 52.8 grains and Hodgdon data says that is 2529 fps. all to use for hunting with my 270 win, Remington 700, 20 years old, 22 inch barrel. I used a table and sandbag. The wind was gusting 5 to 10 mph left to right. I let the barrel cool between shots while I ate a handful of peanuts...go wind doping I think.? I think I am done working up this 180 grain bullet load. I am gonna hunt with it in the fall, if I get a tag(s).

 

[jjmp]

Great job again Lee!,Congrats & I hope you get your tags !, thks n Cheers .

 

[The Hock]

I started this thread a while back. The 270-8x68 went by the wayside. Turns out Nosler must be reading all these high capacity case 270 threads because they've now released the 27 Nosler. The Nosler case capacity is real close to what I was expecting in the 270-8x68 once it was improved. I picked up new dies and 100 rounds of Nosler brass on this forum. All that's left is a faster twist barrel. I'll post up something when it's done.

Now there's gonna be 4 sources of heavy for caliber 270 bullets. Matrix, Berger and (soon to be released) Nosler for long range then Woodleigh for the thumper. I'm liking what the future looks like in 270.

 

[jjmp]

Hi Lee Goodwin, could you Please up date us on your hunt with your 270 bullets , thks and Cheers