90 grn. 270?

[earlcurtis67]

thought id get yalls opion on using a smaller grain bullit in my 270, how would a 90grn. shoot, or should i give it up and by a different rifle, ie 223, 22-250, 6mm??. ive done a little research and have only been able to find the 90 grain (hornandy), maybe somone knows of another size bullit, thanks guys E

 

[Forrest Ebert]

The 6.8 SPC is .277 c aliber and you can buy from 85 grain bullets up to 120 Hornady SST . There are quite a few light .270 bullets made by Sierra, Barnes & Nosler and by some other custom bullet makers as well. The 95 grn. TTSX by Barnes,110 SPH & 120 SST are all very good performers on game as well as being accurate!

 

[earlcurtis67]

thanks! i didnt realize there where that many options,

 

[13red56]

I shoot the Speer 100 grain hollow points over 60 grains of IMR 4350. I have shot this in 2-3 different rifles. All of those have been at most 3/4 of an inch at 100 yards. Of course that doesn't mean that it will shoot in your particular rifle but I've had fairly good results out of the ones I've loaded for.

 

[earlcurtis67]

that sounds like a good place to start, would you recomend using a solid (jacketed?) buttet for the occasional hog. i plan on using this load for coyotes mainly? thanks E

 

[13red56]

If you are talking about the load I mentioned that is a max load in my gun the casing is nearly level full. I have chronoed it out of a 22" barrel at 3450. I would advise starting at 57-57.5. I wouldn't shoot a hog with them but it will cut a coyote in half. It will probably work on a hog just need good shot placement.