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<blockquote data-quote="RandySch" data-source="post: 1556995" data-attributes="member: 66730"><p>Colin78: </p><p></p><p> The .308 as previously mentioned is tried and true with shorter barrels. The .284 would also be a good choice. Another option to consider is the .270 Winchester. I have an older Savage 111 with a 20" barrel, .270 Winchester. I have kept this rifle for 40 years in part because the parameters you are looking at are the ones I use this gun for. Before I started hand loading I used 130gr Remington Bronze Points almost exclusively. At that time most of my shots were 300 yards or less. The 1 MOA this round gave me worked extremely well. Moving West and hunting in areas where my potential range move out to 500 yards or more coincided with me starting to reload. I developed two loads for this rifle that work real well. The most accurate is 140gr Barnes TSX sitting in front of 56.4gr of RL16, WLR primers. It has an average MV of 3075 FPS. It cuts clover leafs at 100 yards. The second load is 140gr Hornady Interlock sitting in front of 61.7gr of H4831SC, WLR primers. This has an average MV of 3100 FPS and typically groups under .75 MOA. Both use Remington Brass. Neither of these are high BC bullets but for under 600 yards they work well. One of the advantages of the .270 over the .284 or .308 is the larger case, more powder capacity. Reloading with bullets in the 130 to 150gr range you can approach the performance of the 7MM Mag without the bang. Also the recoil is manageable and a muzzle break is not necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RandySch, post: 1556995, member: 66730"] Colin78: The .308 as previously mentioned is tried and true with shorter barrels. The .284 would also be a good choice. Another option to consider is the .270 Winchester. I have an older Savage 111 with a 20” barrel, .270 Winchester. I have kept this rifle for 40 years in part because the parameters you are looking at are the ones I use this gun for. Before I started hand loading I used 130gr Remington Bronze Points almost exclusively. At that time most of my shots were 300 yards or less. The 1 MOA this round gave me worked extremely well. Moving West and hunting in areas where my potential range move out to 500 yards or more coincided with me starting to reload. I developed two loads for this rifle that work real well. The most accurate is 140gr Barnes TSX sitting in front of 56.4gr of RL16, WLR primers. It has an average MV of 3075 FPS. It cuts clover leafs at 100 yards. The second load is 140gr Hornady Interlock sitting in front of 61.7gr of H4831SC, WLR primers. This has an average MV of 3100 FPS and typically groups under .75 MOA. Both use Remington Brass. Neither of these are high BC bullets but for under 600 yards they work well. One of the advantages of the .270 over the .284 or .308 is the larger case, more powder capacity. Reloading with bullets in the 130 to 150gr range you can approach the performance of the 7MM Mag without the bang. Also the recoil is manageable and a muzzle break is not necessary. [/QUOTE]
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