10-4.
I'll be reading a bunch more about it, trying to learn. That's part of the fun for me.
Right now I'm working on consistency in my ammo and practicing my shooting technique. It's been too long since I burned much powder and I'm rusty.
Pleasant surprises with my old .270 winnie
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I'll be reading a bunch more about it, trying to learn. That's part of the fun for me.
Right now I'm working on consistency in my ammo and practicing my shooting technique. It's been too long since I burned much powder and I'm rusty.
DylanWalsh
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Funny how things come full circle. That old 270 has great ballistics!
I checked and got a 1.7 which is "marginal" at my altitude of 2370'
Said it should shoot well but BC numbers might not match or some such.
Not sure what that means but I'll pick up a box of heavy bergers if I see them to play around with.
Key holed because the twist rate doesn't support heavier bullets.
1-10 twist is the usual twist for a .270.
130-150 grain bullets are certainly in the Goldie Locks Zone.
I used 90, 100 110 grain Sierra bullets on smaller game like Coyotes and Antelope. The 100 & 110 were terrific on Antelope. They shot well enough but it was obvious that my Remington perfered the 140 gr Sierra SPBT to anything.
It was deadly on Elk and flew straight.
The moral of this story is that it all depends on the elevation they're shot at. That has to be included in any conversation about twist and bullet weights. I thought that was super clear here but maybe not.
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HI Mr. Magoo, I always wanted to say that!!!! I load for FOUR different 270 Wins. Three of them are mine. I am primarily a White Tail Deer Hunter. My favorite White Tail Deer Rifle is my Weatherby Ultralight , with a 24 inch Krieger Fluted stainless steel barrel. It really likes 59.5 grans H 4831SC with the 130 Grn. Nosler Ballistic tips. For me it's the perfect 300-yard Whitetail load. At 76 years old ,that's my personal limit for deer with this rifle, in this caliber with that bullet. 3020 to 3028 fps Muz. Velocity Lab Radar . My buddies Win Model 70 Featherweight, 22 inch Barrel, seem to get the best groups using IMR 4350. All Win Cases. All separated by weight, All Win LR Primers, all use 130 Ballistic Tips. Both are very good deer hunting loads. My load has given me several one-shot kills. Even had a couple of "Dead Right There" kills. Almost no tracking on most deer. Usual shots about 100 yards. However ,one deer was killed about 40 yards, Two deer killed about 70 yards, one deer killed at 260 yards. The bullet was completely blown apart in every one of these deer!!!! I'm too pleased with this load to ever change it. Best of Luck to you Buddy !!!
Well, this rifle and load dropped a couple of small bulls for 2nd season 1 shot each, DRT. We hunt for meat and like to kill younger animals, eslecially the bulls, as I think they taste better.
Brother and I used my rifle on 2 separate days since it was dialed in so well. Nothing very far- mine was 320 and his was 245. Wow those Bergers explode like it was hit with a shotgun at point blank, and put lead everywhere, but they sure do kill quickly with pure quartering to and quartering away lung shots. No bullets recovered, just lots of fragments and liquefied viddles inside.
We have a ranch with irrigated meadows and have elk grazing on it all summer, but more often than not they split by the time hunting season comes around because the cattle ususally get turned in around October 15th and that runs them off to the neigboring wilderness. Which sucks, cause we feed the elk but don't ever get to harvest any of them before they split.
This year was different and we tried to keep the cattle off the place till after hunting season and it worked. The elk usually come out to our place to graze at night then go back to the neighbor's before daylight because our place doesn't have much cover and the neighbor's is full of timber and willows where they bed down.
So we camped out near the fenceline stupid early and froze our tails off waiting for enough light to see anything. (It gets stupid cold here..gonna be 14 tonight). Sure enough, just as we could finally see, we found the herd working it's way back across the fence. Shooting off the top of the tractor to get above the cross fences, I nailed the first one. I was prepared to shoot to about 600 if aboslutely necessary as that's how far I had practiced, but they were crossing closer than expected, so it wasn't too terribly difficult of a shot with a good rest. Those high bc bullets slung at 2900 at the muzzle are still bringing plenty of heat at 600 and are still minute of elk.
Next day I wasn't expecting them to come back and do the same thing but we camped out anyway and they did come back, and bro nailed one for himself but from behind little knoll- he had to sneak/ stalk up closer because they weren't in a good spot to get a shot from the tractor.
It's nice to get good clean fast kills without any running as they taste better and I hate to see animals suffer. That said, I'm not sure what these bullets would do hitting heavier bone before getting to the vitals. Do they penetrate after a shoulder shot?
Brother and I used my rifle on 2 separate days since it was dialed in so well. Nothing very far- mine was 320 and his was 245. Wow those Bergers explode like it was hit with a shotgun at point blank, and put lead everywhere, but they sure do kill quickly with pure quartering to and quartering away lung shots. No bullets recovered, just lots of fragments and liquefied viddles inside.
We have a ranch with irrigated meadows and have elk grazing on it all summer, but more often than not they split by the time hunting season comes around because the cattle ususally get turned in around October 15th and that runs them off to the neigboring wilderness. Which sucks, cause we feed the elk but don't ever get to harvest any of them before they split.
This year was different and we tried to keep the cattle off the place till after hunting season and it worked. The elk usually come out to our place to graze at night then go back to the neighbor's before daylight because our place doesn't have much cover and the neighbor's is full of timber and willows where they bed down.
So we camped out near the fenceline stupid early and froze our tails off waiting for enough light to see anything. (It gets stupid cold here..gonna be 14 tonight). Sure enough, just as we could finally see, we found the herd working it's way back across the fence. Shooting off the top of the tractor to get above the cross fences, I nailed the first one. I was prepared to shoot to about 600 if aboslutely necessary as that's how far I had practiced, but they were crossing closer than expected, so it wasn't too terribly difficult of a shot with a good rest. Those high bc bullets slung at 2900 at the muzzle are still bringing plenty of heat at 600 and are still minute of elk.
Next day I wasn't expecting them to come back and do the same thing but we camped out anyway and they did come back, and bro nailed one for himself but from behind little knoll- he had to sneak/ stalk up closer because they weren't in a good spot to get a shot from the tractor.
It's nice to get good clean fast kills without any running as they taste better and I hate to see animals suffer. That said, I'm not sure what these bullets would do hitting heavier bone before getting to the vitals. Do they penetrate after a shoulder shot?
That's awesome!
I've killed a whole bunch of elk with my .270 with 130s. It's a great close range round for elk- kills really fast with lung shots.
With these high bc bullets, if your rifle will stabilize them, it really opens up it's range. No need for me to change to a more modern caliber now that I've found it likes the 170s.
Thanks for the luck Mr, we were successful!
