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Just loaded me up some .270's for my new gun. 130 gr. ballistic tips, 57 gr of IMR 4831 and standard rifle primers. I'll let you know how they shoot Saturday...
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Well I didn't tell ya'll what happened that saturday because it wasn't all that great. I tweaked them a little and went to the range today and boy howdy I got me a .270 load now. 230 bal. tip- 54.5 gr IMR 4831.....MMMMMMMMMmmmmm 3/4 " groups at 100 yrds
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Oh sorry , I meant 130 grain 
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I just came up with a similar load for my 270. Only difference is I used 57 grains H4831SC. The data in the mannual said they got the best accuracy at 55 grains but my gun tightened up considerably at 57 grains. I'm consistently gettin 1/2" to 3/4" groups at 100yds. I really like the 130g balistic tip bullets.
I also came up with a similarly accurate load using the same powder with my 243 using 95 grain balistic tips. With this load I am using 42 grains of the H4831SC.
Both guns are Remington 700's.
Unfortunately its not in my nature to leave well enough alone and I have several other powders I want to try to see what results I can get
I also came up with a similarly accurate load using the same powder with my 243 using 95 grain balistic tips. With this load I am using 42 grains of the H4831SC.
Both guns are Remington 700's.
Unfortunately its not in my nature to leave well enough alone and I have several other powders I want to try to see what results I can get
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Man! Those loads look almost identical
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Got to test the load out on game this weekend
It was a little slow this weekend and I needed the meat and the only shot I had all day was at a 2X2 mule deer (was looking for does). Anyway it was a nice bodied young buck so I went ahead and shot it (got 56lbs meat off it). The shot was 200 yards give or take a few. The first shot it appeared I missed but the deer didn't move at all so I quickly chambered another round and shot again and the deer collapsed in its tracks.
Upon cleaning the deer I noticed I had two entrance wounds within 2 1/2" inches of each other. When I was processing the deer I recovered one of the bullets. It had passed through the ribs on the right side went through at a slight angle passed through the other rib cage and lodged in the upper part of the front leg (I was shooting uphill). When I got home I measured the the bullet with my calipers, it had expanded to .570" at the widest and .5" at the narrowest. Needless to say I'm very happy with the accuracy and expansion of the balistic tip bullet.
It was a little slow this weekend and I needed the meat and the only shot I had all day was at a 2X2 mule deer (was looking for does). Anyway it was a nice bodied young buck so I went ahead and shot it (got 56lbs meat off it). The shot was 200 yards give or take a few. The first shot it appeared I missed but the deer didn't move at all so I quickly chambered another round and shot again and the deer collapsed in its tracks.
Upon cleaning the deer I noticed I had two entrance wounds within 2 1/2" inches of each other. When I was processing the deer I recovered one of the bullets. It had passed through the ribs on the right side went through at a slight angle passed through the other rib cage and lodged in the upper part of the front leg (I was shooting uphill). When I got home I measured the the bullet with my calipers, it had expanded to .570" at the widest and .5" at the narrowest. Needless to say I'm very happy with the accuracy and expansion of the balistic tip bullet.
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Sounds good enough to me .I havn't shot anything with my load yet,but I have been waiting for a buck since I already have meat in the freezer. Think I might just need some more...
.I havn't shot anything with my load yet,but I have been waiting for a buck since I already have meat in the freezer. Think I might just need some more...
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I use an almost identical load for mine. It seems that my gun favors the 130 grain Hornady spire point. It's not a "fancy" bullet but it's killed almost every deer I've ever shot with the gun with the exception of a few 130gr Win Silvertips that I loaded just for "fun".
Hello, As far as a load for the 150 gr Sierra gameking I was considering using H4831 with a charge of 55.0 grains. I also use winchester brass and WIN Lrg R primers.Has any one used a load similar? Were they happy/ unhappy with it? Any information would be appreciated Thanks :lol:
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