.270 varmint recipes?

[Ricklin]

Greetings all,
Picked up a box of Hornaday 110 grain .270, their version of a ballistic tip. My rifle is 22" 1 in 10 twist. Mauser action.
I'd like to vaporize them... Anyone have pet loads to share? I've a healthy selection of powders, like many others only magnum primers in the stash.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Mike / Tx]

I loaded the Hornady 110gr HP many years ago over AA-3100 and it did a fine job in both accuracy and one shot stops on coyotes out to around 300yds.

There are a LOT of newer powders as well as probably better bullets nowadays. I would recommend researching some loads over on the Hodgdon site. There at least you can compare powders. The primers you have should work just start low and work up.

 

[totaldla]

A cheap cup&core 130gr launched at 3000fps will make small things disappear.
The problem nowadays is not much is cheap.

 

[MarkCO]

Ramshot Hunter with the 110 VMax has worked well for me. Never tried it with Magnum primers though.

Western Powders Edition 8.0 lists the starting load of 53.5g @ 3189fps and a max load of 59.4g @ 3419fps. I found a good node for my R700 just over 55 grains and just went with that. Plenty of speed.

 

[cptjack]

I use 2 of jack o conners loads 130 gr and 100 gr AMAZING accuracy and same point of impact

 

[Ricklin]

100 grain?

I don't think I have seen anything lighter than 110 grain in .270, who makes the 100 grain .270? Thanks.
And thanks for all the responses.

 

[cptjack]

Speer with 4064

 

[2ndtimer]

I don't think I have seen anything lighter than 110 grain in .270, who makes the 100 grain .270? Thanks.

Speer offers a 90 gr TNT hollow point. IMR-4064 thru IMR-4350 work well.

 

[bamaranger]

110 Sierra

I ran the 110 Sierra PSP as a deer/varmint load, and still have 50 or so of them loaded up. The combo killed exactly one good deer, bang flop, on a "quartering to" at 75 yds or so, , but did not exit. The .270 is not noted as a kicker, but the 110's, loaded hot, have even less recoil than my 130 gr loads of the time.

My old Rem 700 ADL also has a 22" bbl, and I went to the 110 gr bullet searching for 3000 fps (all those zero's!) which I could hot reach with the 130 gr slugs. The 110 gr pill got me there and a good bit more, 3175 fps. The charge of IMR4350 was apparently safe in my rifle, but I will not put it in print, as I was alarmed to discover it was in excess of what the Sierra Manual listed as max. I pulled the lot of them and recharged to the listed max of 55.3 grs, which I have not chronographed, but I am sure is running well under 3000 fps, I would guesstimate 2850.

In the mean time, I switched to H4350 and worked up to the Sierra max load for the 130 gr bullet, and was pleasantly surprised to reach 2950 fps which is full tilt but gets all from the 22" tube that can be had in my rifle.
As I don't shoot varmints with a .270, the 130 being a classic medium game bullet, it is now my standard deer load.

 

[FrankenMauser]

I've gone as fast as 3,600 fps with .270 Win "varmint" loads -- 90-110 gr.

My advice:
Don't. It is an overbore cartridge to begin with. Don't push it with light bullets and excessive velocity.
Run 3,000 fps or less. Or, go to an actual varmint cartridge.

Brass life and your barrel will thank you.

 

[bamaranger]

velocity

I've posted before that my Rem 700ADL has a 22" bbl and is velocity challenged. It is also a copper fouler of considerable degree, the worst rifle I have in terms of fouling. But.....it has always been accurate, but accuracy degrades after 25 rds or so, and then I deep clean it....again. The foam cleaners are a big help.

The rifle also has the satisfying tendency to deliver varied bullet weights to about the same point. I don't need that versatility, but it's nice to know I could swap around between 110-130-150 gr slugs if I needed to. Checked the zero on the old girl today.

 

[Rex Rugged]

Sierra 90gr HP Varminter---end of story