does anyone have any data useing 150gr bullets and re-15 for the .270?
I know that most ppl use re-22,19 but I already have the powder and the bullets..

RL-15 From 43.7 grains to 48.0 grains
Winchester WLR Primer

Great thanks I searched all over the place and could find anything.

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Originally posted by Dirknar:
Great thanks I searched all over the place and could find anything.

here's alliants website

It don't show a load for RL15 and 150 grain bullets.......I think it's just too fast a powder for that bullet.

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Originally posted by vapodog:

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Originally posted by Dirknar:
Great thanks I searched all over the place and could find anything.

here's alliants website

It don't show a load for RL15 and 150 grain bullets.......I think it's just too fast a powder for that bullet.

ya I saw those recipes. I just loaded 50 rnds with 47grns of RL-15 and the 150gr bullets, well see.?? It should be safe>>right??

I would never fire even one shot let alone load 50 rounds of ammo based on just one source of information.

First I would check elsewhere that the range is as posted to a 48 gr max and then load up three at the minimum and also three each in one grain increments to the maximum.

I glanced at some relative burning rates and the data on Steves Pages seems correct but as I suggested I would find another source to check it against and I would work up from the minimum.

Both these steps are mandatory.

An easy way to get another source is to call Alliant Monday.

hmm.. now ya got me scared. the only reason I loaded 50 is b/c, where I shoot is about an 1-1/2 hrs away and I cant drive out there just to shoot 5 bullets. but I guess its best to be safe. I see a bullet puller in my near future.>>?

It sounds a little like false economy. Are you looking for a good load or just anything that shoots? It really makes sense to start with a powder known to do well in the cartridge you're choosing. H4831 has shot well in every .270 I've loaded for and works well in many others as well. H4350 is another good powder with several applications. Instead of loading fifty of anything unknown I'd load five different loads of ten. That way you won't waste your time in the future with the loads that didn't shoot well.

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Originally posted by dempsey:
It sounds a little like false economy. Are you looking for a good load or just anything that shoots? It really makes sense to start with a powder known to do well in the cartridge you're choosing. H4831 has shot well in every .270 I've loaded for and works well in many others as well. H4350 is another good powder with several applications. Instead of loading fifty of anything unknown I'd load five different loads of ten. That way you won't waste your time in the future with the loads that didn't shoot well.

Ya that makes sense. this go around I was basically just looking for something to shoot.. I knew that the RL-15 wasnt the best powder for the .270, however I already had 3/4 of a pound from loading for my .308 and then I actually bought the wrong bullet wheight for the .270, I was supposed to buy the 130gr. I screwed up and bought the 150gr. b/c alliants website says 47.3 gr. of RL-15 for the 130 so I thought I would just try it out for the 150gr. >>?? does that make sense? basically I was in a hurry to load also, I was supposed to go shooting today but it ended up raining pretty hard. But I was sitting there Friday night with 150gr bullets and RL-15 Sooooo>>>...

I may have mentioned to load some up with the starting load in one grain increments. Just one, two or three shot lots of each charge marked with a pen on the case will do it.

Keep the loads you made as they may be fine.

Using medium burning powder in with heavy bullets in near overbore cartridges is just fine. Many good shooting loads can result with less muzzle blast and recoil. The velocity will be a little less with a full load but the 270 is plenty for deer size game anyway.

Don't over react. Don't be impulsive.

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Originally posted by vapodog:
It don't show a load for RL15 and 150 grain bullets.......I think it's just too fast a powder for that bullet.

I agree. One could load that round with IMR 3031 also, but it would be too fast for BEST results.....

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b/c alliants website says 47.3 gr. of RL-15 for the 130 so I thought I would just try it out for the 150gr.

Well there is no way I would take a max listed load for a 130 and try it in a 150. Loadtech drops the load 2.5-3.5 grs between the 130 & 150. Matter of fact I get a touch over 65,000 with the 130. I show 45 gives 65,000 with a 150.

Yep that is only one piece of data.

Dirknar...apparently you are fairly new to reloading. you shouldn't load up 50 rnds. of the same thing. it's a waster of powder/bullets. load up 4 or 5 rounds of one combination, then step it up half grain and load 5 more, so on so forth till you have loaded 50 rounds, or up to a grain below max. this will give you the best results. then you can take the 2 loads that shoot the best and work by .1gr. increments till you have reached best results. then play around w/ bullet seating depth and other stuff.

My opinion is your wasting time/money with R15 in a 270. To fast burning . Use 4831 orR22 with 150s/.270cal

"4831 and .270 are like ice cream and apple pie"

I am not sure what some of the negative comments are based on above about RL 15 in a 270... I'd sure use it and never think it is too fast of a powder...

If ya want published data on it....

Hodgdon's Number 26 Load Manual, on page 252 and 253 list load data using bullet weights from 90 grain all the way to 160 grains...fast scan in most instances, you are giving up 100 to 150 fps with the heavier bullets as compared to using RL 19 or RL 22.... both of which compare to 4350 and 4831....

And RL 15 is using around 10 grains less powder to do so, or about 20 % less powder, which will indicate less recoil also....at the cost of 150 fps MV, I think that is a very worthwhile trade off....

I have used RL 15 in my 270s and I personally use it, over 4831 or 4350, or RL 19 and 22...

4064, 4895 and 3031 are also powders I like to use in the 270....

If ya want make velocity, then join the Magnum crowd....just my opinion without attempting to step on anyone else's opinion here...

cheers
seafire

thanks for the info Gents, Yes I am new to reloading and I shouldnt have loaded 50rnds.. I explained that in an above post that it was Fri. night and I was supposed to go shooting all day sat. first thing in the morning, well I screwed up and bought the 150gr. bullets instead of the 130's b/c I was going to use a recipe on alliants website using Rl-15(b/c I already had it) and 130gr bullets.. so I wanted to still be able to shoot my .270 and I wanted enough ammo to last a while. I ended up remembering that I had 20 empty .270 shells left over that I forgot I had. So I did end up doing the correct procedure for load developement and I started out @ min load and went up .5 gr from there.

The 48gr RL-15 and 150grn bullet was a fine load. Im not the most exp. but with that combo I was shooting inside a 2" circle @ 250yrds with ease. and im pretty new to shooting as well. for what its worth I did notice less recoil for sure.. b/c I also shot some factory 150gr fusion loads and there was noticable stronger/sharper reciol..

thanks for all the help.

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The 48gr RL-15 and 150grn bullet was a fine load. Im not the most exp. but with that combo I was shooting inside a 2" circle @ 250yrds with ease. and im pretty new to shooting as well. for what its worth I did notice less recoil for sure.. b/c I also shot some factory 150gr fusion loads and there was noticable stronger/sharper reciol..

See guys, it works....

Less recoil can make new shooters, more confident and less afraid of a strong recoiling fire arm.... I find RL 15 accurate in about anything I have ever tried it in....

2 inch groups at 200 yds, is plenty accurate for minute of whitetail, mule deer, antelope and elk....