I took my .270 out to play with some loads today. I Had 5 loads on hand a fired 2 ,3 round groups with each load.
I was very pleased. It is a 1952 FN in excelent shape with a timney trigger and a Weaver grand slam 3X10. The worst group I shot was 1.78, and I pulled one in that group. No other group was worse than 1.36.
The avarage for 10-3shot groups was 1.10, and if I eliminate the group with the one I pulled the avarahe goes to 1.01.
Frankly I could probably hunt real well with any load I tested.
the bad group was with a 140 grain accubond and H-4831, the other 3 shot group with that load was .83.
The 130 grain Balistic tip over 60.5 grs of H-4831 avaraged .83 for 2 3 shot groups.
The 130 grain SST hornady gav 1.03 With RL-22.
I think I will try the SST over a 61 grain charge of H-4831, and see how that does.
I am really enjoying this fine old rifle !!! ...tj3006

The 270 will do just about anything I need done with a rifle. Before I saw the light and realized I could have more rifles than I really needed, I made do with a single 270 for over 30 years. It sounds as if you've found a winner in that FN.

Jaywalker

I'am on the other end JayWalker . I went with out A 270 win for fourty years, and now I have come to know what I have mist all this time . But I have found that my Howa 1550 likes A hornady 140 SPBT and 57 grains IMR 7828. and it makes for some great shooting for me.

I couldn't resist this unit, a well used FN made in the mid 50's, It needed some love, and a new finish and a 50$ trigger makes a very accurate and classic hunting rifle. The FN rifles were IMHO some of the best made boltguns around.
59 gr of IMR4831.140gr Ballistic tips are my initial sub MOA load

This one needs a better scope but is still around an inch with the 4x 1950's Weaver on it.

TJ:
The 270 is just a great all around hunting cartridge. Back in the 60's, I was looking for a little better performance from a rifle, at the time the only rifle I had was a Model 99 in 300 Savage. My Uncle a wise german liked the 7X64 best, but he said go with a 270, I did and it became my favorite larger game round. I have shot Elk, Deer, pigs, coyotes, P-Dogs, and just about anything else you can hunt with it.

I have 2 currently, 1. a Sendero with a 26" barrel likes IMR4831 and a 130 Ballistic tip, very accurate. The other a Model 70 24" likes 4350, and a 130 Grain Winchester bullet, also three shoots under an inch.

Good Luck

Jerry

Not to hijack this thread but I too recently acquired an FN actioned .270. I've been trying to decide which bullet to use and have been torn between the 130 balistic tip and 140 accubond. I had concerns about the BT holding together but it seems like many of you have had good luck with it. Please tell me more.

It's a good caliber.

Because it had a good continental ancestor ;-).

Carcano

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Because it had a good continental ancestor ;-).

What's that? The famous 7.62x63, or as we lovingly refer to it over here, the "Ought-63?"


Jaywalker

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Originally posted by Battle River:
...59 gr of IMR4831.140gr Ballistic tips are my initial sub MOA load...

are you sure? Assuming that you are talking about a 270 Win. Nosler manual suggests 53.5 gr. as max. load.

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...59 gr of IMR4831.140gr Ballistic tips are my initial sub MOA load...

I have a 270 Model 70 that loves that load with a 140 grain failsafe.

I still shoot 60 grains of AA3100 behind a 130-grain projectile, and that is not a "hot load". AA3100 is about a grain slower than IMR 4831; matter of fact, for many years I shot 59 grains of IMR 4831 with 130s, and it didn't matter which manufacturer. I pushed them up to within about .007" of the leade, and watched them go into the same hole at 100... Just my experience.

Thomas Jones, sounds like you found a winner there. I love a great rig like that--I never seem to find one though, usually building a new project--maybe that's why....

wildboar, great to see your question. I am amazed by the amount of folks that list pet .270 loads way over book maximums--lots of books.

The .270 is my personal favorite, I have a bunch of em, and they all shoot well to awesomely.

The .270 is good but so are similar rounds. One is not really more accurate in big game terms than the other.

Those old FN's are quite special. Mine still has the orginal trigger which is good as it is.

The one I have has bushing bedding which is better, in my observation, than the system used here which keeps compressing the wood. They have matching serial numbers on the action, barrel and stock. Not many were sold as far as I can tell.

I've owned three in my life.......There's a valid reason that it's as popular as they are.....it's one helluva cartridge.

If I ever find myself down to just one centerfire rifle, I'm quite certain it would be a 270.

belive it or not this is my 3RD .270. And its the First one I liked,
I had an ADL remington it was an OK shooter, but just did not apeal to me.
Then I found a pre 64 featherweight, with a cabjar trigger. I have sunk tons of money into that one Expensive custom barrel cryoed, synthetick stock. About 1500.00 bucks. My FN is a much better rifle. I might go back to the wood stock on the pre 64 and rebarrel again to .257 Robers.
I like Fns alot , you might have read the post about the .257 roberts FN I bought.
It turned out someone rechaberd it to 25,06 and did,nt mark the barrel. I am not happy about it but if it shoots , I could learn to like it prety quickly, if it doesn't shoot, Il,,rebarrel it to i,m not sure what. Classic rifles classic cartridges I love um !!!
...tj3006

Fish:

I am loading 58 grains of IMR4831 in the 270 with a 130 grain bullet. I got this load right out of the IMR powder guide of a few years ago, since it grouped well, I see no reason to change it. Since then, IMR has lowered their load too, I believe 56 grains. If I stay with Winchester brass, the load is fine. Although in the summer, and if I use Remington Brass, they will swell the case heads a bit. By the way, velocities in my 26" barreled Sendero are 3275+.

Jerry

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Originally posted by z1r:
Not to hijack this thread but I too recently acquired an FN actioned .270. I've been trying to decide which bullet to use and have been torn between the 130 balistic tip and 140 accubond. I had concerns about the BT holding together but it seems like many of you have had good luck with it. Please tell me more.

I have never shot any 140's from my 270. I have killed about 8 whitetails with 130 g ballistic tips and IMR 4350. Every deer I hit fell immediately, only one needed a second shot (1st hit the hip.) 130 ballistic tips are fragile at close range. If you hit meat, it will ruin a bunch. Every one I recovered separated the core from the jacket, and left lots of copper fragments. That kind of performance is spectacular on a lung or neck hit.

I wouldn't trust a 130 grain ballistic tip on those bulletproof deer that live in cyberspace.