I know most use slower powders in the .270 and for good reason, they develop higher velocities with lower pressures usually.
Back in the early 80's when my mom was still hunting, my pop retired and the folks who worked with him presented him with a Remington 700 in .270. The thing only weighs about 8# fully loaded and ready to hunt. Well pop was a die hard '06 buff, so we set up the rifle for my mom and I worked up a load, She had been using a sporterized SMLE for who knows how long. Well being she was in her mid 60's then and has always had neck issues from a car accident, I really was hesitant to crank up the velocity on her loads. So I picked one from the manual to try out.
I only had IMR-3031 on hand at the time so I worked it up to 46.5grs, which pushed the 130gr Nosler BT to right at 2800fps from this rifle. To date this load has dropped everything in it's tracks it has been put on, except for one feral hog my daughter shot at 385yds. The hog fell but it did manage to make it 50yds before piling up in a brush pile along the edge of a creek.
Recoil from this load is VERY mild and accuracy is outstanding. On deer it has not shown the damage typically associated with most BT loads. The reason is the lower velocity to begin with. Trust me when I say the BT is an awesome bullet when the velocity is high, but it is just as deadly at slower speeds as well, and you do not get the above mentioned carnage.
Since then I have shot many loads but I always have a box or two of these loaded up. The load I use with this rifle now is with Ramshot Hunter, and the 130gr SST. IT is pushing the envelope on the top end of the listed max, and is grouping around 1/2" at 200yds. IT will roll a 250# feral hog on impact at 350yds but up close it is pretty devastating if you hit solid on a shoulder. I haven't used it on deer, but as it stands now, IF I decided to shoot a deer, it would be one heck of a trophy, and I wouldn't be as overly concerned with damage as I would putting it on the ground.
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