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Picher · August 17, 2009, 02:24 PM

Of the cartridges mentioned, the .270 Win is the hands-down winner. In most places, factory ammo is much more available than for the others. It can be handloaded loaded to very impressive velocities, like 3,200 fps with flat-shooting 130 grain Ballistic Tips or bonded core bullets, using Reloder 22.

I really like shooting 90 grain Sierra HPs with reduced charges of IMR 4895. They're not only very accurate range rounds, but explosive varmint rounds that print to the same point of impact as the heavier loads at 100 yards. Now that's versatility!

The .270 Win is known for printing several loads to the same POI. That's not too common among hunting cartridges. My 30-06 is not that flexible, printing 125 grain bullets about 2" off from the 150 grain zero at 100 yards. Accelerators (55 grain) were about 6" below the 125 grain POI.

August 17, 2009, 02:24 PM	#16
Picher Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 3,694	Of the cartridges mentioned, the .270 Win is the hands-down winner. In most places, factory ammo is much more available than for the others. It can be handloaded loaded to very impressive velocities, like 3,200 fps with flat-shooting 130 grain Ballistic Tips or bonded core bullets, using Reloder 22. I really like shooting 90 grain Sierra HPs with reduced charges of IMR 4895. They're not only very accurate range rounds, but explosive varmint rounds that print to the same point of impact as the heavier loads at 100 yards. Now that's versatility! The .270 Win is known for printing several loads to the same POI. That's not too common among hunting cartridges. My 30-06 is not that flexible, printing 125 grain bullets about 2" off from the 150 grain zero at 100 yards. Accelerators (55 grain) were about 6" below the 125 grain POI.