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Newb reloader question about some 270 loads.
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<blockquote data-quote="Grumulkin" data-source="post: 2183977" data-attributes="member: 8239"><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.orchardphoto.com_h29zo107.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is my load. The target was shot at 200 yards. Barrel length is 24 inches.</p><p></p><p>1. A 22 inch barrel might lose you 50 fps; I doubt more and maybe less.</p><p></p><p>2. Unlike newly trained reloaders, I not only do not consider a chronograph indispensable in load workup, I don't use one for that purpose. It is a commonly perpetrated fallacy that one can tell what the pressure is from bullet velocity.</p><p></p><p>3. I don't understand the commonly assumed need for separate loads for varmints and larger stuff. I pick the most accurate load with a bullet acceptable for bigger stuff and, believe it or not, it will kill varmints as well. I found Remington Core-Lokt bullets to give excellent accuracy in my 270 Winchester but a different gun might shoot better with a different bullet. Remington Core-Lokt bullets are very under appreciated in my opinion. They really kill stuff well and, if they shoot well in your gun, I doubt you'll find anything cheaper.</p><p></p><p>4. Many assume that you take any powder suggested for a given cartridge and with load adjustment it will shoot as well as another. This is only true if you happen to be lucky. I found IMR 8208 XBR to give excellent accuracy and to meter very precisely out of my powder measure; in fact I've never found a powder to meter better. I've tried it in several cartridges besides the 270 Winchester and it only gave ho hum performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grumulkin, post: 2183977, member: 8239"] [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.orchardphoto.com_h29zo107.jpg[/IMG] This is my load. The target was shot at 200 yards. Barrel length is 24 inches. 1. A 22 inch barrel might lose you 50 fps; I doubt more and maybe less. 2. Unlike newly trained reloaders, I not only do not consider a chronograph indispensable in load workup, I don't use one for that purpose. It is a commonly perpetrated fallacy that one can tell what the pressure is from bullet velocity. 3. I don't understand the commonly assumed need for separate loads for varmints and larger stuff. I pick the most accurate load with a bullet acceptable for bigger stuff and, believe it or not, it will kill varmints as well. I found Remington Core-Lokt bullets to give excellent accuracy in my 270 Winchester but a different gun might shoot better with a different bullet. Remington Core-Lokt bullets are very under appreciated in my opinion. They really kill stuff well and, if they shoot well in your gun, I doubt you'll find anything cheaper. 4. Many assume that you take any powder suggested for a given cartridge and with load adjustment it will shoot as well as another. This is only true if you happen to be lucky. I found IMR 8208 XBR to give excellent accuracy and to meter very precisely out of my powder measure; in fact I've never found a powder to meter better. I've tried it in several cartridges besides the 270 Winchester and it only gave ho hum performance. [/QUOTE]
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