Thread: 270 wsm loads for a tikka

just bought myself a tikka in 270 wsm, im going to load some rounds with 150gr nosler ballistic projectiles, has anyone got a good load that they use that their tikka likes? i have ar2209 and ar2225 powders. iv read the adi powder book and thanks

2225 I'd a good powder for the 150 grain projectiles. I haven't finished my load yet but my max was 69.5gn with Winchester cases. Others are getting more in and better speed

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cool thanks puku, any idea what speeds were you getting?

No I don't. Was going to get the load sorted then chrony it..
I was using 2213sc with 150vlds for 2915fps. But now trying the new ABLR Noslers

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You might be able to get up to or over 3050-3100 fps. I've read some guys in north america are getting to 3400fps. But be carefully in once getting over 3000, small steps and you'll get there. Speed isn't everything either.

Don't buy all the ABLR and VLDs, I need them and there aren't that many around!

where were you guys getting your ABLR's from? im keen to give em a go but when i went to my local supplier he said they weren't available yet.

Originally Posted by silentscope

where were you guys getting your ABLR's from? im keen to give em a go but when i went to my local supplier he said they weren't available yet.

There where some available a few months back and stock purchased pretty quick. Demand out stripped supply.

ok so iv done some loads using ar2209, will try them tomorrow. i tried doing some loads with ar2225 but everything above 65 grains ended up packing the powder tight in the case and i was trying to aim for 69gr, dose compressing the powder make it dangerous at all or am i fine with doing that? the adi powder book says 70gr is a max load and is compressed. cheers

Every load in my 308 is compressed if it makes you feel better.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Every load in my 308 is compressed if it makes you feel better.

yes it dose haha, suppose i can only try it and see

What brand of cases?
Being small internal capacity may still give Ok velocity

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Originally Posted by puku

What brand of cases?
Being small internal capacity may still give Ok velocity

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winchester brass

You could try 2217. I use it in a 270Win pushing 150LRAB's or 140VLD's. 2217 is a little faster than 2225.
2209 is pretty fast in a 270WSM with a 150 grain "anything" in front of it. I would expect it to pressure spike with a very small increase in charge weight, so be careful approaching max loads.

I've used 2217, 2225 and Retumbo(pretty much 2225). All ok to for me, and compressed too.

2209 would be to fast and running a compressed load of this is asking for trouble.

Before I put a 300WSM barrel on my Kimber 270WSM I had a good recipe that was very very accurate, 140 grain soft point Nosler ballistic tip,68 grains of AR2217 with large magnum primers. My mate also had a 270 WSM and it liked 68.5 grains of AR2217, so this proves every gun has its likes, the reason for changing barrels wasn't accuracy but with the 300WSM I had more optians with projectiles and the thinner factory barrel on the 270WSM heated up to fast, after 2 shots the heat created fliers, the trouble we now have with new guns trying to make them so light it creates other problems as well as having to have a suppressor. I get a hole through a hole with the new 300WSM, the barrel was made by Grant at Trueflite Barrels and made to not have heat problems, sign of a good gunsmith.