Thread: First time reloading 270win

Originally Posted by Husky1600

Definitely load 5 of the 51gn's if you are happy with what its done so far. A 5 shot group will tell you a whole lot more than a 2 shot group. What powder and projectile are you using? As for targets, the human eye is round, your scope is round - there should be no need for the X's across your target, especially at 45 to your vertical and horizontal. And it has also been found by people with way more nouse than me, that a white circle on a black background is the best for the human eye. I use the stick on white dots about 25mm across, on black A4 paper, only one dot per sheet. And write all you details on every target, date, wind etc, load, projectile. Then you can go back and check them over at a later date and not get confused.
Hope you're enjoying the progress, cos it looks like you've pretty much nailed it.

Absolutely loving it and am using AR2209 with the Nosler 130s as per the start of this post.
I like your suggestion about the white dots on black paper. I used the crosses to distinguish from the double reticle image I’m seeing and the red to help me centre it. Standard vert/horizontal targets were getting lost in the noise. Will try this in the next round. It’s going to take time shifting to being a leftie.

Originally Posted by Sidetrack

Absolutely loving it and am using AR2209 with the Nosler 130s as per the start of this post.
I like your suggestion about the white dots on black paper. I used the crosses to distinguish from the double reticle image I’m seeing and the red to help me centre it. Standard vert/horizontal targets were getting lost in the noise. Will try this in the next round. It’s going to take time shifting to being a leftie.

51 gn's of 2209 is certainly not a heavy load, should be around the 2900-3000fps range. If a 5 shot group shows that it is a good accurate load, I would suggest you load a few for hunting. And when you have some spare time try a 5 shot group or 2 of the 51.5 and 52 gn's to see if they work as well. Might not be a big gain, or it may give you an extra 50-100fps which will be handy when shooting way out there.