Thread: Reloading for 270 Win

Originally Posted by 1 deer a year

Hi all..
New to the reloading world..
Would like to develop a load for my 270.. was thinking of trying the EDL X projectiles..
The question I have is what powders are people using for this projectile?

Thank you in advance for your replies.

Its like asking "Do bears shit in the woods"
Simple answer is 2209,2213,superformance,n560,748 and probably a dozen others.
Get yourself a reloading manual - Nick Harvey's is great reference material, and read it cover to cover. There are a lot of pitfalls in reloading, and you need a basic understanding of what they are and how to recognise them, but the key message is to start with minimum loads and work up.
Its a bloody awesome pastime but after 30 years Im still learning.

@1 deer a year would you like some projectiles to get you going?

130 grain Hornady SST maybe 30 of them
150 grain SST ... maybe 25 or 30 of them

The SST isnt really much behind the ELD's

Free to get you started sorry cant ship you any powder.
Use the KISS principle for starters try and stay with one powder till you know your way around it.

Originally Posted by johnd

@1 deer a year would you like some projectiles to get you going?

130 grain Hornady SST maybe 30 of them
150 grain SST ... maybe 25 or 30 of them

The SST isnt really much behind the ELD's

Free to get you started sorry cant ship you any powder.
Use the KISS principle for starters try and stay with one powder till you know your way around it.

johnd is being very generous SSTs are a bloody good start you would be a mug to turn that offer down and as said get a reloading manual. I would also recommend Nick Harvey,s manual as its written for NZ and AUS reloaders. Another good place for anything you wanted to know about the 270 or any other caliber for that matter is www.ballistic studies.com/knowedge base. powder wise 2213 or 2209 work well in the 270 and are always available in NZ. well thats about my $1.50s worth good luck and hopefully happy hunting

Could also go for a 150gr, duel load of 150gr sierra game king for close shots and same load on a berger vld or nosler lrab for far shots.

I shoot all 3 those bullets with the same load while im deciding between the berger and lrab still.

I use AR2217, norma brass, and i get a 150 going 3010fps roughly out of my standard t3x.

But you need to know what you doing to get it going that fast as its way outside book parameters.


The 150 game king so far has been working well on sub 100m shots for me, very little meat damage.

Have yet to kill with the lrab or berger, maybe this weekend.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Get some 2209 or some 2213sc

Shoot stuff far away = 150 VLD or 145 ELDx

Shoot stuff 0-400 = 150 Partition or 150 Norma Oryx

130s are dumb

What he said.

Partitions aren’t trendy and full of BCs, but they still do the job superbly at close to moderate ranges.
ELD-X is very good too.

Originally Posted by Hunty1

@1 deer a year like we talked about I reckon hybrid 100v or superperformance could be worth a look, else like everyone says 2213sc is a well proven performer. Welcome to try a bit of my hybrid 100v and see how it goes.

Another advantage of AR2213sc is that it is usually easy enough to get.

pet fallow load out to 400

130gr projectiles and AR2209 is always a good combo if you are looking for an all purpose <350m load. (RL22 is another good .270 cal powder, but harder to find at times)

I have had flawless results for 10+ years using 130gr Accubonds.

Another solid performer is the 130gr Gamekings. Sierra's new Tipped Gamekings look the biz and could be work a look too.

If you want to stick with the 140-150gr weight range, then AR2213sc is the way to go, as others have recommended.

What you want to do is go buy some 308 brass and projectiles etc.
Then grab a nice 308. Then sell the 270.

You’ll be away laughing in no time!

Thank you for such a generous offer.. will PM you shortly.

Thank you guys for all your advice.. Very much appreciate.
and a big thank you to @johnd for the generous offer of projectiles.

I also have some 130sst's that I can send your way. 30 odd iirc.

Win 760 works very well in this cartridge as well. Belmont sells it pretty cheap.

Originally Posted by Beavis

Win 760 works very well in this cartridge as well. Belmont sells it pretty cheap.

Did you find it easy to get a use able hunting load with this powder?

760 was all I used for years...... IF you dont own or use a chronicgraph......a lot of loads will be very usable for hunting and do the job very well.