Thread: tikka270

The point is for shooting to 500m you will most likely need to pick a High BC bullet and work up a load for it to get a 270 to 500m - federal blue box wont cut the mustard.....

then practice extensively, work up a drop chart ect

Originally Posted by Bill999

The point is for shooting to 500m you will most likely need to pick a High BC bullet and work up a load for it to get a 270 to 500m - federal blue box wont cut the mustard.....

then practice extensively, work up a drop chart ect

thanks Bill, tru so i cant just get bullets from the shop for this type of shooting? to make a sucsesful kill shot

Originally Posted by Martz

thanks Bill, tru so i cant just get bullets from the shop for this type of shooting? to make a sucsesful kill shot

The Federal blue box will get you there if your rifle shoots it well...Just!

Have consistently put the 130's into 6" at 500 yards in light winds out of my Tikka .270 which shoots .5 MOA at 100 with them.
Was practicing a couple of weeks ago with a mate (uplandstalker) who is also on the forum. Think he was a bit surprised to see them hitting consistently at that range...but just so you know it can be done!
BC is low at .360 and retained energy at 500 is around 1070 ft-lbs out of my rifle so on the limits of recommended acceptable energy for deer at that range.
There are much better factory rounds if your not reloading though.
Try the Hornady Superformance with the 140 SST. BC is much better at .495.
Should give you about 300 more ft-lbs at 500 yards.