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My 270wsm was very accurate with 130g Etips and I had excellent results on deer, but I never could get Etips to shoot accurately in my 25-06. I finally gave up and tried lead-free Hammer bullets, bughole groups and excellent terminal performance on deer and coyotes.

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Good info, Jim! I used RL17 with the 77g TMK and it worked pretty good, but I had better accuracy with a couple other powders.

Not the 60g Partition but I use CFE223 in my fast twist 22-250 with Nosler 70g RDF's with excellent results.

Let's hear you sing that Dr.Mike! I still have a couple hundred of the first cci LR primers I bought in the mid 70's, I'm glad there isn't a price on them. I shot a few recently and they still go bang!🎆

IMR4350, Varget and RL26 as I still have several pounds of it. I've been trying the VihtaVuori powder N550 and so for it's working well.

My Tikka lite T3X has a 1:8 twist and shoots 70g RDF'S over CFE223 into bug hole groups and 63g Absolute Hammers over Vihn N550 the same, plus drops coyotes in their tracks.

Well said!

Good bunch of guys here, don't let one bad apple spoil things for you. Pass it on to the moderators and let them handle it!

Interesting! Thanks for sharing, Gerry.

I've been following your thread as I have a 300 wsm that shoots 180g Accubonds very well. Lots of good suggestions here! I was wondering if you adjusted your seating depth with your 150g AB and how far off the lands you started? Accubonds usually like a big jump to the lands, if you have any...

The heaviest bullet I shot was a 150g ABLR over RL26, they shot okay, right at 1 moa with an average velocity of 3141 fps from a 24" barrel.

Well, do we have a new rifle!

Love it!

I'm not sure if I ever shot any 165's in my 270wsm when I had it. I'll check my notes when I get home. It sure liked 130g Etips, which is unusual, I never could get Etips to shoot in my 25-06.

I think there are several VV powder that will work with 180g, Blkram is using N165, and VihtaVuori.com lists several including N550, N555 and N560. Anyone else try any of these?

Welcome to the forum. I agree with the above, except when I shoot monos. In my 243 truck gun I shoot 100g PT, but for lead-free I shoot 80g Hammers. Hammer Hunters work great on both deer and coyotes.

What kind of velocity are you getting with the N165 and 180g ABs and how long is your barrel?

I use RL17 in my 300wsm with 180g Accubonds and it works great. I've been looking for more RL17 for quite awhile with no luck. I've thought about trying Viht. N550 as it is working very well in a couple other calibers and about the same burn rate as 17.

Beautiful rifle! Great cartridge, try the 115g Ballistic tips, they shoot great in my m70.