.270 Winchester...SCORE!

Finally got out to shoot it a bit with the irons. Managed to scrounge a couple boxes of Fed. 150gr RN.

Shoots reasonably well at 100yds with the irons....about the limit of my (worse than I remember!) eyesight.
Probably will try 130s to see where it shoots before I mess with the sight but the Federal load is shooting 6" low and 6" right. I'll likely adjust the irons after I do load development. I've been reading up on the .270 and I think the 130gr is the way to go...at least O'Connor thought so and I've got heavier rifles if I need heavy.

Thinking of trying to find some of the really heavy 160gr+ slugs to zero to the irons and zero a scope for 130s but that seems like a lot of trouble.

The trigger is the usual miserable Ruger MkII affair and needs the attention of a gunsmith.

I've been waylaid on the way to scope the rifle...a hard up buddy called and offered me a 1st edition Cooper Scout Rifle for a price I couldn't refuse....er, I mean I couldn't NOT help my buddy.
 
I like the idea of the 160's zeroed to the iron sights! That would be pretty cool!

I can't imagine you having too much trouble making 130's shoot out of it. Other than a brown bear, the 130's seem about as classic as you can do in the 270..

Show us a snap of the Cooper Scout Rifle.. What cartridge?
 
A 160 gr Partiton or 180 gr Woodleigh would be very useful where you live, I have thought hard about buying a 270 just to use those 160 gr Partitions :)
 
Congrats on a great find & purchase! I've got the same rifle in '06. It looks like you also got a nice chunk of Circassian there too. Not sure what looked odd with the # but if it might help, mine is 760-00XXX. I don't know if you got the rings with it or not, but I think a 6X42 would be very close to not fitting with the rings that came with mine. A Burris 3-9x40 mounted on mine has just a whisker of space under the bottom of the objective. Good luck getting her tuned in!
 
A 160 gr Partiton or 180 gr Woodleigh would be very useful where you live, I have thought hard about buying a 270 just to use those 160 gr Partitions
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It would be interesting to see where Nosler markets the majority of its 160 grain Partitions. One wonders if one region predominates in sales.
 
That would be interesting, all of the guys here that I know use them use either a 130 or 150 gr bullet. You could probably develop a good load with them along with a sleek 150 like the Ballistic Tip long range load that hit in the same place, the 160's for moose, elk and bears and the other load for everthing else. I'm sure you remember the old Imperial 160 gr KKSP factory loads, I would bet a lot of moose fell to that load, the 160 gr PT would be much better IMO.

Widgeon was developing a 160 PT load but I haven't seen him around lately, hopefully he checks in again soon.
 
hodgeman

Congratulations on the 270 Win. Great rifle and a great find.
As Fotis mentionwd, RL 22 and H4831 are the powders to work with. I do like the idea of the Leupold 6x42mm scope.
Good idea too for sighting in with the iron sights with a 160 gr. You got the bases covered.

JD338
 
I have killed 75+ deer up to 300+ pounds with the .270 Winchester Model 70 and 130 Nosler Partition bullets since 1964. I have used the IMR 4350, 55.0 grain load with BR2 primers and W-W brass for longer than I can remember. None of these deer went more than 10 yards in 48 years.
 
Mine still wears a VXII 2-7x33mm but would like to up grade to the VX3 2.5-8x36mm. I won't argue about a 130gr but the 140gr is smack in the middle and think the 140gr PT is about perfect untill you need a AB for longer range shots. If you dial in a 140gr bullet you would never need to switch up or down. OK I lied I like the 140's, A guy has to attmit when he is wrong :lol:
 
CatskillCrawler":2w4r0tcy said:
I've had good success using H-4831SC, IMR-4064 and IMR-4350 with 130, 140 and 150gr bullets. My current load is 58.0gr of H-4831SC under a 140gr Nosler Accubonds. This load has replaced excellent loads using 130 Sierra Gamekings, 140gr Hornady SSTs, 140gr Sierra Gameking HPBTs, 150gr Speer Grand Slams and 150gr Nosler Partitions.

I have found this cartridge easy to workup accurate loads with and they all have been extremely efficient on whitetails and black bear. I have settled on the NAB for my all-purpose load and have taken WTs, BB and a Moose to date with nary an issue. This load is also my back-up elk rig.

I have some RL-22 and IMR-7828 that I want to play with now. Lookng for a good range load using all the 130gr NBTs I just scored form SPS. I will also play with the RL-22 and the 140gr NAB to see if they outshine my current load. I doubt it will be better but everytime I try to improve with this cartridge, it always seems to work.

Your rifle sounds very interesting but it is just a rumor without pics...
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I just worked up the same H4831SC load with the 140gr AB, it has been averaging .6" from my Ruger American. I'd go with the 140 for the reasons mentioned, great BC and terminal performance. I shot it from my 270WSM for a couple muleys and performance was all I could ask for. The only one recovered I finished off a wounded muley at 404 yds for another hunter. I hit the spine right ahead of the hips shooting downward at the buck and found the bullet under the hide in the bottom of the neck weighing 60%.
 
I use my .270 for deer out to 400 yards, mostly mountain shooting, and it wears a 4-12x50 Swarovki AH scope. I use every bit of that magnification at longer ranges in the Utah scrub oak.
 
mcseal2":1j2b58dt said:
I just worked up the same H4831SC load with the 140gr AB, it has been averaging .6" from my Ruger American. I'd go with the 140 for the reasons mentioned, great BC and terminal performance. I shot it from my 270WSM for a couple muleys and performance was all I could ask for. The only one recovered I finished off a wounded muley at 404 yds for another hunter. I hit the spine right ahead of the hips shooting downward at the buck and found the bullet under the hide in the bottom of the neck weighing 60%.
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That mix seems to be ideal for several folks. Kinda like the 57-58.0gr of IMR-4350 in the -06 with a 165gr pill. I've yet to recover one but that isn't such a bad thing either. 8)

I think the 140gr is the perfect weight for the .270. Especially a slippery 140 that holds it's core like the AB.
 
That is the second .270 Express that I have seen. I bought the first one.

Mine likes 130gr bullets (really doesn't matter which kind) and some IMR4831. I've only killed antelope with mine. It usually does 0.5in 3 shot groups at 100yds.

I do wish they would have put an island rear site. It is a heavy bugger after a few days.
 
Yeah, that quarter rib looks good and gives the rifles some real heft.... but it makes for an easy shooting piece for sure.

Have you done anything to the trigger on yours? Mine if pretty rough.
 
Of course I did something with the trigger.

You have two options. Replace the trigger (I had to remove some of the wood in the stock that is below the safety 'pillar') or buy a spring from Brownells and polish the sear. I think the replacement I used was a Timney. I used a Dremel with a small bit to remove the wood.
 
I would definitely rework the existing trigger. It's easy to do, you don't need to buy a new spring or other parts (I clip about 1 1/2 turns from the existing spring), can work it down to about 3# or slightly less.

I've also put in a Timney trigger, and while it's a good one (for $100 or so), it did require some time to fit, on both the metal and the wood.

Here is a good link to how to do it (I've used this method 3 times), look for the post by "northern dave":

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthread ... ost6733507
 
And BTW, that Ruger Express is a nice rifle (I've got one in 30/06 and .338 WM), mine really shoot and are easy on the eyes:

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Sorry for the bad photo above, here's the same rifle (which has a 3# trigger after about 30 minutes work):

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They certainly are very nice looking rifles and it sounds like they shoot well.
 
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