Trying cast in .270 win

[Wolfdog91]

Gf has been talking about wanting to shoot her .270 more and more but after seeing the slow motion video I too of me shooting it she wasn't too keen on shooting it with regular loads..... Definitely not her dad's old had loads I shot crap was about 10-15% of book max ,kicked like a dang mule, but yeah told her I'd see what I could do with cast bullets to which she was super excited about having different colored bullets to plink with. So was a Le to get a single cavity lee mold off a guy on cast boolits for next to nothing, sizers gas checks ECT from noe and was finally able to put something together. And right off the bat it's looking really promising! No leading to speak of light recoil, little loud but not bad at all with ear pro.


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[frkelly74]

I have that mold I think. is the lee mold? i got it to load up some 277 Wolverine ammo. Makes a decent boolit I think.

[frkelly74]

I have that mold I think. is the lee mold? i got it to load up some 277 Wolverine ammo. Makes a decent boolit I think.

This is my rifle and here is the result of using an old lyman boolit that I think is about 115 gr sized .278 with gas check.

[pworley1]

It looks like you are off to a good start.

[dondiego]

Such good posts! Keep it up, man. Take your girlfriend shootin' too.

[gwpercle]

Dang !!! that's Impressive !
28 grs. 3031 isn't no powder puff load , I would guesstimate 1850+ fps velocity !
... keep working with the IMR3031 and fine tune that load , it looks like a winner .

I was going to suggest 13.5 grs. Red Dot ... but Never Mind , you got this one figured out ...

... You just Keep On Keeping On with 3031

Nice looking boolits and reloads too , keep the Lady Happy and you will do fine !
Gary

[Winger Ed.]

I had a Rem700 in .270, and it wanted to be accurate and make me look good with jacketed 150s at about 80% of max.

As far as hunting with cast in it, I'd take any shot I'd otherwise do with a full house .30-30.

[Texas by God]

The Lee 277135 shoots very well from my 6.8 SPC AR15. If I had a .270 Winchester, I’d absolutely shoot cast in it.
Your bullets look way better than mine!


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[Wolfdog91]

I have that mold I think. is the lee mold? i got it to load up some 277 Wolverine ammo. Makes a decent boolit I think.

This is my rifle and here is the result of using an old lyman boolit that I think is about 115 gr sized .278 with gas check.

Always though .227 wolverine was a look cartridge might need to build one now

[Wolfdog91]

Dang !!! that's Impressive !
28 grs. 3031 isn't no powder puff load , I would guesstimate 1850+ fps velocity !
... keep working with the IMR3031 and fine tune that load , it looks like a winner .

I was going to suggest 13.5 grs. Red Dot ... but Never Mind , you got this one figured out ...

... You just Keep On Keeping On with 3031

Nice looking boolits and reloads too , keep the Lady Happy and you will do fine !
Gary

I'm just using what I can find , always get told to try the same three or four powders but finding them is such a pain. And I'll be honest with you, I kinda hate messing with fast pistol powders and similar stick powders always seem to perform and be less of a pain. Haven't messed with **** gun powders but idk

[frkelly74]

Mad Dog Weapon Systems was the builder of the upper I have. They sold brass and dies too.

[Milky Duck]

pretty much all loads with projectiles as in J word work well in most .270s and recoil is way down when you drop either or both projectile weight or speed via powder charge.
to put it another way..nobody considers a .243 w a hard recoiling cartridge..loud yes but soft recoiling
when you chuck a 100-110 grn projectile out of .270w at or around 3000fps you are pretty much duplicating the 243w

havent seen any .277 cast over here in NZ at all...have seen .284 but very little of anything skinnier.

[Bad Ass Wallace]

My cast for the 270 Savage an absolute delite to shoot with an Ideal 132gn over 26.5gn of 3031. The smaller case is much more efficent than larger ones.

[dverna]

You are doing great. Far better than I have ever done with cast bullets in a hunting rifle.

Whenever I read your posts, it makes me wonder if I should go down the rifle cast bullet rabbit hole. In fact, I have a few NIB molds I was planning to sell but have kept them...just in case I get bored and want to try again.

[charlie b]

ROFLMAO YES!! Go for it. It is FUN! And not frustrating at all!

Yeah, I love to shoot cast in my .308. Really fun when the cast bullets shoot almost as good as the jacketed.