Reloading 30-06 and .270

[Harold]

This will be my first try at reloading, my gramps will be helping me but he hasnt reloaded in years and has lost his notes and doesnt remember what his loads were. can you guys give me some of the remedy's that have worked best for you guys? the .270 is my yote gun that i occasionally will take a black tail with. this year i will be (hopefully) using the 06 for bear and elk. i would like both guns to have best groupings at 200yds and capable of 350+. thanks for any and all info hope you all have a wonderful start to this new year!

[700xcr]

Pick up a reloading manuals from Bullet or Powder Manufactures . Read them. Try out different grains of powder and start minimum charge weight and work up to see which load works best in your firearm. Each individual firearm is different. So what work best in somebody else gun will shoot terrible in yours.

[C-Money]

Loading for the 30-06, grab a can of IMR-4350. I use Hornaday interlocks 150gr and they have worked well for me, deer or elk. I have a pet load using this combo, but grab a reloading manual and start working up! In the .270, Imr 4831 is awesome! I use reloader-19 and a 140 accubond in my .270 with great success on deer. It is what I use on elk now too, but yet to harvest a elk with the .270. You will never go back to store bought ammo once you Begin reloading!

[bod]

I posted my best 06 load on the 30-06 180 interlock thread.

[Crisptrigr]

Working up loads to find what your gun likes best is a process. There is no short changing (short cuts) that process. 700 gave some good advice. Buy a reloading manual from a good bullet company Sierra, Barnes, Nosler and etc and read. Also lots on-line to learn from. Hodgon's website is good.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Working up loads to find what your gun likes best is a process. There is no short changing (short cuts) that process. 700 gave some good advice. Buy a reloading manual from a good bullet company Sierra, Barnes, Nosler and etc and read. Also lots on-line to learn from. Hodgon's website is good.

Notes of loads from 1955 might not be safe either, as some of the powders have changed chemically.  A load that shot well out of gramp's gun, may not do the same out of your gun.

Work your loads up to get the velocity and accuracy you desire.

My notes are 'IN' my books. When I change bullet, I go to the book and work up a load.

-Steve

[GregMcFadden]

you should also check out here

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

I've had good luck with H4350 and 168gr bergers but your milage will vary and your firearm will inevitably like a specific bullet seating position and powder load.  You just have to try and see.

[BlackRidge]

you should also check out here

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

I've had good luck with H4350 and 168gr bergers but your milage will vary and your firearm will inevitably like a specific bullet seating position and powder load.  You just have to try and see.

Great website, definitely check it out, but try not to use it and only it.  I like to look for 3 potential bullets that would work well, do some research online and find out what the maker recommends. Take their recommendation(s) then toy with it, find what your rifle loves and stick with that recipe.  Reloading books from Hornady, Speer, etc are great tools to get that base recipe going

I reload for both those calibers and have had great luck with IMR4831 and Barnes TSX rounds

[LongRange300RUM]

A reloaders most important piece of equiptment is a good reloading hand book. i recomend the hornady handbook of cartridge reloading i know they just came out with the 8th edition id pick it up.

[Harold]

sorry for the delayed replys, ive been rather busy lately. thanks for all the responses guys its really gonna help alot.

[sisu]

I have a couple of books but I really like the individual caliber pamphlets that are published and available for the re-loader. They seem of offer a larger variety of loading options with nearly all manufactures of powder, bullets, brass and primers.
I started buying these because I try to stay in a narrow but popular (easy to find on the ground if the *censored*e hit the fan kind of theory) caliber for all weapons. That way I can have a lot of ammo for very few calibers.

Don't get me wrong here a good reloading book is necessary but these little pamphlets are a world of knowledge for a person that wants to see what other companies offer with their powders, bullets etc. They are much cheaper than a manual for each bullet/powder company.

[Jekemi]

I reload .270. For deer I use 140 grain Sierra Game King Boat Tail. I use Winchester brass and CCI primers. I use IMR 4350. I've been loading 48 grains of 4350 and getting consistently tight groups at 100 yards from a Weatherby Vanguard 270. IMR 4350 is a great rifle reloading powder. I've also used Alliant R-19 but haven't shot any of it yet. My only issue with each of these powders is that the powder grain is cylindrical. Most powder measures will cut this type of powder so I hand measure each load on a digital scale and use a funnel to pour the powder in each brass cartridge. This is very consistent, just not very fast.
For Elk loads I using the Sierra Game King Boat Tail 150 grain bullet with the same powder and the same powder loads. Once again, very tight groups at 100 yards.

[Harold]

thanks for all the help guys im pretty excited to start getting into reloading, should be a good passtime for a guy with a broken leg i think!

[bobcat]

I like Hodgdon powders, and for my 270 I use H4831 and for my 30-06 I use H4350. I could pick just one of those powders and use in both, but the 30-06 really is better off with a faster burning powder than the 270. And the nice thing about Hodgdon powder, at least the H4350 and H4831, is that it is temperature insensitive. Which means it will give similar velocities whether you are hunting in -20 below zero or 85 degree temperatures.

[carpsniperg2]

I like H4831 or H4831sc for all my cals 25 and bigger. It has been a great powder for me.