Post by: RailRob on March 28, 2009, 07:49:23 PM
Post by: dontgetcrabs on March 28, 2009, 07:53:53 PM
Post by: RailRob on March 28, 2009, 07:57:00 PM
What kind of rifle, barrel length, twist rate, and what are you hunting for?
Tikka T3 Lite .270 win, I believe its a 22inch barrel.. hunting mainly deer but could be elk, bear, coyote...
Post by: dontgetcrabs on March 28, 2009, 08:15:36 PM
Post by: RailRob on March 28, 2009, 08:19:16 PM
Post by: AWS on March 28, 2009, 08:23:50 PM
The Lyman manual has a good section onbullet selection for game.
AWS
Post by: RailRob on March 28, 2009, 08:27:05 PM
Post by: dontgetcrabs on March 28, 2009, 08:34:35 PM
Post by: Huntbear on March 28, 2009, 09:00:07 PM
Personally, I shoot nothing but Nosler Partitions for my big game weapons,(let me qualify this by saying bullet selection is a personal choice, like which rifle you shoot) and they will shoot accurately out to 400 yards, nothing that I have hit with them has gone more than 20 feet.
Primers: you will need Large Rifle primers which are almost non existent right now.
Powder is what ever works best in your rifle.
A good resource is www.reloadersnest.com. They have lots of load data from members, and everyone on the forums is more than happy to help you out.
Post by: RailRob on March 28, 2009, 09:04:33 PM
Post by: Gutpile on March 28, 2009, 09:20:16 PM
Post by: RailRob on March 28, 2009, 09:29:15 PM
Railbob. Save yourself a little by ordering through cabelas. You can have it shipped to the post falls store and you don't get charged shipping that way. It'll save you at least $5.00 per order.next saturday i was gonna hit up the gun show next weekend and then take my father-in-law out to cabelas for his first time and see what I can find..
Post by: Gutpile on March 28, 2009, 09:37:44 PM
You picked a tough time to get into reloading. Shelves are empty.
Post by: Coasthunterjay on March 28, 2009, 09:41:39 PM
we all shot nosler 140 grain ballistic tips with 53grains of H4831 and what ever primers we could get at the time....
This year im changing to a 140 grain Nosler Accubond, and H4831SC.....Hit of a partition with the performance of a ballistic tip.....
My dad goes to idaho with his 270 every year and has shot 4 elk with his 270 with 140 grain ballistics tips...so 140 grainers are not to small for the job....and between me and my dad we have both shot bears with our 270's....
And we have the bullets flying i believe right at 3000FPS if not more. the 140's have a great BC....but what do we know.... :chuckle: :twocents:
Post by: RailRob on March 28, 2009, 09:42:59 PM
I thought you meant you ordered through midway. i order a lot through them but I always try cabelas first. I have it sent to the store for pickup and there's no shipping charge.
You picked a tough time to get into reloading. Shelves are empty.
Ohh I am not gonna get into reloading..no way in hell! I am going to have someone do it for me..I have not bought anything yet...
Post by: gadwall on March 30, 2009, 08:38:49 AM
Post by: gasman on March 30, 2009, 01:24:33 PM
Nosler has a reloading book that has lots of good info.
It varys from book to book on what the best load is, i use 2 different rerloading books.
Post by: jmkuhlman on March 30, 2009, 08:11:33 PM
Hunting Load:
Nosler 130 Grain Partition
IMR-4831 54.5 grains
CCI Primer
Practice Load:
Hornady 140 grain BTSP
IMR-4831 53.0 grains
CCI Primer
Post by: Coasthunterjay on March 31, 2009, 01:48:17 PM
Post by: Huntboy on March 31, 2009, 01:53:02 PM