Rifle rounds and for what game?

[iccyman001]

What rounds do you guys generally shoot and does it vary for the game you hunt?


I\'m torn on if I want to shoot a 130, 140, 150 grain from my .270 on my oryx hunt.
I am going to mess around with all 3 to see what kind of groups I am getting.

Again, I am trying to site in for 200 yards and will not be shooting out beyond 400, no matter what.

 

[cnelk]

Dan
If you reload, you will see very little difference in performance between the 130gr and 150gr in a couple hundred yards. [which is a good thing]
Read up on gunwriter Jack O\'Connor as he made the 270 caliber famous since he used it for 40 years

Its a sweet round, can be loaded for thin skinned game down to 90grs and up to 180 for elk or larger.
Its can be a smokin fast load and when the bullet hits the spot, damage is done

Let me know and I will tell you my 270 load specifics

 

[cohunter14]

Agree with a lot of what Brad said. I will also say that the weight doesn\'t matter near as much as what bullet you are using. Make sure you find one that you believe will take care of the job. Obviously the lighter the bullet, typically the flatter the trajectory as well, meaning you could site in for a 200 yard zero and only have a few inches of drop at 300.

 

[WW]

According to the (Rule of 3), if you sight in 3\" hi at 100 yards, you should be able to hold dead on at 300 yards. This is fairly close for most but not all of the elk hunting calibers. The 270 falls just a hair short of the 300 yard mark. But not by much. I think the figures are 265 yards for the 130 gr. load and 295 yards for the 150 gr. These figures were complied using a 40 mm objective scope with most factory ammo. Things may change with the larger diameter scopes available today because of the height of the crosshairs above the bore of the rifle.

 

[iccyman001]

Dan
If you reload, you will see very little difference in performance between the 130gr and 150gr in a couple hundred yards. [which is a good thing]
Read up on gunwriter Jack O\'Connor as he made the 270 caliber famous since he used it for 40 years

Its a sweet round, can be loaded for thin skinned game down to 90grs and up to 180 for elk or larger.
Its can be a smokin fast load and when the bullet hits the spot, damage is done

Let me know and I will tell you my 270 load specifics

I am looking into the book as we speak.
I honestly don\'t see myself reloading though.

I know some people love it, but they shoot their gun mostly and I understand why they would want to make a perfect bullet.

Me, I am planning on using the bow more often than not. So if I can shoot good groups with manufactured ammo, then it\'s a wrap!
I have some 130, 140, and 150 to play with and see what shoots best!

 

[iccyman001]

According to the (Rule of 3), if you sight in 3\" hi at 100 yards, you should be able to hold dead on at 300 yards. This is fairly close for most but not all of the elk hunting calibers. The 270 falls just a hair short of the 300 yard mark. But not by much. I think the figures are 265 yards for the 130 gr. load and 295 yards for the 150 gr. These figures were complied using a 40 mm objective scope with most factory ammo. Things may change with the larger diameter scopes available today because of the height of the crosshairs above the bore of the rifle.

I will have to do some trial and error here soon. The new scope I have has the ballistic drop lines.
I\'d like to sight it in, then figure out which each hash is.

Someone told me that I can sight it in, plug in my bullet grains/velocity into some magic calculator and it\'ll send me numbers for each thing.
I\'ll try it out, but I\'ll believe it when I shoot it! :mg:

 

[cohunter14]

Dan, I can help you figure out the scope once you pick a bullet