Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
What is your preferred rifle round?
I just perchest a Nikon Prostaff 5 with the BDC (Bullet Drop Compensator) reticle and hoping to use it to start shooting a little longer distances. I am currently shooting the Federal Premium Vital Shock Trophy Bonded Tip out of my 270wsm out to 400 yards. Anyone have a go to round. The one I have is doing just fine and I have taken 4 deer with it so far with no problems but just wondering what everyone else is using?
Purchased
@ Falconry2. I have definently found that my gun likes the 140 or 150 over the 130's, and it shoots the 140's just a tad better than the 150's.
I am looking to start reloading also. Even the stuff I use is right around the $50 mark a box.
I am usually not a huge fan of BDC reticles either but with this one you can use the spot on app, and put in your load information, and it will tell you where to put each circle of the reticle for the yardage at a given power. So I thought, what the heck. I'll give it a shot.
I will also look at the Barnes series of ammo when I get back home. (Deployed) Thank you.
Sorry, I meant more of the specific bullet, brand and all. Not so much the caliber.
6 Answers
- falconry2Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
I have a 300 WSM that responds well with the 165 grain Barnes TSX bullet;my 30-06 doesn't shoot them as well so I use the Nosler Accu-Bond in 165 grain. WSM,RUM,Weatherby proprietary and a few boutique cartridges make sense to handload for,factory ammo can run $50+ a box for them and a reloading kit would pay for itself quickly.
If I were using a 270 I might be more tempted to use 150 grain bullets to take best advantage of a high BC and Sectional Density but with a WSM that might lead to powder impingement (short neck on the 404 Jeffery modified neck similar to 308 Win based brass) so 140 grains might be a better option. Many rifles tend to shoot better with slightly heavy bullets for the caliber;I find in 30-06 that 165 grain bullets hit a sweet spot for barrel twist and ballistics matrix compared to 150 and 180 grain bullets.
For specific ammo if you aren't handloading it is still a crap shoot what works in YOUR rifle; know I would try Winchester XP-3 Controlled Expansion loads if I had to grab of the shelf stuff.
Personally not a huge fan of BDC scopes because I use a 200 yard ZERO that approximates a MPBR set-up and just use a Fine Duplex reticle.
- John de WittLv 77 years ago
I can't say I have one favorite load.
There's a warm fuzzy feeling I get with 348 Winchester using 220 grain Barnes bullets, and 7x57 with 175 grain Nosler Partitions (I won't give propellant loads, because they'd both be unsafe in other rifles). But I have way more projects than I'll ever get around to finishing, including some playing around with 270 WSM and 140 Partitions, and 9.3x62 with a couple of 250 grain bullets, among the more recent playthings.
- ?Lv 77 years ago
My go-to rifle rounds would be .30-06 Springfield, M2 Ball Greek HXP (Pyrkal) from the CMP ---- and just about anybody's .308 Winchester that has a brass casing and a reasonable price per round.
- How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- 7 years ago
I have a .270 and love it. I also love the similar 30-06. The .270 is basically the 30-06 with less kick
- Anonymous7 years ago
I prefer a .300 win mag. its a very universal round. I can be used from anything from antelope to grizzlies
