[W.Va.Glassman]

Bought two used Rem.700 in 270Win.Saturday.Took them apart,cleaned&oiled Sunday.Test fired them today,about a 2 to 2.5 avg. 5 shoot group(each) used Win.130gr.The oldest(made in 60's) is a better looking and shoots better than the 90's gun.

[wanderinwalker]

Sounds like you got yourself a couple of interesting rifles! Not too bad. Broke soon-to-be-college student here, so I am jealous of you! :)

Me? I'm a 6.5mm fan, and I really like the .260 Remington for my uses.

[Delmar]

W.Va., if your 700's are anything like the one I bought used (mid-80's vintage), they use a long throat. I loaded up some 140 grain Hornady boat tailed soft points and seated them out to .050 from the lands, and my groups went from 2 inches down to 3/4 inches. The handloads look funny, because the crimping groove looks like its nearly 1/4 inch from the case mouth, but it sure works. Was using a middle load of H4831 SC and CCI primers. This old girl is hot on it and I have never had a rifle shoot this close on the first hand load. Hope yours are at least as good! Lots of the people I hunt with on our deer lease finally got tired of all the flash and blast of a 7mm rem mag and rediscovered what a long range delight a 270 can be.

[Art Eatman]

Back when DuPont IMR cost about $2 a pound and Hodgdon was first getting into the powder business, he had some sort of 4831 that was just dirt cheap. With a 130-grain bullet, I just filled the case and compressed the load. Around one MOA with a K4, in an old Sears&Sawbuck bolt action...:) Late 1963, I guess. Put some hurt on a few Bambis with it.

You might free-float the forearms, and maybeso shim, and see if that helps your groups.

Art

[W.Va.Glassman]

Art I remembered you posting about using a credit card shim,installed it today,allso shaved a little around the barrel I'll test it tomorrow.I plan to reload for it.I always passed on the 270,I'm rifle poor(8)30-06,(3)6.5x55,(3)30-30,(1)32ws,(3)223,(2)7rem.M,(1)338,(2)8MM,(1)577,(1)7.65,(4)303,(2)6.5JAP,I know theres some more around.I load for all of these,some times it seems all I do is work on my guns,still beats any thing else(for now) :)

[Kimber Kid]

IMR 4831 (58grains) pushing a 130 grain bullet is what the 270 loves. Try seating the bullet just off the lans of a clean barrel from a steady bench and rest. Without a sturdy platform from which to shoot who knows what a rifle can do?