Soooooo for comparison, the 120 custom lite factory fodder launches at 2700 iirc. And is deadly easily to 300 yds. As far as deer are concerned, the partition is built to run through both shoulders, turn around, shatter the hip, and then run halfway down the spine. At under 2900 I'd expect the sierra to run through both shoulders and stop under the far side. For lower recoil and accuracy, the 4831 will yield less than happy results in my experience, look for imr4166/4064 or h4895.If I may ask......having watched the video and waded through the thread.........I'm about to start loading for my Dad's old 270.....also a 700 BDL. Has killed a lot of deer over the years and none of them past 200 yards, and don't ever expect to. More like 100 yards for most of them. Every deer it has ever killed has been with factory ammo of one shade or another and always 130 gr or 150 grain bullets.
Bullets I have and plan to load are 130 gr Sierra Game Kings.......and/or 140 Gr Nosler Partitions. Powders I have to work with are IMR 4350 and a 4831, what I think will turn out to be H4831sc. What should my optimum velocity be?
Reason I"m asking is the confusion between soft or tough bullets and high or low velocity. I'm assuming mine are both soft bullets, so ought to be loading for the low end of velocity? If that means less recoil, that is even better knowing who my shooters are.
If you're close enough for a meet up I'd part with a lb of 4166 for a good cause. Roughly 45.5 gr with the sierra will have you downing deer and recoil of a .243 in an 8.5 lb gun with swell accuracy.