Powder for 270 and 30-06

[Neal Bloom]

Is there a powder that will work for both 270 Winchester and 30-06? Just picked up a 270 for my son and looking forward to deer hunting in the fall. I am planning on using a 130 grain bullet for the 270 and 150 or 180 grain bullets for the 30-06.

My dealer recommended AA 2700 for the 180 grain 30-06. I have loaded IMR 4895 for the 30-06 but don't know if it would work well with the 270.

 

[pdh]

Neal,all you can do is pick the powders out of the manuals and test.I have a friend that uses IMR4350 in his 270 with the 130gr and I use the IMR4350 with great sucess in my 30-06 with the 150gr.
You might also look at the IMR4831.

Good luck

 

[Sisco]

Hodgdon's H4831 works well in both. Don't confuse the load data with IMR4831 though!

 

[Mike Irwin]

IMR 4064, IMR 4320, WW 748, RL-7.

I believe all of them will work in both of these rounds.

 

[Zero]

Another vote for Hodgdon 4831sc

I can get my 3 shot 270's to group the size of a nickel at 100 yards with that powder and Hornady's 130gr SST's.

 

[HSMITH]

Reloader 19 for heavier bullets.........

 

[Art Eatman]

4831 works great in the .270, but as was commented above, match the data to the specific type of 4831.

I started out with 4064 for my 150-grain through 180-grain '06 loads. Still using it; same old load gets the same old results, no matter the brand of primer or bullet. I use 3031 with 110-grain varmint loads. Hey, after 53 years, why change?

, Art

 

[DAL]

The first, and only, powder I've tried for my '06 is IMR4350. It has yielded excellent results with a 165 gr. BTSP bullet. I may get around to trying another powder someday, but I'm not sure when. Being a lazy reloader, I figure why mess with success?
DAL