davetucker Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 After bear season i was going to the range one day and noticed my scope was wobbling :eek:on my 270!!I got it fixed(we to all the bolts out andf thread locked them!!I took it to the range as i had to sight in my 300wsm!!Well the 300wsm went great!I love the pro-staff scope!!Took about 5 rounds to get it where it counts!!(Tack-Driver)!!Well then went on to the 270 and had the hardest time!!I actually ran out of ammo!!The problem was it wasn't grouping for crap!!I had two here two there!!All over the paper!High,low,left right,and i had it in the lead sled!!I was shooting federal 150gr ammo!!!Is the ammo any good??:confused:I had another guy at the range tell me it could be the ammo!!:confused:I was not the only shooter since i thought it could have been me!!So a couple of us tried it!!What is going wrong!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 maybe this ammo just doesn't work well with your rifle. try another brand or 2. but, i've found that my 270 prefers 130 grains, and my 150's shoot a bit wild. maybe your's, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 maybe this ammo just doesn't work well with your rifle. try another brand or 2. but, i've found that my 270 prefers 130 grains, and my 150's shoot a bit wild. maybe your's, too. What Steve B said! Try the 130's. If you can, try some Hornady 130 grain Interbonds. My Tikka really likes them and I dropped an elk with one shot at about 125 yards! It took 2 steps and piled up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Would also agree about trying some different ammo Dave. Seems most of what I here about .270's is that they like 130 grain ammo, my model 700 actually does very well with the cheap 150 grain core lokts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Different guns eat different ammo. Switch brands. That doesnt mean the ammo you have is bad, they can just be picky. I have a .243 that will NOT shoot Remington ammo. I have shot Winchester, Hornady handloads, and Sierra handloads and its dead on. However, Remington ammo wont group at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetucker Posted October 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Thanks guys!!I thought that i had rem corelokts last yr in 150's!!They didn't have any at the trading post so i bought federal!!Gonna try something different today!!Gotta have that thing deadly as tomorrow my 11 yr old son will be using it!Tomorrow is youth day here in maine!!LOL!!He says were getting a doe off our ground cuz they taste better!!!LMBO!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Wal mart carries the remington core lokts in 150's for the .270 pretty well everywhere around here for around $15 a box, I have never not been able to get a box of them. I do try to keep a couple hundred rounds put up too since I know the gun likes them. Remington has their $10 rebate on two boxes of core lokts going on right now too, I picked up a box each of 100 grain core lokts in .243 for the wife and in 150 grain core lokts for my .270 just the other day. My daughters A bolt will not group as well with the core lokts, but shoots the winchester power points just fine, winchester has a promotional deal going on right now too. Good luck with the youth hunt, our 2 day youth hunt weekend opens tomorrow too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleA Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 The make, bullet weight and style influence the particular loads shoots in an individual rifle. Some rifles are finicky and some will shoot just about anything. Firearms are no different than people, we are individuals with different likings. Here's an example of a hunting rilfe using factory ammo. Left was shot with Winchester 140gr Accubond Middle was shot with Remington 150gr Ballistic Tip Right was shot with Federal 130 Barnes TSX It's plain to see the rifle did not like the 130 gr load. These are 5 shot groups using factory ammo at 300 yards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterbucks1 Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 shot you a PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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