MY (now) amazing bone stock 111 .270 WCF

[Muddly]

I've posted about her a couple times and while she delivered more than sufficient accuracy for any deer hunting use, it seemed she should do better... I bought and mounted a VERY fine Leupold VX1 4x12 and loaded up some nice 130gr Sierra Pro Hunters ( flat base) over 60gr H4831 in neck sized Rem cases ( Lee collet dies are amazing! These cases are on their 30th firing and haven't touched a trimmer yet) lit by Rem 9 1/2 primers OAL 3.265 as this rifle has a short throat.If you try this load REDUCE the powder charge and work up to it. Its a max load in most refrences. This puts the bullet .010 off the rifling.
First range trip gave numerous sub 3/4 inch groups for 3 at 100. Yesterday I took her out and stretched her legs at 2 and 300 yards and was amazed by the 3 rounders i got. At 200 groups ran from 15/16 to an max of 1 1/2 inches. At 300she shot between 2 and 2 7/8 inches. This is a bone stock Model 111 with no bedding work other than freeing up some light tang bearing. Haven't chrono'd this load yet, but zeroed + 2 inches at 100 she landed shots + 1 1/2 at 200 and - 4 5/8 t 300. The same load with Hornady 130's gave 3045 fps.Sierras in this rifle tend to be 50-75fps quicker. Anyway, she does like a fouled bore and the Sierras do a fine job of copper plating things... I'm very happy with my now above average Model 111. I normally use 7x57 class loads in her to reduce recoil,expense and also to preserve case and bore life. Hope these shoot as well as the full throttle stuff!

[BigBlue]

The deer better beware, you certainly have her dialed in now. What scope did you have on it before?
Don

[fgw_in_fla]

.270 is my all time favorite caliber. My 110 (another pawn shop rescue) shoots amazingly flat. Same point of impact from 50 to 150yds. You're loading yours a wee bit hotter than I do. Mine is happy with 55.6gr of H4831-sc. Sometimes I think H4831 was made for the .270. They work together perfectly. Here's a 200yd target from mine. It favors 130gr Nosler's & Remington brass...



I see quite a few guys using 60gr of H4831. I may just try it someday for the heck of it. For now, the recipe I'm using has been disgustingly consistant. It's my "Blow off steam" rifle. On days when I have to deal with employees whining, customers that can't be made happy & bad days in general, this is the rifle I grab & head off to the range.
Frank in Fla

[stangfish]

Try 47 gr of 4064 if you have it. Show us that target.

Your 300 yard target may look like that.

[Muddly]

The previous glass was a Valor 4x wit fine crosshair and decent optics for a 1970 production( stamped on the ocular bell). I did and still do good work with a 4x even at extended range. The shakes don't seem to look so bad...