Thread: 270WSM 130g sst vs the 145 eldx ?

Originally Posted by r87mm

I used to use the 130sst and 130 ab. Both performed ok out to around 400. Didn't get many pass throughs though so changed to 150sst's. Large holes appeared in the off side of deer and they never moved from the spot. I'd go 145eldx or 150sst. The point of a magnum is to launch the heavier weight projectiles at the same sort of speeds as the non magnum equivalent does the lighter ones so use it for what it's designed for. You should be around 3200-3250 with 130's in a 270wsm. 3023 is standard 270 speeds if barrels are around 24". You haven't gained anything over what you had other than maybe accuracy? I could never get the 3300 like the 270wsm was sposed to and the factory fed with 130bt's gave a sticky bolt lift. Happy with the 3250 I was getting and .75 groups from a standard t3 using rl22. More new powders about to try now. Think I was getting around 3000 with the 150's and stopped as it was a great load. Great caliber and hope you get the best out of it.

Yeah I think I read the load data wrong the guy had shocking hand writing the 130 sst look to be doing 3200 I haven't chronoed them just going of the scribble in the load book, I thought 3023 was a bit slow for 67grains of 2213sc
I think I'll give the 145 eldx a go in front of some rl19 and see if I can work them up around 3100 and accurate