Thread: First time reloading 270win

Definitely load 5 of the 51gn's if you are happy with what its done so far. A 5 shot group will tell you a whole lot more than a 2 shot group. What powder and projectile are you using? As for targets, the human eye is round, your scope is round - there should be no need for the X's across your target, especially at 45 to your vertical and horizontal. And it has also been found by people with way more nouse than me, that a white circle on a black background is the best for the human eye. I use the stick on white dots about 25mm across, on black A4 paper, only one dot per sheet. And write all you details on every target, date, wind etc, load, projectile. Then you can go back and check them over at a later date and not get confused.
Hope you're enjoying the progress, cos it looks like you've pretty much nailed it.