im new to reloading and am looking for a good " light" load for .270, 130 grn and reloader 22. thanks

53 grains should get you about 2600 fps.....does that help?

Be very very careful loading reduced loads with a slow burning powder like Re 22. If you want a reduced load refer to a good manual that lists reduced loads like the Speer manual for one. Light loads of slow burning powder are extremely dangerous. Never go below the manuals minimum load. I ruined a good gun when I first started reloading doing just that. Reduced loads of some powders explode instead of burning. I was using 4320 when I had my mishap and that is not even a real slow burner. It froze up the action and created exessive head spacing and I had to rebarrel the gun. The load Vap mentioned above may be a very safe load I don,t have a manual handy right now. I just like to save someone else from bad expierences.

James B, it came directly from the latest Hornady manual..

thanks guys. i shot 40 or so rounds last time i was at the range in my nef .270 which is pretty light. pounded the heck outta me. im looking to shoot a lighter load. is there a faster burning reloader powder?

i guess i should get some different reloading manuals. i have the lee book that came with the press

George, if you wanted a lighter recoiling gun you should have bought a .243

James B' s post is a good one and I gave you the lightest load I could find.

If recoil is a problem to you (and the .270 can be a trifle punishing) I' d suggest you try the Hornady 110 grain bullet


I' ll get a lot of flak for this recommendation, but it actually works for deer.

If that' s too much you might consider a smaller caliber.

I currently shoot a .260 Remington with 129 grain bullets

There are several good calibers that are in the light recoil class I am rather sad at the lack of guns made available in 25 caliber. There is the 25-06 but recoil is not going to differ much from the 270. The 250 Savage is one of the best light deer rifles out there. However its pretty hard to find one. I have had several 243 rifles and I have a 250 Savage bolt gun from the 700 Remington classic program. My main rifle now it the 257 Robert. In my own expierence the 25 caliber rifles are more effective on deer than the 243. I won,t say that the 243 won,t do the job because I know that even the 22-250 will handle deer hunting duty when used properly. At one time the 7MM caliber was not popular in the U.S. now it the rage. Maybe the 25 calibers will be revisited in this matter at some time. I for one hope so. Look hard also at the 6.5X55 for low recoil and very impressive performance on all big game. Your choice of the 270 is a good one however. With my bad shoulder, the 270 is right at the upper edge of my toleance for pain. I can shoot the 30-06 if its not off the bench. I would like to shoot a 270 Short Mag once and see what kind of recoil they have. Can,t afford to buy one to try and I don,t know anyone near here that has one.

The min. load in the Speer #12 reloading manual for the 270 Win. using RL-22 is 54.0 grs. @ 2689 f/s. Good luck.

Good light load. Here it is. IMR4064 and 46gr of it. Light and actually remarkably accurate in my gun. Re22 and std action calibers usually don' t go in the catagory as light?

thanks for the help guys