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.270 Ingram (.270-.223)

Warning! Notes: Velocities are for one five-shot group, measured ten feet from muzzle with Oehler Model 33 with skyscreens. Federal 200 standard Small Rifle primers used throughout. Overall lengths were 100-grain Speer, 2.48 inches; 110-grain Hornady, 2.57 inches; 130-grain Speer BT, 2.59 inches; 130-grain Speer, 2.54 inches; 150-grain Speer BT, 2.59 inches; 150-grain Speer, 2.55 inches. All loads shot at 95 degrees F except where noted in remarks. (Handloader Issue 86)

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Wt.	Bullet	Powder Manufacturer	Powder	Charge	Velocity (FPS)
100	Hornady spire-point	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,272
Remarks: variation: 51
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-4227	Subscribe	2,278
Remarks: variation: 73; shot at 65 degrees F
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-4227	Subscribe	2,438
Remarks: variation: 53; very slight cratering; shot at 65 degrees F
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-4227	Subscribe	2,520
Remarks: variation: 26; cratered, some resistance to opening - maximum; shot at 65 degrees F
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-4198	Subscribe	2,017
Remarks: variation: 190; puny; shot at 65 degrees F
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-4198	Subscribe	2,189
Remarks: variation: 97; starting to group; shot at 65 degrees F
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-4198	Subscribe	2,368
Remarks: variation: 79; very slight crater ; shot at 65 degrees F
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-4198	Subscribe	2,490
Remarks: variation: 71; slight crater, case full to mouth, maximum; shot at 65 degrees F
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,235
Remarks: variation: 78
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,359
Remarks: variaiton: 35
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,468
Remarks: variation: 38; compressed
100	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,554
Remarks: variation: 22; very slight crater, not maximum but case is full; shot at 65 degrees F
110	Hornady hollow-point	Alliant	RL-7	Subscribe	1,985
Remarks: variation: 94; shot at 65 degrees F
110	Hornady hollow-point	Alliant	RL-7	Subscribe	2,104
Remarks: variation: 81; shot at 65 degrees F
110	Hornady hollow-point	Alliant	RL-7	Subscribe	2,235
Remarks: variation: 79; shot at 65 degrees F
110	Hornady hollow-point	Alliant	RL-7	Subscribe	2,291
Remarks: variation: 104; slight crater; shot at 65 degrees F
110	Hornady hollow-point	Alliant	RL-7	Subscribe	2,320
Remarks: variation: 119; slight crater, opens easily, not efficient - maximum; shot at 65 degrees F
110	Hornady hollow-point	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,176
Remarks: variation: 62
110	Hornady hollow-point	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,322
Remarks: variation: 12
110	Hornady hollow-point	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,450
Remarks: variation: 21; very slight cratering
110	Hornady hollow-point	Hodgdon	H-335	Subscribe	2,307
Remarks: variation: 24
110	Hornady hollow-point	Hodgdon	H-335	Subscribe	2,378
Remarks: variation: 62
110	Hornady hollow-point	Hodgdon	H-335	Subscribe	2,411
Remarks: variation: 157; slight crater - maximum
130	Speer boattail	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	1,852
Remarks: variation: 55; shot at 65 degrees F
130	Speer boattail	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	2,052
Remarks: variation: 85; shot at 65 degrees F
130	Speer boattail	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	2,156
Remarks: variation: 36; slight crater, compressed - maximum; shot at 65 degrees F
130	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	1,850
Remarks: variation: 49
130	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,011
Remarks: variation: 27
130	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-322	Subscribe	2,193
Remarks: variation: 46; very slight crater, maximum
130	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-335	Subscribe	1,988
Remarks: variation: 36
130	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-335	Subscribe	2,150
Remarks: variation: 32
130	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	H-335	Subscribe	2,223
Remarks: variation: 24; very slight crater, efficiency dropping off - maximum
150	Speer boattail	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	1,747
Remarks: variation: 74; shot at 65 degrees F
150	Speer boattail	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	1,899
Remarks: variation: 92; shot at 65 degrees F
150	Speer boattail	Hodgdon	H-4895	Subscribe	1,963
Remarks: variation: 42; very slight crater, case not full; shot at 65 degrees F
150	Speer boattail	Hodgdon	H-380	Subscribe	1,658
Remarks: variation: 33; velocity too low, powder too slow
150	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	BL-C(2)	Subscribe	1,891
Remarks: variation: 61
150	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	BL-C(2)	Subscribe	1,994
Remarks: variation: 20; three rounds only
150	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	BL-C(2)	Subscribe	2,005
Remarks: variation: 30; slightly cratered
150	Speer spitzer	Hodgdon	BL-C(2)	Subscribe	2,009
Remarks: variation: 30; same, some opening resistance, not efficient - maximum
150	Speer spitzer	IMR	IMR-4320	Subscribe	1,793
Remarks: variation: 73
150	Speer spitzer	IMR	IMR-4320	Subscribe	1,958
Remarks: variation: 34; very slight crater
150	Speer spitzer	IMR	IMR-4320	Subscribe	2,019
Remarks: variation: 56; cratered; recoil and pressure up, velocity isn't; case full - maximum