Range Report .270 Ruger 110 gr V-max range report

[B Man]

I've been thinking for awhile about selling my .270 (I have 3) and building a 25-06 or .243 for long range varmit hunting but decided to first try out some 110 gr. v max bullets after talking to a few people. I really figured the gun would shoot horrible with the light bullets since it's aimed more towards the 130-150 gr. pills but figured what the heck box bullets was only $20 and a little time on the range. After bullets arrived I ordered the wrong one's by accident, they had the cannelure on them. First few loads I had exactly what I was expecting 1.5 MOA at 100yds then next load HIT IT .3 MOA! Groups fell back off again after this. I was curious if it was a fluke so loaded up some more and went out to 200yds to try it again. Pulled my last shot and messed up the group, called it. I'm keeping the rifle now for some long range work on yotes. Just posting this to show my reults with the lighter pills. Also i was shocked my ruger had it in it, think it found it's niche in the collection

Win. case
WLR primer
50.0 gr. Varget
3.200" OAL
110 gr. V Max

 

[Casey Simpson]

Re: .270 Ruger 110 gr V-max range report

Good save.

 

[bjordan]

Re: .270 Ruger 110 gr V-max range report

Great results. I've also had good luck with 110 v-max's out of my 270wsm, I'm currently shooting the 110 accubonds @ 3515 fps with rl 19, which are just as accurate.

 

[B Man]

Re: .270 Ruger 110 gr V-max range report

I've gat a .270 savage 114 AC in the safe that i'm thinking of trying some 110 gr. barnes with. Hows the A-bonds holding up at that speed?

 

[bjordan]

Re: .270 Ruger 110 gr V-max range report

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: B Man</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've gat a .270 savage 114 AC in the safe that i'm thinking of trying some 110 gr. barnes with. Hows the A-bonds holding up at that speed? </div></div>

Shot 4 deer with them and wasn't able to recover the bullet from any of them, all of them were pass throughs with huge exit wounds and lots of internal damage I guess from the shock of it hitting. Turns lots of stuff into jelly. The 110 Barnes are on my "to try" list but haven't made it that far yet. I've shot 110, 130, and 140 accubonds, 130 and 140 nosler ballistic tips, 110 v-maxes, 130 sst's, 130 and 140 berger vld's (they do not expand in a whitetail) and 135 sierra match kings. Both the 110's and the 135 MK's shoot above average but my gun shoots all of these less than 1 moa.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Re: .270 Ruger 110 gr V-max range report

I have tested the 7mm/120gr Nosler BT in my <span style="font-style: italic">.280 Rems</span> with 56gr of H-4350; delivering accuracy, flat trajectory, and simply spectacular terminal performance. Per my Granddaughter, it's a <span style="font-style: italic">lot</span> louder than the .30-'06 with 150 Core-Lokts. The way the rounds smack the 200yd gong, they sound like a Lapua Mag. With 120gr partitions, I'd take on deer sized game out to well beyond 300yd with the load. The Hornady Custom/Superformance 139SST factory loads shoot like match ammo in both the Sporter and the Varmint weight barrels.

IMHO, the .270 and .280 are very satisfactory chamberings, and I'd like to do more development on my .280's for extended range target work performance using 168gr and 175gr Low Drag 7mm projectiles.

Greg