270 load

[Hunterbug]

My youngest daughter drew an elk tag that's technically not a once in a lifetime hunt, but it's pretty darn close. She drew it as a youth and as an adult it takes 20 to 25 years to draw. So we're looking for a big bull. As we talked about what gun to take I offered several options and Gitano even offered to help but she wants to stick with her trusty 270. So I looked around and found a box of 41, 150gr Partitions. That's not a lot to work up a load and hunt with. I called a buddy and he gave me another full box. I looked at the powders I had and selected RL19. It gives good velocity and I have 3 pounds of it. I loaded up 5 each of 4 different charges and today we headed to the range. I got 2 good groups that each had a flier due to operator error. I'm going to go with the second one. It's still not than good enough to hit a bull but it's the faster of the two. Now I'll load up a few more to chronograph and adjust the scope. The squares are 3/4of an inch.