Cast Bullets for the .270 REN?

[fourarmed]

I recently acquired a TC Contender barrel in .270 REN. If you aren't familiar with it, it's a .22 Hornet blown out straight to take .277 bullets. I also got 200 rds of ammo loaded with the Hornady 100 gr. spire point. When I get those shot up, I would like to cast for it, but the smallest mould I have is the Lyman 280473 spitzer, which weighs around 130 grains.

I have to cast some to see how deep in the case I would need to seat it, but I suspect it is just too big for this small case. It would not be hard to mill off the gas check shank, but that wouldn't lose much weight. Is there any good way to cut off a short amount of the nose of finished boolits and make them into a round flat style?

Or does anybody know of a commercial mould that would serve?

[Nobade]

https://noebulletmolds.com/site/shop/bullet-moulds/277/htc278-103-rf-by4/htc278-103-rf-by4-3-cavity-gc/

I use a 95 grain bullet I had Mountain Molds make but they're not in business any longer. There might be others but this one from NOE would be about right if you like using coated bullets. You'd think with the popularity of the 6.8 SPC there would be more to choose from.

[Johnch]

I used to have a 270 REN TC barrel , sold it a while ago
I used it for IHMSA Field pistol shooting

I used a 100 gr Lee Mold that was a group buy
It was a long time ago and I do not remember if the group buy was through IHMSA or one of the other groups

But OFF Sand Bags I could get sub 1" groups at 100 meters
But I was only pushing the cast bullet about 1000 FPS

John

[fourarmed]

Thanks,guys. Field pistol is my intended use for mine. I cast some of the Lyman spitzers today to see how they fit the throat. The gc shank is much longer than I remembered, so milling it off is a possibility. A friend is sending me some cast from a Mountain Mould he has. That may solve the problem without surgery.

[Nobade]

How long is the throat in your TC barrel? Is there room to seat the bullet out far? Good luck with it, they sure are a neat little caliber. Mine is a rifle I built for my wife for cast bullet silhouette shooting a long time ago. Never had one of the TC versions.

[Milky Duck]

can you alter the mold you already have??? thinking along lines of adding hp pin...but go to extreme to reduce it by desired amount.

[fourarmed]

A friend sent me some 110 grainers from a Mountain mould he had made. I have them checked and lubed, and am starting load development. I wouldn't go heavier if I could avoid it. He also sent some 130 grainers from an RCBS mould that appears to be a scaled down 311041. Should be much better than the 280473, which even Lyman says is pretty unsuccessful.

[Milky Duck]

there is a good 130grn 7mm/.284 hp mould around...I wonder if squeazing it down to correct size might be a good option???

[frkelly74]

I have played with my 277 Wolverine AR using a lyman mold. I can't think of the mold number but it is about 115 gr. These work well but I need to get some on paper at longer ranges this summer.

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[Milky Duck]

wolverine.....5.56/223 necked up perhaps????
looks like a fun round.

[fourarmed]

Have done some load work, and settled on 8.6/Acc5744. I also tried IMR4227, but it was disappointing. I was surprised to find that small rifle magnum primers (CCI450) gave the best groups of the ones I tried -- Fed 100 and 205M and CCI BR-2.