130 grain 270 bullet on black bear?

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Would you use a 270 loaded with 130 grain bullets on a black bear?

I think the bullets are Speer Hot-Cor.

Just asking. My current 270 shoots my 150 grain Hornady Interlocks just fine but I may be getting another one today and I have three boxes of the Federals so I'll sight it in with those and may hunt with it. See how it goes.
 
No problem shooting bears with 130's... I had many sports who did, and could never tell any difference in the result or visible damage between a .270 with 130's and a .30/06 with 150's... both result in rapidly deceased bears.
 
My favourite rifle right now is my bsa monarch in 270. I only shoot 130 grain TTSXs on everything from coyote to moose,elk, & black bear. Any bigger & tougher critters get the 375 ruger.
 
hoytcanon said:
No problem shooting bears with 130's... I had many sports who did, and could never tell any difference in the result or visible damage between a .270 with 130's and a .30/06 with 150's... both result in rapidly deceased bears.
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Funny how that works eh, and with regular old soft points to boot.
 
The "boring" old .270 with a 130gr is a severely underrated cartridge in the modern era of short fat mags and no-decimal-Noslers. It was the favourite cartridge of at least two very successful hunters I respect a good deal, and more here I believe we can even include Mr Wagner... But he may go 9.3. No question any off the shelf .270 is perfect black bear medicine.
 
It'll work, though I always prefer a bullet that exits or at least has a better chance at exiting. Personally, I'd use a 150 in a Nosler Partition or similar, or a lighter bullet in a monometal. Bears are very hard to follow with little to no blood as they can cover ground faster than most animals, and that ground is usually the thickest stuff they can find. Add to that the fact there's rarely snow to help you out. Even if he only goes 200 yards, you'd be surprised how long it may take you to find him. I've had more than one bear I almost had to step on before he was found.
 
130's works great

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bearkilr said:
It'll work, though I always prefer a bullet that exits or at least has a better chance at exiting. Personally, I'd use a 150 in a Nosler Partition or similar, or a lighter bullet in a monometal. Bears are very hard to follow with little to no blood as they can cover ground faster than most animals, and that ground is usually the thickest stuff they can find. Add to that the fact there's rarely snow to help you out. Even if he only goes 200 yards, you'd be surprised how long it may take you to find him. I've had more than one bear I almost had to step on before he was found.
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This is exactly why I love to swat blackies with my 350 RMs...........I love to watch them expire where they stand, or rather get swatted to the ground and expire where they lay. OP blackies are not difficult to kill so virtually anything from a 243 with good bullets up works.
 
I've been hunting black bears for around thirty years and have killed, and seen them killed, with everything from .270 through .375 H&H, along with bows and muzzle loaders.

Nothing I've ever seen flattens black bears on the shot like a .270 with standard cup-and-core 130 grain bullets.

The combination of shrapnel and massive, quick, energy dump seems to be just the ticket for them.
 
Northman999 said:
I've been hunting black bears for around thirty years and have killed, and seen them killed, with everything from .270 through .375 H&H, along with bows and muzzle loaders.

Nothing I've ever seen flattens black bears on the shot like a .270 with standard cup-and-core 130 grain bullets.

The combination of shrapnel and massive, quick, energy dump seems to be just the ticket for them.
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try the remington core lockt or federal blue box in 150 grains it is working exatly the same.
 
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