130 grain .270 bullet performance

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Was hoping to get some insight into what peoples preference is for 130 grain .270 bullets. I've been looking at a pile of different rounds and figure a good spot to start is ask. What I'm looking for is bullet style and performance on game. Personal experience with details would be muchly appreciated.I ran some Remington core lokt down the barrel and they group within reason but I'm not sure how they preform on white tails. (guess I should have specified it'll be a white tails gun)
 
.270, 130 grain federal blue box. Killed my bear on the spot.

This round was the only one that gave me good groups with my Ruger American.

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My friend shot piles of deer in Alberta and he swore by the 130gr Ballistic Tip. I've only used 130gr X out of the .270 on deer - but it certainly is not needed on that sized game.
 
So what's the difference in performance between the different styles? Ballistic tip, vs core lokt vs core lokt bonded vs....ect ect..? Guess that's what I'm looking for, real life performance vs manufacturers claims. Will one blow through shoulders without slowing down and only leave a pencil hole while another explodes on contact?
 
Hi mate, Ive used the .270 for a number of years now, for the first few years used factory loads an more recently been using 130gr Corelokt reloads.

Ive shot some Big Sambar deer with the 130gr SuperX an Corelokt, in factory I used 140gr Accubond CT supreme thingys, As mentioned above the accubonds arnt needed for general deer hunting, but for Elk its something I would look at.

Only downside to the Cup an Core projectiles is, if you are say in close to a Big Bull Elk, the .270 will be zipping along an that's where the 130gr corelokt/superx may tear jackets apart an fail to penetrate... for WT I don't see this as a problem.


Know your gun an its drop at dstance, an shoot with confidence

WL
 
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Hi mate, Ive used the .270 for a number of years now, for the first few years used factory loads an more recently been using 130gr Corelokt reloads.

Ive shot some Big Sambar deer with the 130gr SuperX an Corelokt, in factory I used 140gr Accubond CT supreme thingys, As mentioned above the accubonds arnt needed for general deer hunting, but for Elk its something I would look at.

Only downside to the Cup an Core projectiles is, if you are say in close to a Big Bull Elk, the .270 will be zipping along an that's where the 130gr corelokt/superx may tear jackets apart an fail to penetrate... for WT I don't see this as a problem.


Know your gun an its drop at dstance, an shoot with confidence

WL
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While I agree with WhelenLad's general enthusiasm for the .270 with 130's, my experience is that, even at ranges of 50 yards or so, common C&C 130's will still penetrate enough to quickly kill black bears, woodland caribou and large Yukon/Alaska moose, if you shoot these things in the boiler.

Nothing "wrong" with the 140 grain Accubond CT's he mentioned, but 130 gr .277 bullets were all specifically made for the .270 win, and they generally work very well with it. I'd move to a bullet like the CT, or a TSX if I was going purposely on a grizzly hunt with my .270, but otherwise I'd not bother.

If a premium bullet gives a fellow a boost in confidence though, for $1 a shot, it may very well be money well spent. :)

DILLIGAF's pic of his recovered bullet is about typical, in my opinion. Most people seriously underestimate the amount of mess a piece of metal like that does to the vitals of a large animal, even if it "only" penetrates 24" or so at close range...
 
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If your into reloading, Hornaday SST's work outstandingly on deer out to and including 413m according to the laser range finder. I have yet to have a deer go farther than 10m when I do my part and make the shot. They also group incredibly well out of my Savage 116. Once again if I do my part this load will ragtag a hole with 3 rounds at 100m.
 
I use 130 grain bullets exclusively in my 270 WSM. In the last 10 years every deer I have shot went no further than 50 years and piled up. Most piled up within 20. I use factory ammo, the Winchester Ballistic tips.
 
Corelockt 130's are a pretty good whitetail bullet in the .270 if the shoot well, I would hunt with them happily. Not my first choice for moose or elk but deer and black bears sure thing, even elk and moose would be fine if you waited and picked your shots.
 
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