270 bullet choices

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So what do you like to load into your 270? I just got a savage Axis XP (the gun/scope combo) because they are ridiculously cheap right now at wholesale sports. $50 off, and a $50 USD mail in rebate makes them about $235 plus tax for a rifle with a scope bore sighted and ready to get started. I paid more than that for my Mark II once I added a scope...

Im wondering about bullet weights, as well as bullet brands.

Do you just use one weight for everything, or two weights for deers and then bigger stuff?

I really liked the price for the Berger VLD hunting bullets, but I have read some less than stellar reviews online about em. Anyone have any experiences they would like to share?

What about Hornady bullets? Interbond or GMX any good?

Anybody like sierra bullets? They didn't have anything in stock today, but they have nice ballistic coefficents...

Finally, what about the classic Nosler Partition?? They are the only one Ive seen with something heavier than 150 grains (they were 160s)

I hear woodleighs makes a 180 grain, but Im not so sure about them? Seems they are too heavy, you can't get them fast enough, and the 270 is all about fast. I already have a 303 that tosses 180 grainers at like 2450 fps, so I dont see the 270 pushing one at 2550 making a big difference? But the 270 should penetrate deeper.... bah I dunno. Help!
 
130grain
Whatever shoots good.
X bullet for big game
My 270 loves 130SST and likes Interbonds, also likes Barnes XLC coated(extinct though)
 
The Nosler Partition .277/160 gr is an excellent big game bullet, if a bit much for deer sized game. For a general hunting bullets I'd pick a 130 gr TSX or TTSX, and for a plinking/practice bullet, probably a 130 gr Hornady Interlock or Winchester 130 gr Power Point bulk bullets. I have a couple of boxes of .270/180 gr Woodleighs, and they too are a very good bullet for heavy game, but they don't seem to stabilize particularly well in a 1:10 twist barrel. The Berger VLDs are not my idea of a game bullet, they tend to be fragile, which is a necessity for good terminal performance at extreme ranges, where trans-sonic impact velocities are likely. That said a pal of mine swears by 180 gr Bergers in his .280, but he's a bit strange anyway. Beware of published Ballistic Coefficients, particularly when applied to game bullets, they are more for marketing than to provide useful information. If you want to play around with trajectory predictions over long range, you should be paying closer attention to the G-7 scale than the G-1.
 
A plain old vanilla speer hotcore 130 or hornady spirepoint on deer behind the shoulder, anything much bigger or tougher step it up to 150 grains and preferably a bonded bullet.
 
Remington Core Lokt 130gr pointed soft point, for deer. Core Lokt 150gr psp or soft point (round nose) is good for moose. If in doubt, Nosler Partitions are the way to go, for big stuff:) If you want to shoot a bullet that is heavier than 150gr, I suggest a .30-06 instead.
 
In general they shoot very well, and are easy to get to shoot. I used to wind the 139 7mm up to 3500 fps in the STW and did rather well with it. 130 s in the .270 did great for me for years.

Its hard to get a bad bullet in a 270, the manufacturers pretty much know the velocity that they will be shot at.
 
Anybody have experience with the Barnes 110gr. TTSX . I picked up a box a while back but I have not worked up a load for it yet. I think Rl-17 was the ticket if I remember correctly.
 
Boomer said:
The Nosler Partition .277/160 gr is an excellent big game bullet, if a bit much for deer sized game. For a general hunting bullets I'd pick a 130 gr TSX or TTSX, and for a plinking/practice bullet, probably a 130 gr Hornady Interlock or Winchester 130 gr Power Point bulk bullets. I have a couple of boxes of .270/180 gr Woodleighs, and they too are a very good bullet for heavy game, but they don't seem to stabilize particularly well in a 1:10 twist barrel. The Berger VLDs are not my idea of a game bullet, they tend to be fragile, which is a necessity for good terminal performance at extreme ranges, where trans-sonic impact velocities are likely. That said a pal of mine swears by 180 gr Bergers in his .280, but he's a bit strange anyway. Beware of published Ballistic Coefficients, particularly when applied to game bullets, they are more for marketing than to provide useful information. If you want to play around with trajectory predictions over long range, you should be paying closer attention to the G-7 scale than the G-1.
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This reflects my thinking exactly! Dave.
 
Pathfinder said:
Anybody have experience with the Barnes 110gr. TTSX . I picked up a box a while back but I have not worked up a load for it yet. I think Rl-17 was the ticket if I remember correctly.
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I have not shot anything with this bullet yet, but what I DO know is that it shoots well under moa in my Vanguard S1 right out past 400 meters. :)

I am using IMR 4350.

Regards, Dave.
 
I use 130 gr TTSX. If I am close it won't shatter, if I am further, it will still perform well. Also no lead deposit, no fragmentation and finaly... I am confident in shooting moose sized animal whit that bullet. So 1 bullet do it all. They also shoot sub moa at 100 yard!!!

Shoot a 200 pound deer frontal shoot the bullet did scratch on of the fillet and was not recovered (shoot at 40M)
 
Pathfinder said:
Anybody have experience with the Barnes 110gr. TTSX . I picked up a box a while back but I have not worked up a load for it yet. I think Rl-17 was the ticket if I remember correctly.
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I bought quite a few of those on a whim, and tried them in a couple .270 Wins, a WSM and my .270 Weatherby. It didn't shoot well enough in any of them to make me switch from what I was using so never killed anything with them.
 
My rem 700 in 270 win shoots cheap Federal blue box 150's as good as any handload that I've come up with so far. Last year with the Federal 150's I shot a moose, whitetail and black bear(ranges from around 70 to +300 yards)...all where bang flop kills. For this particular rifle I don't see a need to try anything else or bother to reload. :)
 
I'm having a hard time finding fault with 130gr. Nosler partitions...one shot kills on the last three times I have used it. I've also used Ballistic tips in the past and my dad still uses them...Also accurate but a little more fragile, pretty good deer bullet. 150gr. Hornady Interbonds for my Father in law, that seems to be working really well too.
 
Do any of you fellas find that the higher grain bullet less accurate?I have reloaded quite a few different 130 grainers with acceptable results.Interested in trying nosler 140 and 150 gr,thinking along the the line of h4831 sc if i can aquire any....Bob
 
Sierra 130gr SBT: broadside shot on a deer (100 yds?), massive jelly and large hole on entry. clean thumb sized hole through the exit shoulder. Left me scratching my head. seemed backwards.
Hornady 140gr SST: good penetration, small exit wound on opposite side. (230 yds)
Sierra 150gr SBT: very accurate. After seeing results of lighter bullets, opted not to use them on game thus far, as I only target deer.

Hornady SST is the one I use now in both the .270 and the .270WSM. One bullet, one powder. 2 guns, works great.
 
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