270 winchester and 140 gr bullets

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Earl Stephenson

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this may have been discussed before, but being a new member, please bare with me. have been shooting 130 gr and 150 gr bullets in my 270.,but have been hearing more and more people are changing to the 140. who has tried the 140's and what is your impression of them. what maker etc.
 

I have been very happy with Hornady 139 grain bullets in 7-08's and .280's.

I would expect excellent results with their 140 grain .270 bullets.

There is only 7 thou difference in bullet diameter, they would perform the same.

Below is a picture of a 139 grain bullet that expanded to .60 caliber and has a retained weight of 125 grains. It was recovered from the far side shoulder of a dead buck several years ago. Perfect performance.



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pleased to hear that guntech, also the fact that you tried the hornady bullets. yesterday I purchased 100 hornady leads from our local sporting goods store, to try on paper first, whitetail deer in a couple of weeks. expanding to 60 cal is impressive to say the least. how was accuracy compared to other weights?
 
Hornady .270 140 BTSP

I have shot the 140 grain Hornady in several .270 rifles with excellent results. I usually load them over Reloader 22. If I were planning to use the .270 on moose I would probably go to either the 140 Winchester FS or 150 grain Partition.

My reloading bench has Hornady bullets in .224, .25, .264, .270, .284, .308, , .321, .33, .348, and .458. They have all worked well and I rarely buy anything else unless I want a Nosler Partition or Winchester FS.

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My main hunting rifle is a 270. I have used 140 and 150 grain in my 270 with good results with both. moose,deer and elk have fell with both bullets.
 
I've loaded 130, 140, 150 and 160 grain bullets in the .270 Win. I've found that some rifles shot a certain weight better than others. I ended up sticking with 130gr Barnes XBT. They shoot flat, have penetration in spades and flat out work on game. I also used RL22 combined with F210M primers. If I were to shoot a .270 again I'd use the 130gr.
 
The Nosler Accubond 140gr. is my bullet choice for any game I'll hunt with the .270 Win. I've also seen great results on moose with the Hornady Interlock 140gr. The 140's seem to fly as flat as a 130 and penetrate as well as a 150. I consider the 140gr to be the optimum bullet weight in the .270 caliber...KF
 
I've had good results with the Sierra 140gr HP Prohunter. I tend to use the heavy 150 or 160grs.
 
I use the Hornady 140gr BTSP exclusively for all my hunting. As big Bore and Wade have stated. Flies like 130..hits like 150. I have shot elk at 50 yards and Moose out to 460 yards with no problem. This is a potent round on all the deer family. I find the hornady's are capable of .50 groups and very reliable. I have recovered three spent bullets from a three different animals and they all retained no less than 119 grains.
 
I favor the 140 grain weight in my 270 as well, and My 700 CDL shoots both the 140 Partition and the 140 Accubond very well. I had a dramatic failure with the 140 Hornady SPBT 3 years ago on a whitetail deer. The bullet blew up on a rib going in, and none of the bullet penetrated into the vitals. I found small pieces of the jacket in various locations in that deer. Had to shoot it a second time to get him on the ground. May have been an isolated incident, but puts me in "suspicious" mode regarding that bullet. Regards, Eagleye.
 
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