Heaviest .270 Bullet ?
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Pudelpointer
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Nosler makes a 160 partition that is widely available. I think I remember there being a 175 Woodleigh available, but I could definitely be wrong.
Forgot about them. They are actually a semi-spitzer, with a long round nose. I still have a part box of the bullets, not loaded ammo.
I know lots of guys who used them for moose, both here and in Ontario.
The Speer 170 was a real, bluff, round nose, almost a hemisphere.
Ted
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I had an older 270 that just loved that 170 Speer RN using a lot of surplus H4831 that I had some of. It would cluster 3 in a very small group. I never did shoot anything with them, nor did I chronongraph them, but I imagine that they would have worked great out to 250-300 yards. Regards, Eagleye.
Biggunners
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I would go for 300 win mag if I needed heavy ones cause I shoot 270 , 270 wsm for velocity and shoot long range for deer
My old model 70 was lucky enough to put bullets of various weights in the same area.I switched from 130gr in open country to 160 KKSP's when pushing bush and drilled several WT's lengthways jumped at point blank from their beds.Stem to stern dead...............Harold
Forgot about them. They are actually a semi-spitzer, with a long round nose. I still have a part box of the bullets, not loaded ammo.
I know lots of guys who used them for moose, both here and in Ontario.
The Speer 170 was a real, bluff, round nose, almost a hemisphere.
Ted
I still have about 800 of the 160 CIL and they work really well in both my 270 and 270 / 08.
Pathfinder
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- Northeast Ontario
I can see myself using 160's for moose but 180's in a 270 ?.....no thanks.
Yes they did, I still have some laying around somewhere. I used them in a 270 Wby for a while. Worked pretty well, actually. - dan
Barnes bullets go back a long way, and I am pretty sure the "original" were made in 30 calibre only.
About 1947 Jack O'Connor wrote in Outdoor Life that Fred Barnes was making a tough, 30 calibre bullet. For jackets he was swagging copper tubing, the type you buy in the hardware store. They were spitzer type, with a bit of lead exposed at the nose. The copper jacket was so thick that the bullets mushroomed, held together and gave great penetration. My brother sent for a good batch of them in both 150 and 200 grain. I shot moose with them and even the 150 grain was a great moose killer in the 30-06. A bull moose once jumped up in front of me in the bush. I aimed right at his tail and let fly with the 150 grain Barnes. The moose didn't go thirty feet.
I still have about six of the 200 grain bullets.
About 1947 Jack O'Connor wrote in Outdoor Life that Fred Barnes was making a tough, 30 calibre bullet. For jackets he was swagging copper tubing, the type you buy in the hardware store. They were spitzer type, with a bit of lead exposed at the nose. The copper jacket was so thick that the bullets mushroomed, held together and gave great penetration. My brother sent for a good batch of them in both 150 and 200 grain. I shot moose with them and even the 150 grain was a great moose killer in the 30-06. A bull moose once jumped up in front of me in the bush. I aimed right at his tail and let fly with the 150 grain Barnes. The moose didn't go thirty feet.
I still have about six of the 200 grain bullets.
