logo
 

Go Back   HuntingNet.com Forums > Firearms Forum > Guns

Guns Like firearms themselves, there"™s a wide variety of opinions on what"™s the best gun.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 12-11-2007, 08:30 PM   #1
Fork Horn
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 298
Default .270 Ammunition

I just purchased a REM 700 .270 win with a 3.5-10 Leupold. I am looking at factory ammo and deciding between two:

Federal Premium 140 gr Nosler Accubond or

Hornady 130 gr Inter Bond



__________________
HOYT KATERA
REM 700 .270
REM 700 .243
AMBUSH 5.56/.223
REM 11-87 12ga
RUGER 10/22
cal516 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2007, 08:47 PM   #2
Fork Horn
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location:
Posts: 316
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

Buy a box of each and see which one shoot better in your gun far as group wise. Then use that load.
__________________
Nothing like a Remington model 700xcr
700xcr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2007, 08:51 PM   #3
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location:
Posts: 218
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

Try both, bonded bullets are a little tougher to match with a rifle. Good chance your gun might not shoot either very well. Toss up of which one to try first.

Find a friend that has a 270, buy up 4 or 5 brands of ammo. Split up the ammoand try them all. It sucks to spend $40 on a box of ammo that after 3 shots you know won't work in your gun, at least you can save a little money if you split with a friend.
__________________
If you ever read a magazine that reviews a product and says it is a piece of crap, subscribe to the magazine!
Ideaman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2007, 09:37 PM   #4
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location:
Posts: 283
Send a message via Yahoo to hobie11
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

yeah try them both if possible because one or both may work well in your rifle and they are both bonded bullets so your gonna get about the same performance out of both on an animal. Ive never shot either of these bonded bullets but i have shot the remington premier with the swift scirocco 130 gr out of my .270 and it worked quite well but they have a little more penetration than i like on whitetail, shot a deer in the chest with one and the bullet exited its back and the exit hole was not more than a half inch.
__________________
Then God said,"Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the earth" genesis 1:26
hobie11 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-13-2007, 02:17 PM   #5
Fork Horn
 
kmunny19's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location:
Posts: 261
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

Quote:
ORIGINAL: hobie11

yeah try them both if possible because one or both may work well in your rifle and they are both bonded bullets so your gonna get about the same performance out of both on an animal. Ive never shot either of these bonded bullets but i have shot the remington premier with the swift scirocco 130 gr out of my .270 and it worked quite well but they have a little more penetration than i like on whitetail, shot a deer in the chest with one and the bullet exited its back and the exit hole was not more than a half inch.
definitely try different ones out, each rifle is different and has a favorite ammo. I have done LOTS of reaearch on this caliber and factory cartridge options and would suggest you add 130 gr swift scirocco's (remington) to the list. they shoot flatter than the others. however, the 140 gr accubond still have a nicely flat trajectory and a little more energy than the scirocco's. I know energy isn't everything, but a bullet that has more energy and higher weight should have more knockdown power theoretically. I currently use the sciroccos, and like them, but when they run out i'm going to try out the accubonds. if they are as accurate or moreso, I'll try them and see what they do to the insides if I'm luck enough to get a shot.

as far as the quoted post about penetration...What was the internal damage like? if your's work like mine have, itentered, expanded quickly and was extremely violent inside, then tapered down after full expansion, leaving a less impressive exit wound.
__________________
Hunt Your Own Hunt, Others Will Hunt Theirs
kmunny19 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-13-2007, 09:32 PM   #6
 
MichaelT.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: El Dorado, Arkansas
Posts: 2,174
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

I shoot the Hornady light magnum ammo out of mine and I like it.

__________________
PSE FireStorm lite - Blazer vains - Easton A/C/C 3-49 arrows - Muzzy 3 blade 100 gr. -
Hurricane release - Kwikee quiver - Whisker Biscuit - limbsaver silencing - Nikon Prostaff 440 rangefinder -
Nikon and Steiner Binocs - Cobra 3 pin sight
MichaelT. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-13-2007, 11:38 PM   #7
Giant Nontypical
 
skeeter 7MM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

I agree with the others the only way is to shoot them. If not wanting to buy both at first pick one.As a reloader, I have found Nosler Accubonds as a general rule more accurate and easier to get shooting. That said in my 7mm rem mag the IB shoots lights out and better then any load combos I have tried with AB's. Both have worked well on game.

Good luck
skeeter 7MM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-14-2007, 05:11 AM   #8
Boone & Crockett
 
James B's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
Posts: 11,476
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

In my 270, nothing shot better or had better terminal performance than the 130 grain Federal Fusions for deer. For elk move up to the 150 Grain Fusion.
__________________
Freedom. Use it or loose it.
James B is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-14-2007, 08:37 AM   #9
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location:
Posts: 6,470
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

Quote:
In my 270, nothing shot better or had better terminal performance than the 130 grain Federal Fusions for deer. For elk move up to the 150 Grain Fusion.

I have shot fusions in three different cartridges and have 3 different rifles and have yet to find a box that did not shoot great. These have to be the most underrated cartridges and bullets out there.
__________________
"Banning guns is an idea whose time has come."

- Joseph Biden

Associated Press 11/18/93



"Be thankful that we're not getting all the government we are paying for." Will Rogers
oldelkhunter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-14-2007, 08:48 AM   #10
Giant Nontypical
 
eldeguello's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
Posts: 6,277
Default RE: .270 Ammunition

Quote:
ORIGINAL: Ideaman

Try both, bonded bullets are a little tougher to match with a rifle. Good chance your gun might not shoot either very well. Toss up of which one to try first.

Find a friend that has a 270, buy up 4 or 5 brands of ammo. Split up the ammoand try them all. It sucks to spend $40 on a box of ammo that after 3 shots you know won't work in your gun, at least you can save a little money if you split with a friend.
Find a friend who has a .270, and who LOADS HIS OWN AMMO FOR IT!! Then recruit his assistance in working up a decent load for yours.
__________________
"Bitte, trinks du das Wasser nicht. Dahin haben die Kuhen gesheissen."
eldeguello is offline   Reply With Quote
 
 
Reply


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
30-06 Ammunition Help troutdudes Big Game Hunting 15 09-05-2012 12:42 AM
Ammunition... CrowMagnumMan Guns 8 08-18-2007 07:44 AM
ammunition for 7mm pdoughertyMU Guns 3 01-18-2007 07:42 PM
7mm ammunition kegei Guns 4 10-15-2006 09:47 PM
What ammunition do I need to use? Southern Buck Whitetail Deer Hunting 8 09-26-2005 10:53 PM

 

All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:50 AM.