100 grain .270

NE Hunter · 03-03-2003, 07:05 PM

I bought some partial boxes of .270 bullets some nosler some hornady some speer.
The speer bullets are 100 grain and I was going to load them up as plinking loads but then started to wonder if they could be used for Whitetail hunting. I use 100 grain bullets in .243 and unless the speer bullets aren' t constructed for deer hunting couldn' t see why they wouldn' t work. I know 130 grain ( the Noslers)-140 grain (Hornady) are the preferred deer bullet, but what do you think of the 100 grain for deer? Thanks in advance

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handloader1 · 03-03-2003, 09:48 PM

Have a good time with them, and use them as plinking loads or for varmints. Good luck.

PaJack · 03-05-2003, 08:32 AM

100gr Hornady work well on deer...

frizzellr · 03-06-2003, 07:53 PM

A 100 grain .277 bullet has a sectional density of only .182 while a 6mm 100 grain is .242. Most 100 grain .277 bullets are thin jacketed bullets designed for varmints which means they tend not to hold together very well. If you insist on hunting with them, get yourself a box of wet phonebooks and shoot into it then look at the bullets and make sure they are breaking apart too much. I find a 130 grain bullet for a 270 hard to beat.

eldeguello · 03-07-2003, 07:29 AM

You COULD use them for deer, but if you do, limit yourself to shooting through the ribs behind the shoulder on broadside shots. These bullets are just too frangible to trust on heavy bone or shots requiring a lot of penetration.

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eldeguello · 03-09-2003, 08:52 AM

DG, I have never shot a deer with a 100-grain .270. I always used 130 grain bullets for that. But, I have used the 100-grain bullets for varmints. They blow a porcupine ALL TO PIECES, and don' t leave a whole lot of a woodchuick either. They also seem to disintegrate on crows out to 200 yards or so. This performance on small, low-resistance targets has lead me to conclude that they would tend to blow up on larger game, if they encountered heavy bone, etc. These bullets are DESIGNED to expand rapidly on low resistance targets, they are NOT intended as deer bullets. If you hunt in Central Texas, where the deer are about the size of a collie dog, they might be OK!!

NE Hunter · 03-11-2003, 08:29 AM

I just wanted to thank all of you who replied. While the 100 grain bullets might work ok I think I' ll use them for plinking loads ( or weight in my sons pinewood derby car) and use the 130 -140 grain bullets as my game loads.