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Old 08-02-2006 | 04:23 PM
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Default RE: 270 Win Help

Is Barnes the actual manufacturer of the entire cartridge? I need to compare the terminal and trajectory performance
Barnes is the bullet maker, if interested look at Federal Cartridge, they load Barnes TSX, Nosler's, etc in their Premium ammo line.

You do know looking at the ballistics is nothing more than a guess in your rifle, right? The only way to truly compare is to shoot them out of your rifle, over a chrony at a variety of distance and compare/contrast actual values achieved. Buying based solely on published value may lead you in the wrong direction! Just my advice.

Now as far as upto 300 yard shots on whitetails with a 270, just about anything 130-150 will work. I personally always used 130gr bullets in my 270 win for deer, by far my favorite deer bulletwas and still is the Nosler Ballistic Tip. Like mentioned for rib shots it works very well and I haven't had any troubles anchoring our whitetail and mule deer which easily top 200 lbs on the hoof as an average (with many closing or topping the 300lb mark) with NBT in the pipe. However the Accubond, etc are also excellent choices. I suggestion narrowing your list by bullets that by design meet the criteria or of utmost interest to you, then shoot the one that produces the best accuracy on the ranges intended for use.

IMPO a softer bullet is preferable for deer. Unless your aim point is the shoulder, then a failsafe, barnes, etc will also work really well without yielding large meat loss. The bonded bullets such as the Accubond, Hornady Interbond, etc and the always proven Nosler Partition just might be the perfect comprimise for both rib or shoulder shot animals. I strongly suggest doind some design research on these bullets this will help you understand how they are supposed to perform and if that fits into your situation vs just looking at published ballistic info.
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