I shoot 130 grain bullets with my 270.My original purpose in doing so was just to maximize the trajectory.Most of my rifle hunting I do in a western state where the body sizes of whitetails are considerably larger than my home state.I had friends and acquaintences who were urging me to use any caliber beginnining with a 3 for western whitetails.I had a 300 win mag in a mountain rifle that I used for 2 years and it just pounded the crap out of me when practicing with it.So I said enough of that if a .270 was good enough for Jack O'conner it will be good enough for me.Initially I was using Federal Barnes X bullets thinking that I needed them for larger whitetails,I have killed several whitetails with them.I was using core lokts for my hunting at home,they were extremely close to the same point of impact as the Barnes X and a heck of a lot less expensive.I have used them the last three years for all of my deer hunting and have no difficulty.I am not a tweaker when I find something that works I stay with it.There are obviously lot's of excellent bullet choices out there,use what works for you.