I use a .270 and have for years, the 130 gr. Nosler partition or Barnes X is the way to go. I have used both and neither have let me down. I like the Nosler at a distance, they fly a little better and offer great expansion even at a distance, just don't hit bone with one up close, makes a nasty, nasty mess.

BC, don't let people fool you about FL.. We have thousands of acres of SugarCane Fields, Cattle farms, Horse Ranches,Water Melon Fields and God knows how many thousands of Produce acres which alldeer feed on. Not counting the thousands ofSalt Licks and supplementsthat are put out at the Cattle and Horse ranches that deer visit every night also the water supply. Remember it doesn't snow in FL and deer don't have toworry abouttheir food supply.

Plus all the store bought stuff that hunters put out before the huntingseason.

I do reload and I highly recommend the 130 Gr Federal fusion. The 140 and 150's are just not needed for deer. The 270 gained its fame with a 130 grain bullet.

Thats true. They got plenty of food down there.

What about the Hornady Light Magnum in the 270 Win??

You probably don't need a premium bonded bullet for this application. The regular old Nosler Ballistic Tip or Hornady SST is designed to set up fast on light boned game like whitetails and antelope. It will put them on the ground faster with a broadside rib shot, although hits outside this area may ruin some meat.

I dropped nine good size Mulies with nine 130 grain Federal Fusions. For deer, I won't load as long as I can get the Fusions. In fact, I bought a case of the same lot number for my 270. I have had good performance from the 130 grain Sierra Pro-Hunters as well.

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.

With about 35 years experience with the 270 Win., I've found the Nosler Ballistic Tip to be terrific on deer. I've taken a whole bunch of both whitetails and mulies with the 130 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip from ranges point blank to 400+ yds. Only 2 deer ever need a second finishing shot. BTW, the 130s will probably shoot better than the 140s or 150s. My Rem 700 will not shoot either one of these but will shoot tight little groups with the 130s.
My pet load is 55gr of IMR4350, CCI200 primerwith this bullet. Caution: Max. Load

Ive always used 150 gr Remmington Core Lokt bullets with my .308 and have had good success and plan too with my new 270