.270 Ammunition
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Tennessee
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.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
Federal Premium 140 gr Nosler Accubond or
Hornady 130 gr Inter Bond
#3
Join Date: Jul 2006
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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.
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.
#4
Join Date: Dec 2005
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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.
#5
RE: .270 Ammunition
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.
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.
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.
#7
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
Good luck
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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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.
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.
#10
RE: .270 Ammunition
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.
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.