Ammo opinion
 

Just got a .270 WIN...would you all recommend a 130 or 150 grain bullet? I will be hunting whitetail only.

I had a .270 win I used to chase deer with. Deffinatly go with the 150 grain, the 130's just didn't have the umpfff to put down a full grown deer.

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HAHA! Yes, a 130gr is more then enough for a "full grown deer"!! Or maybe the ones on my wall are actually still alive...:poke:

jeepkid, would you recommend the 130 over the 150, and if so why?

My brother and his son have killed at least a hundred with the Federal Premium 130gr Sierra GameKing SPBT...

My theory is the lighter faster bullet will expand more causing more damage, the 150 will probably hold together better and penetrate more, however on deer you would get a pass through using both but I think the 130 would do more damge. I would probably go with 150's on hog or elk.

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It's totally absurd to say a 130 gr. isn't enough for whitetails. It certainly is! Heck, my 25-06 with 100's is a certified Bambi killer. You just need to hit them in the right place. Geez Loiuse. Personally, I shoot what my gun likes...Barnes TSX or TTSX. :bash:

Thanks...I have a .300 WBY I would use for anything tougher than a whitetail.

Either one should be fine. Just go with whatever one is cheaper.

That's a good one. Thanks for the humor. I use nothing but 130 grain. Believe me, 130 grain packs plenty of umpfff to drop any size Whitetail in its tracks.

my 270 loves the cheapo 130gr federals blue box, though packaging seems to change.

130gr certainly has enough to take down a deer. just figure out what shoots best out of your rifle.

Shoot both to see which one shoots better.
Then go with the one that shoots better.
They both will kill a deer.

JMHO

I harvested a 10 pt. last November with a 130 grain Remington. It did the job for me.

.270 win = 130 gr bullet for deer. I have never considered any other bullet. If I am hunting larger game I break out the 30-06/165 or 180gr.

I'm with zrex on this one deer, especially down here, aren't extremely thick skinned so i think that lighter bullet would be more like an expandable broadhead and cause more damage.....either will work fine though really depends on which one shoots the best with your gun

130 gr is plenty for deer, as far as which load by several and see which your gun likes best.

Heeeeeres your sign....

The 270 was built around the 130 gr. Id say the 50+ deer laid flat by my puny 130 gr cup and core (blue box Federal) bullets musta been a fluke. Sometimes I wonder if some folks have even used the stuff they talk about.

Nope they don't...We see it often, just let the .243 come up, or
the 22-250 for deer, or buckshot...All willl kill effectively...IF the man behind the gun knows what he is doing... :)

The only cartridge I have used for a LONG time is the .270 Hornady 140 grain BTSP. Try a box or two of different cartridges and see which one your rifle shoots best. IMHO avoid the ballistic tip cartridges and stick with a bonded bullet.

what if he's going after bambis dad?? hahaha

I sincerely hope that you were being sarcastic,as I have never read anything as foolish on any hunting forum before.

I was not being sarcastic at all. While I was gutting the deer I took a close look at the lungs and hart. I found that the 130 grain cheap bullets out of a 22 inch barrel did all of their expantion in the entrance wound side of the 1st lung they encounter. They then poked a small hole through the rest of the deer.
On any deer I shot with the .270 they ran FAR off, some times to a completly different spread of woods.
Many that I shot but missed the heart were wounded but still out there runin around today.
That is why I say the 150 grain would be his best bet given the choices. If I were to recommend a bullet I would point him twards the Barnes solid slugs. They are the only bullets ever to have 100% weight retention after expansion.
Actually LOOK at the damage your bullets did, and pay close attention to WHERE it did its damage. Just because it poked a hole does not mean its gud enough. those little holes can be covered up by the skin moving. Then you have no blood trail at all and likely no deer at all.
Personally I look for a round designed around 200 grain bullets before I will accept it as a deer round. Then they don't take to many steps after the shot.

If you feel that you need 200gr to kill a deer properly,what do you feel is appropriate for elk and moose?600gr?800gr?

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I have killed far too many of our large bodied Canadian deer with 100gr to 140gr bullets to give your statements any credibility.

I killed a 13 point back in November with a.243 with 100 grain bullets,a .270 with 130s is PLENTY for any size deer.

i find the 140grn bullets kill quicker then any other bullet weight in the 270win . i 've killed way over 150 deer with them in the last 20-25 yrs.

hornady 140gn

Shoot whatever is most accurate in your particular rifle. My Savage .270 prefers 130 grain Federal loads.

Personally, I like 130 grain loads in .270 (150 grain in 7mm and 180 grain in .30-cal).

If you ever go after "fully grown" bucks, you can always use a Nosler Partition...one of the most devestating bullets I have ever used.

I kill deer with a 243 with 110gr bulletts and never had a problem with 1 shot kills. It was one of my late fathers favorite rifles. Out of respect for him I always try to shoot at least 1 deer with it every year.My main rifle is a 7mag weatherby I use 175gr in that one and my wife shoots dads old 257 roberts with 115gr and my girl uses a 270 with 130gr and has never had any problems. I would try both and see which one seems to shoot the best in your set up. Good luk deerman :biggrin:

You said your girl shoots a .270 with 130 grain bullets...how does she handle the recoil? My wife may use the .270 some. She is fairly petite and I have wondered how she would handle it.

Both of them will do the job.

I went ahead and bought several boxes of the 130 grain. Talk to a guy that has the same CVA Optima Elite interchangeable barrel system with a .270 that said what he had got to perform the best out of his was REM CORE-LOKT 130 grain. A little cheaper too. Thanks for all the input and suggestions. I never questioned the ability of a 130 grain bullet dropping a deer...I was just questioning the performance. Thanks for your answers as I will always be trying to learn.

Do still wander what you all think about my wife shooting the .270. She is 5'7" and weighs 120-125. I suppose one way of finding out is to just put her behind it and let her pull the trigger!

Bible Man if you have a problem with the recoil just get a Limb Saver recoil pad and put on the rifle. It will surprise you how much that pad will tame a hard kicking rifle.

The first deer I shot with my .270, I was shooting the Remington 150gr shells and the deer acted as if it wasn't even hit. A second round put it down and a third round at close range put it away. Upon skinning the deer and looking at the damage, it was obvious that the bullet didn't expand much if any at all. The deer had what looked like a small puncture wound where thre bullet entered and a slightly larger wound on the exit. I explained to a fellow that was shooting his .270 what had happend and he imediately told me to go to a 130 grain. I did and the following season and most seasons afterwards it's been 1 shot ,1 kill with no tracking involved. I'm sold on the 130 grain loads and it don't matter much whether it's a Remingtom, Federal or Winchester shell just as long as it's a 130 grain and you put it through the boiler room.

The gun came with a really nice recoil pad. I have used a limbsaver recoil pad on my WBY .300, but have since taken it off because it just catches on my clothing too much. But, the recoil pad that came on this CVA is top quality and seems to be at least as high a quality recoil pad as the limbsaver. Thanks for the input, again.

Troll alert!!! :D :action-smiley-099:

Sounds like a personal problem to me. I have used and 270 for a few years now and had great success with 130gr Gamekings and 140gr Hornday btsp. I have examined closely the heart and lungs after the shot and you know what? They weren't there, they were blown to pudding. If you can't kill effectivelly with a 270 and a 130 gr. bullet you need to go back to hunting school and there are millions of dead deer out there to prove it.

Deer are not hard to kill a good cast pullet at 1500 fps will do fine. I say start with sereral different kinds of the cheap rounds in 130 and see if any will shoot to the level of accruacy you like. When you find the one you like go hunt.

Id go with a 150 or 165. 130 is enough but not recomended.

Where are you getting this information? I've never heard of 130 grain not being recommended. In my experience the 130 grain has outperformed the 150 grain on drop dead shots. I've killed lots of deer, and I know for a fact the 130 grain will get the job done. I highly recommend the 130 grain over the 150 grain. Don't get me wrong, the 150 grain will do the job also, but for me, the 130 grain works better.

As far as the wife thing.... I just set my wife up with a brand new savage 243 and 100gr winchester powerpoints and she shot it her very first time this past weekend. Just waiting to see if she shoots more deer than me this season. Was going to get her the 270, but then again only 130gr and higher bullets. Depnds on what she is comfortable shooting. The thing that matters most is that she is comfortable shooting with it. Comfort builds consistency which equals confidence and accuracy. Just waiting for here to put here first one down now!

I have used a .243 for many many years, I dont own one right now but between me my brother and my father and over 6 decades we put tons of deer on the ground with a .243 100 gr.
It is bad medicine on deer.
Mt father went from a .308 to the .243 back in the 60's because of us kids, well we never looked back and never shot anything else for decades. I only remember one deer my bro lost to a .243, cant tell you where he hit it though.
I never lost one in at least 50 deer in 30 years.