Dear Dave
... if you are printing some of my .270 loads, one I use a lot is sixty-two (62.0) grains of No. 4831 in Winchester-Western cases with the CCI Magnum primer. I have just checked my figures with that load with the 130-grain Nolser bullet in three .270 rifles. In two Model 70's with 22-inch barrels, one gave 3,130 and the other 3,210 fps. In a custom-made .270 with a 24-inch barrel, the velocity was 3,225.
I have never had pressure taken with the Nosler bullet, but with the Winchester Silvertip 130-grain bullet, the pressure was only 44,000 lbs. A Remington test with the same load but with the 130-grain Bronze Point bullet gave a mean pressure 51,200. With the 150-grain bullet, 59 grains of 4831 with W-W cases gave velocities varying in different rifles from about 2,900 to 2,975. An interesting load for very heavy game is the 180-grain Barnes round-nose bullet with 56-grains of No. 4831. Velocity is just under 2,700 in a 22-inch barrel.
As you undoubtedly know, velocities vary quite a bit from rifle to rifle and pressure figures vary accordingly to who takes the pressure.
I have used the .270 for 40 years, shooting everything from Javelina to Alaska-Yukon moose. I have also used it in Africa, India, and Iran. This may shake quite a few people up, but I am inclined to believe that the 130-grain bullet is probably the one best bullet weight yet, if the bullet construction is adapted to the animal
My best wishes
Jack O'Connor
Hey
I’m new to the forum here. Just curious if anyone here has used 130gr Hotcors on elk sized game and how the results were. I have them for my 270 and 7-08.
I have killed Elk with other calibers than the 270 ,, and taken a number a of deer, antelope with the .270 …. Without any experience killing Elk with the 270 and a 130 grain bullet I would guess a good shot in the boiler room would most defiantly work. a bad shot with a 270 on an Elk will be a trail of tears
I made a bad shot on a big bodied bull elk yesterday morning with a .300 Dakota using 180 Gr TTSX bullets.
I hit him fairly far back and got nothing but gut. He trotted off and bedded down. We thought he was dead.
He was very much alive an hour later when I jumped him out of his bed. I was down in a gully when he jumped and fortunately my buddy who was shooting a .30-06 with 150 Gr bullets was able to pop him from over 400 yards twice as he started to disappear into a creek bottom.
His shooting was spectacular! And he hit a moving elk twice in the lungs from a seated position with his trusty old 06 from over 400 yards. He killed the bull with good shooting and light for caliber bullets. I wounded him with tons of horse power a heavy bullet and a lousy shot.
Kind of goes to what we were talking about in this thread.
BTW
I’ve killed a pile of elk over the years. I own my lousy shot. It was 100% my fault.
It was phenomenal shooting! He gets the fangs and the tenderloins!