270 winchester 130 gr.- best deer hunting bullet

[Catpop]

Last thread response was GREAT! I have IMR 4350 (b/c of my 300 HH) and that is what I'll start with on the 270!
Question: Again I am new to 270 so what is the best 130 gr whitetail deer (Antelope) bullet to start with. I have used Speer, Hornady, and Remington in the past. Now there I have 0 in stock, so I'm going to have to find some somewhere. What would be the best one to start out with IF I had the selection to chose from? Oh, did I mention I'm somewhat frugal, so keep that in mind! Why I can squeeze a Buffalo Nickel until it craps in my hand!
Thanks again in advance, Catpop

 

[jmr40]

When using a bullet caliber and weight traditionally used for the game in question, and at reasonable ranges, it really doesn't matter much. Most any 130 gr 270 bullet will work just fine on deer/antelope. Buy what you can find at a good price.

If you are taking your 270 elk hunting it will still do just fine, but that is where you need to start paying a bit more attention to the bullet. Some might offer a small edge on larger game. Same if you want to start shooting deer/ antelope at ranges greater than around 400 yards. Some bullets are much more aerodynamic and will perform better at extended ranges.

 

[CarJunkieLS1]

I've had great success with the 130gr Nosler Accubonds.

They are very accurate, penetrate deep, good weight retention and have been deadly on the 2 animals I shot with them.

This bullet is going 3019fps and the deer I shot at 60yds went less than 10yds. Shot it straight in the brisket and the bullet penetrated ~30 inches and stopped against the deers spine. It was a perfect mushroom.

The coyote I shot was 109yds away I hit it broadside and the exit was about 1/2 dollar size. The coyote never moved another inch.

The accubond is the ONLY bullet I will shoot in my .270 Win.

 

[scottishkat]

The 130 grain accubond is a good choice. My weatherby mark 4 in 270 win will group 5 of them in an inch and they are excellent on Deer sized game.

Good luck and shoot straight

Bob

 

[witchhunter]

I always use Nosler Partitions. Never a complaint. But since you are so tight you turn off your windshield wipers when you go under a bridge, any cup and core bullet that shoots good will do the job for ya.

 

[WestKentucky]

I have loaded 130s in basically all of Sierra's offerings but my best so far is a hornady ballistic tip. I found them as factory 2nds which were 1st quality bullets which were tarnished. Very cheap, very accurate, very deadly on deer. I have shot them close, far and in between. Once I made a bad shot at range from a swaying deer stand and the deer ran straight away after the gutshot plop rang loud and clear (plus I saw fur fly so I saw impact). The second shot went in between the pooper and the tail and shredded the internals stopping just under the skin in the chest. No doubt it was all soft tissue, but that was a DRT hit and makes me have zero reservations on using it for elk should I ever get the opportunity.

 

[heycods]

I will second the 130 gr Hornady balistic tips for bullets on a budget, if their is any such thing now.

 

[watergun]

.270

60 grains of H4831 and a 130 grain Nosler Partition =3075 fps. I used this load for 65 years.

 

[2ndtimer]

One of the advantages of the .270 Win and the 130 gr bullet is that it provides enough killing power at all reasonable ranges that it doesn't require any high tech (read expensive) bullets for deer and antelope. Remington Core-Lokts and Winchester Power Points have been killing deer and antelope at reasonable ranges for many decades. Now if you want improved accuracy, I suggest trying the Nosler Ballistic Tips or if you want to spend more money, the Accubond. They have proven to be very accurate in my experience and perform fine on medium game. They also can be had at a very good price right now online from shootersproshop.com. If you want to step up the bullet performance, the Nosler Partition is never a mistake, but I find better accuracy in my rifles with the Tipped bullets. I have never tried the monometal bullets, but many swear by the Barnes TSX and TTSX. I think these bullets aren't really needed for deer and antelope in a cartridge like the .270 Win.

 

[TenDriver]

Hornady SST's for me. I drive them with a low to mud range charge. No chrono, but I'm guessing around 2800 fps.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Whitetail Deer are not thick skinned game which require a premium bonded bullet. Of course you can use one but with today's bullet costs I choose not to use a bullet like the Nosler Partition, Nosler Accubond, Swift Scirocco or A-Frame, Norma Oryx bullet or similar bullets. They just cost too much for no good reason IMO.

A Hornady Interlock, Nosler Ballistic Tip, Sierra GameKing, Sierra Pro-Hunter, Speer Deep-Curl, Speer Spitzer Boat-Tail, Remington Core-Lokt, Winchester Power-Point and probably a dozen more will all kill deer DRT and the Remington and Winchester bullets have been doing it for probably 100 years.

In my 30-06 I usually practice with a 168gr Sierra Matchking bullet, load a 165gr GameKing for Deer and other light skinned game and for the tougher game I load a 165gr Nosler Partition and more recently a 165gr Nosler AccuBond bullet. I am partial to Sierra and Nosler bullets for hunting and Sierra and Hornady Match bullets. Of course there are other companies who make very good hunting bullets too like Berger and Barns plus high end makers like Swift, Norma and Lapua but I'm happy with what I'm using and can't afford those. lol

If the less expensive hunting bullets I mentioned above would not do the job I would not be concerned with saving money because allowing injured game to suffer is unacceptable but they do a very good job. Save the premium bonded bullets for the game that need a better bullet. (IMO of course and sorry for the long post)

 

[Captcurt]

Good advice on this board. I had one 270 that took 22 whitetails, 2 mulies, 2 pronghorn, a bodcat and a turkey. Most were taken with 130 gr Speer hotcore over 54 gr of IMR4350. I tried some of the high dollar premium bullets like Grandslams, Patitions, and Barnes and found that they were not needed on deer or antelope. If it was elk or moose I would pick one of the premiums.

 

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The Hornady 130 grain sp with H4831sc works great for me on deer and such. I am also starting to like their SST bullets.

 

[Apex Predator]

I opted for the 130gr SST in the Win though my 270WSM likes the Sierra 150gr better. Virtually all modern bullet designs seem to work reasonably well but Sierra and Hornady bullets seem to give me wider wounding then most. Nosler BTs also kill very fast, less of a primary wound tract but tons of fragmentation damage through the vitals, thus far I have been happy with all of the above. If a mix of bigger and smaller game is a possibility Partitions are in a class of their own, though I am going to try the TTSX for that this season for mixed bag deer/hog hunts.

 

[savanahsdad]

I've been loading 270win since I started hand loading in 1997 and there is not to much I haven't tried , I now load for four 270's , I've never lost a deer with any of my 270win's and I have never recovered a Sierra Game King , I have found parts of Nosler's and Hornady's , I see no reason to use anything other than 140gr SPBT's Game Kings, they have worked great on over 20 deer, and at todays high prices they're still only around 24cents each

 

[Zeke/PA]

Many moons ago my long time buddy came up with some newly minted 140 grain Sierra Game Kings a new bullet at the time.
I've been shooting them ever since as my Ruger #1 just loves them as do two other .270's that I load for. The bullet seems to perform well both in the woods here in PA and also on he longer shots in the Maryland "beanfields".

 

[MSgtEgress]

I have reloaded for the 270 for overy 10 years. The best 130 I've used is the 130g Sierra Pro-Hunter. The accuracy was better than any other bullet I have tried to include Nosler, Sierra Game Kings, and Hornady. The are flat based but don't give up much in B.C. I drive them at 3050fps with a healthy charge of H4831. They do ugly things to Bambi. Never had one go more than 50yds