jae011
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what grain do you use or recomended for shooting a texas white tail with a .270 wsm
.270 wsm
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El General
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130 grain will do the trick.
Kachok
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130 is the magic bullet for the 270 win and WSM. That gets you all the way from varmint to thick bodied mulies. Above that the 140 Accubonds and 150 deep curl should cover everything up to brown bear and bison.
Gordon
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I used 150 grain Nosler Partitions in Africa. I use 130 grain Barnes TSX here for deer. They are death rays. DON'T use non premium bullets in the .270 WSM at full throttle as they may come apart on game, trust me on this I've seen it happen!
Kachok
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There are several bullets that hold up to WSM speeds that don't cost an arm and a leg. Gamekings are not expensive at all, I just bought a box of 100 for $26. I have yet to see or even hear about one of them coming apart, Midway USA has them at 5 stars in almost every weight and every caliber. My accubonds are really nice but cost twice as much, and partitions are $31 for 50!
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What is your barrel length and twist rate? a 130 grain Interlock or Interbond from hornady would be good medicine on Texas size deer. According to your load, would be fine out to 400 yards easily with plenty of energy and penetration to dispatch a deer well. If you have a pretty quick twist, you may want to go to 140 to 150 grain. The 140 grain SST is one of my favorites in the 270. Since I got my 7mm.08 I haven't shot my old 270 at a deer. May take the old girl out to do some hog shooting after deer seasons are done and over with. Those SST's do a bang up job on hogs. If they will put the smack down on a 200 pound hog, they will make short work of a 200 pound wimpy deer 
(Posted this in hunting as well)
(Posted this in hunting as well)
NCsmitty
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In this day and age, the selection of reasonably priced bonded bullets are pretty good, and anyone shooting magnum calibers should consider them. They reduce the fragmentation possibilities that can occur with standard copper and core bullets at closer ranges and high velocities.
And the price of a Nosler Partition pales in comparison to the value of a clean kill on a good buck or bull elk. There is a reason that Partitions have been around as long as they have.
The original Trophy Bonded Bear Claw bullets are still around and still costs around $3 a piece for the smaller calibers.
Be happy that you can buy a quality bonded bullet for less than .50 cents.
NCsmitty
And the price of a Nosler Partition pales in comparison to the value of a clean kill on a good buck or bull elk. There is a reason that Partitions have been around as long as they have.
The original Trophy Bonded Bear Claw bullets are still around and still costs around $3 a piece for the smaller calibers.
Be happy that you can buy a quality bonded bullet for less than .50 cents.
NCsmitty
Gordon
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The Sierra Game Kings do seem to work welll, at least on deer.
Not so for the Hornady Interloks, that is the bullet I saw fragment on a 150 pound deer at 75 yards. I had to kill it at 331 yards with a Barnes TSX ! My friend swears HIS .270 WSM isn't worth a damn, but mine seemed to work well!
Not so for the Hornady Interloks, that is the bullet I saw fragment on a 150 pound deer at 75 yards. I had to kill it at 331 yards with a Barnes TSX ! My friend swears HIS .270 WSM isn't worth a damn, but mine seemed to work well!
Arkansas Paul
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Whatever grain bullet your rifle shoots the best. You don't have to be all that picky about bullet selection for whitetails. As long as it's not a varmint bullet you should be fine. There is some merit to shooting a bonded bullet to reduce fragmentation. Especially at magnum velocities.
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