Anbody have any 270 cal round nose bullets?

[someguy2800]

I have been hunting around the web looking for some 270 cal round nose bullets with no luck. My father in law and brother in law both shoot a factory 270 load from Winchester with a 150 grain round nose bullet. They have saved up about 300 rounds of brass and they want me to help them reload it all but they are adamant that they want to stay with a 150 grain round nose. I can't say I blame them. They have shot about 75 deer with this round since I started hunting with them and I have seen every single one of them. Its pretty rare for them to have one go more than 50 yards and there is always a 1" entrance wound and 1-1/2" exit wound. Honestly its the best performing deer bullet I've ever seen and are very accurate out of all of there 5 270's.

Anyway it looks like nobody sells a round nose 270 bullet anymore. Anybody know of where I can get some, or does anybody have some in there stash that they don't want anymore? Depending on what they are I would pay a fair price for 200-300 of them. I would love to find some speer or remingtons.

 

[horsey300]

I'm a big fan of a hard hitting round nose, hoarded the ones that I do have for the calibers I shoot (no .277 sorry) but I think that sadly they're being phased out for better bc bullets, the accuracy an likely be attributed to the flat based design, if I were in your shoes, I'd try em on hot cor and grand slams, and if they won't have it, you're looking for a custom job. I've got my favorites as well, and pray that they aren't discontinued before I can load up several lifetimes worth, but sometimes one must adapt, I wish you the best of luck. Also, I've noticed that under 100 yds, those hot cors grenade pretty hard, try federal powershok factory loads, if they don't like em, load the grand slams.

 

[horsey300]

I have been hunting around the web looking for some 270 cal round nose bullets with no luck. My father in law and brother in law both shoot a factory 270 load from Winchester with a 150 grain round nose bullet. They have saved up about 300 rounds of brass and they want me to help them reload it all but they are adamant that they want to stay with a 150 grain round nose. I can't say I blame them. They have shot about 75 deer with this round since I started hunting with them and I have seen every single one of them. Its pretty rare for them to have one go more than 50 yards and there is always a 1" entrance wound and 1-1/2" exit wound. Honestly its the best performing deer bullet I've ever seen and are very accurate out of all of there 5 270's.

Anyway it looks like nobody sells a round nose 270 bullet anymore. Anybody know of where I can get some, or does anybody have some in there stash that they don't want anymore? Depending on what they are I would pay a fair price for 200-300 of them. I would love to find some speer or remingtons.

I got curious, because I have a friend that shoots the .270 as well, and found something you may wanna check out from Hawk bullets:
http://hawkbullets.com/masterList.html

 

[JackSprat]

I have probably killed more deer in my life with a 270 than any other caliber using just regular old 130 soft point factory ammo,because this was before I was into loading,and none went anywhere.The 270 is a lot of gun for deer,and If you can't find them round nose 150 bullets then just pick a good 150 pointed one,and the deer won't be any less dead..I have heard a lot about some blowing apart at close distance due to velocity,but I have killed plenty at close distance with no problem.

 

[azar]

High B.C. "long range" bullets are what sell these days so RN bullets are getting produced less and less often. I imagine the situation will only get worse over time. The easiest solution would be to move them to a commonly available 150g spitzer. It would save a lot of headaches down the road. If they really want a 150g round nose bullet their options are limited. You can pick up some factory loaded 270 Win Federal 150g ammo (it's currently on sale for $16.29 a box)

It looks like RMR has pulled .277 150g round nose bullets from the ammo listed above (currently out of stock).

Good luck.

 

[Cfish]

Check out American reloading, they have what you are searching for.

 

[jmr40]

Post #3 shows a source for RN bullets. If you want to use them they will kill deer. But honestly there may have been an advantage to using RN bullets 60-70 years ago, but today there isn't any disadvantage to using plain old pointed bullets. A cheap pointed bullet such as Winchester Power points, Remington Core-locks, or Hornady Interlocks kill just as well at normal ranges and don't cost any more than RN bullets. There is no practical reason to keep making RN bullets.

The high BC bullets have some advantages and not just at long range or because they drop significantly less, but because they hit game harder. Muzzle velocity is irrelevant, impact velocity is what matters and a high BC bullet started at slower speeds at the muzzle will very often hit harder and with more velocity at as little as 50 yards.

A 308 shooting high BC 180 gr bullets equals 30-06 shooting 180 gr RN bullets at 50-75 yards even though the 30-06 has a considerable advantage at the muzzle. By the time you get to 200 yards the 308 bests the 30-06 by 530 ft lbs energy, but bullet drop is less than 1" difference. At 300 yards the advantage is over 700 ft lbs in favor of the 308.

High BC bullets allow us to shoot less powerful cartridges and still hit game harder with less recoil. The OP's FIL and BIL could shoot high BC 140 gr bullets from a 260 or 6.5 rifle and hit game much harder than 150 RN from a 270 with 2/3 the recoil.

Even shooting standard 130-150 gr pointed bullets their 270's would impact harder and kill faster than the RN bullets with no downsides. With bullet technology 70 years ago pointed bullets impacting at faster speeds would sometimes over expand and not penetrate. That problem was solved by the end of WW-2.

 

[someguy2800]

I here you on the "just load soft points" argument but I'm not fighting that battle. Where we hunt the shooting is 30-125 yards so ballistics are a moot point. The bullet could be a cylinder and it would make no difference. The on game performance and good blood trail is most important for us as we hunt in the really thick stuff. Sometimes tracking a deer 50 yards can be a challenge where we hunt.

For what its worth of the 150+ deer I've seen shot, the federal round nose's they shoot have always been the top performer. All decent bullets leave a big exit wound but these leave a big entrance and exit wound.

 

[someguy2800]

Check out American reloading, they have what you are searching for.

Fantastic! That looks to be the same federal bullet that they are using. I am going to order 1000 of them. That way the next generation can fill the freezers with them.