.270 how light a bullet for deer?

[Lloyd Smale]

recoil and power is going to be about the same with a 2506 shooting 120s or a 270 shooting 130s. At least i cant tell the differnce. If you want a bit milder round that has a bit more puch then a 243 look at the 257 roberts the 6.5x55 and the 260 rem.

Was thinking of buying a 25-06 but have recently seen that sierra pro hunter is avail in 110 grain bullet and other manuf also are now offering lighter then 130 grain deer bullets for the .270. has anyone used them and had success? Just thought the .270 with that weight bullet would put me where I was looking to be with the 25-06 with these weight bullets. was looking for a little more punch then a .243 but a lit less the a standard 130 grain .270.

[painted horse]

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[painted horse]

With my 270 Win mag I can shoot to 600yds and still have about a 5" group at 600yds. I use a 30cal. bullet

You can shoot a .308 dia bullet in a 270??? And here I thought I wasn't going to learn anything new today..

[Cheesehead]

Since the introduction of the 6.8 SPC, many premium bullet in the 110-115 grain class have appeared, and would be an interesting experiment in the 270 Winchester.

Cheese

[CRS]

I have used the Barnes 110gr TSX bullet quite a bit out of my 270 WCF.  The load runs 3250fps and I have shot Blackbuck, Axis deer, whitetails, mule deer, antelope, hogs, and coyotes with that load.

It works and no complaints.

My son used the same load out of his 270 WCF Sunday to kill his first antelope buck. 

I picked up some 85gr TSX to load for my 6.8SPC, but since sold the rifle.  Now am going to try them in my 270 WCF, just to play with them.  I can not imagine them not working if they are put in the right place, especially at the velocity that can be reached .  But I will probably only shoot them at paper and varmints.

I have used all weights of 270 bullets, even the 160gr NP's.  Funny thing is, they all worked when put in the right place.  The only time I remember having trouble had nothing to do with bullet failure, but a shot placement issue. 

I think the 110gr Sierra Pro hunter would work, but I have never used them.
I have also used reduced loads with 130 & 140gr Hornady SP.  The velocity was right around 2300fps with both bullet weights. Pleasant to shoot and killed deer when my nephews, wife, and son used them.

[BBF]

With my 270 Win mag I can shoot to 600yds and still have about a 5" group at 600yds.

I use a 30cal. bullet

you push a .308 bullet down a .277 barrel...............say it isn't so !!

[texbell]

I use hornady superformance sst 130gr. works great. will sure put them down

[bilmac]

Well I tried the Sierra 110 gr prohunters this season. Three antelopes. These were loaded down to 2800 fps. It is a very mild load, but even shooting from the bench I can't say that I noticed a lot of difference between them and the heavily loaded 150s I was also messing with this year for a moose hunt. Can't say that there was much difference as to meat damage between them and 130s either, but three critters is not a large enough sample to base much of a comparison on.

One thing I noticed though is that I was able to see the bullet impact through the scope on one of the shots which is nice, no guessing if you hit or not when that happens. I expect a nice mild load like this would let a guy see a lot of his hits through the scope if he started making an effort to pay attention, and kept the scope magnification turned down.

[ejpaul1]

barnes makes a 110 grain for the 270, I believe that federal loads it. The numbers look good, like 3400 fps and over a ton of energy. Solid copper and velocity probably equates to a dead deer. I too like heavier bullets, The primary ones I use are 180 grain 30-06 (hornady BTSP) and a 7mm WSM with 150 grain power points.
I used to have a 270 and took a few deer with the 130 grain nisler ballistic tip but switched over. Never failed, but the rifle was innacurate. The round was fine. I agree with greybeard, 140's. EJ

[calling4life]

barnes makes a 110 grain for the 270, I believe that federal loads it. The numbers look good, like 3400 fps and over a ton of energy. Solid copper and velocity probably equates to a dead deer. I too like heavier bullets, The primary ones I use are 180 grain 30-06 (hornady BTSP) and a 7mm WSM with 150 grain power points.
I used to have a 270 and took a few deer with the 130 grain nisler ballistic tip but switched over. Never failed, but the rifle was innacurate. The round was fine. I agree with greybeard, 140's. EJ

I use that Federal 110 grain 270wsm load, 3500 fps, it did a good job on my coyote, blew a good chunk of lung out, I'm exited to get some more.  It is a tipped triple shock bullet, so it'll expand not blow through, I witnessed that.  Although I don't know that you'd have to worry about a bullet blowing through a deer without expanding. 

[TLARbb]

I found three lighter weight bullets that could be used for deer.  Now, I have no actual hunting experience with any of them, but these are the ones I'd start with to work up a load.

Sierra 110g Pro-Hunter - Loaded not over 2800 fps as it is a cup and core bullet and might come apart at close range.

Nosler 110g Accubond - This should hold together for more velocity and flatter trajectory.

Barnes 110 TSX - This should also hold together and kill deer nicely.

Now, I would think that you would only be interested in these lighter weights to limit recoil and you would probably be best served to load them to moderate levels in such a case.  If you want to shoot longer ranges, you really need a heavier bullet.  The 140g is a great weight in this caliber.

If you use these lighter weight bullets, please come back and share your results with us.

EJ

[ejpaul1]

TLarbb, I saw that 110 load from barnes and was really interested. I actually bought a 270 over the weekend so I want to try this one out. I cant help but think that for a 110 grain, it has a good SD and would be a lightning deer bullet. EJ