Thread: .270 140 game kings exploding

I agree @Dama dama about the HPBT. Very unfashionable these days but a serious bullet and always will be. There is a step change in toughness between the 150 grain and 165 grain bullets, and another again to the 180s. It’s really obvious when you cut them and have a look at their jackets. I have always really enjoyed sectioning the bullets and looking at how they are built relative to one another in the same class. I wish like hell I had kept all the different bullets I have done over the years, as it would be quite a collection and informative.

Over the last few years I haven’t really done that much bush hunting. These days I like a soft bullet because my shooting tends to be 200m plus and often a lot more. Which is something that’s starting to get under my skin. Shooting animals from a distance is getting a little bit... yeah, done that. When I lived in Africa I did a shit load of close in stalking on various small to medium sized antelope and warthogs. That’s where I learned the value of a stout bullet at close range, the performance difference between a partioned bullet and the traditional soft cup & cores was massive. Bonded bullets like Accubond came out just after I’d left Africa so I never really got to see them in action over there. I reckon 9/10 guys were using Nosler Partition in 7mm, .30 cal and 8mm... lots of European cartridges back in those days.

So when I get my shit together and start bush hunting again, I will be changing from the 6.5 ELD-X to the .30 cal Oryx or similar, in anticipation of some close up stuff. I may even decide to dip my toes into the world of monolithic. Horses for courses as they say.