Thread: 270 preferred projectile weight

I hunted with a 270 win for around 20 years and shot 130gn to 161gn projectiles and everything in between. I ended up settling on 140gn Accubonds for the last 5 or so years I had it. 24" barrel and 3000fps. It was a very good killer of reds, pigs and sika.

If they shoot well in your rifle, go with the 145gr eld-x. Great projectile up close or out long, very consistent performance. 2217 or 2213sc will get them going close to or a bit over 3000fps depending on rifle and barrel length etc

Really grateful for those taking the time to provide the benefit of their experience. Have some good info as a starting point to try some different loads now, cheers.

Win760 and 2213sc have been good for me. Staball also

150 SST is a great bullet in the 270. The 130 sst is very explody.

bog std hornady cup n core 130 or 140 grn will kill everything you point it at and are usually boringly accurate with no effort at all to make them shoot...... if you want to go 150grn..grab nosler partitions..if there is animal they wont kill cleanly in NZ I dont know what it is.
that said today when I went for hunt I took 4x 170grn soft point round nose and 4x factory 130grn highlands soft point with lots of exposed lead..for a factory round they have really impressed me as they kill very well.
all depends on your target species.....

No personal experience. However I'm of the opinion that 130 gr is the sweet spot.

140 interlocks are absolutely nasty on deer

I’ve got a 270wsm cut to 18 inches so velocity wise it’s about the same as a 270win and have shot a fair few deer with it. Bullet weight doesn’t really matter, bullet construction does. So you want to match your bullet to your style of hunting. Smaller the game the faster the expansion, bigger the slower. Shoulder shooter a stouter bullet, lung shots more fragmentation. Whichever way you go you want to go shoot to make the best of it. No bullet does everything perfectly. For me personally I like plenty of penetration, so I prefer a 140 grained sierra tipped game king. I’ve had great results with them from close up to 450 meters plus. I’m sure some people wouldn’t like them, but as far as the eldx or the sst goes I wouldn’t give you a lump of goat shit for one.

Those 145 gr ELDX Bullets at just over 3000 fps are dynamite on deer, they do tend mess the shoulders up a bit though.

The ELDx driven hard send out splinters of jacket on impact but the core or a piece of it punched through. Good for behind the shoulder shooters.


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Has anyone used copper bullets in 270Win ? @Tahr has reported on them for the WSM.

I like the 150gr sst in my 270wsm also 130gr ballistic tips went well on goats,fallow and chamois

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Has anyone used copper bullets in 270Win ? @Tahr has reported on them for the WSM.

110grn barnes didnt do it for me..they killed ok but did nothing a cup n core 130grn couldnt do better..all be it with less bruising and more penertration...

I like the 150gr in 270. Although the 140gr AB is no doubt good, and as above 145 ELDX sounds like it's worth a go. For a few years all I used was the 130gr SP, it killed stuff good.