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270 short mag factory loads
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:53 am
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:53 am
Anyone shoot 270 short factory loads? I've never owned a short mag until recently and am looking for a good bullet to start it with
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:58 am to drakeT1217
Man...
Go buy a few different boxes... Different weights, bullet types and shoot it. See which one groups better and that's the one you shoot. Don't shoot a ballistic tip/partition just b/c your buddy does.... Even if it's the same rifle.
Go buy a few different boxes... Different weights, bullet types and shoot it. See which one groups better and that's the one you shoot. Don't shoot a ballistic tip/partition just b/c your buddy does.... Even if it's the same rifle.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 8:05 am to HebertFest08
mine shoot the 130 grain winchester silver ballistic tips perfectly... and it will blow a hole in something so make sure you dont hit shoulder
Posted on 11/10/14 at 8:21 am to drakeT1217
I shoot a .300wsm and use 150 grain Barnes TTSX. These rounds are ridiculously accurate out of my Tikka. On my friends .270 wsm Sako, he sgoots 130 grain Barnes TTSX. They are pricey but worth it imo. Also, they are ballistic tips, aim for the neck.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 8:35 am to ChatRabbit77
ive shot the barnes also and are very good, but as said pricey! Ballistic tips will leave the deer laying, but can ruin alot of meat if the shot isnt placed well. It looks like gel when you open them up but no trailing deer
Posted on 11/10/14 at 9:24 am to Polar Pop
150 fusion
mine is a 7mm wsm though but very similar
it body slams a deer
mine is a 7mm wsm though but very similar
it body slams a deer
Posted on 11/10/14 at 9:26 am to Polar Pop
This
I would tell you to get a butt stock pad. I also had a muzzle break put on mine hardly any recoil at all now.
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mine shoot the 130 grain winchester silver ballistic tips perfectly
I would tell you to get a butt stock pad. I also had a muzzle break put on mine hardly any recoil at all now.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 9:27 am to jag211
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I would tell you to get a butt stock pad. I
probably a good idea
Posted on 11/10/14 at 9:43 am to hardhead
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mine shoot the 130 grain winchester silver ballistic tips perfectly...
same here. When i bought the rifle, they were $24 a box. Now close to $40 or so??
Posted on 11/10/14 at 10:23 am to kook
Yeah makes me sick. Luckily I can get about 2 seasons out of 1 box. So it ain't to bad I guess
Posted on 11/10/14 at 11:49 am to drakeT1217
I have had the 270WSM since it came out. I find that the ballistic tips to have inconsistent results. It could be shoot placement, but some deer had huge gaping holes and others just an average entry and exit.
I used to buy the Winchester 140gr Powerpoint when Winchester was the only company making 270WSM. Then other companies started making 270WSM ammo. Now I use either 140gr Federal Fusion or Remington Core Lokt.
I used to buy the Winchester 140gr Powerpoint when Winchester was the only company making 270WSM. Then other companies started making 270WSM ammo. Now I use either 140gr Federal Fusion or Remington Core Lokt.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 11:52 am to drakeT1217
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Go buy a few different boxes... Different weights, bullet types and shoot it. See which one groups better and that's the one you shoot. Don't shoot a ballistic tip/partition just b/c your buddy does.... Even if it's the same rifle.
In addition, I'd suggest a controlled expansion type bullet (Nosler Partition, Nosler Acccu Bond, etc.), NOT a lightly constructed bullet (like the Nosler Ballistic Tip). Your velocity should be 200-300 fps more than the regular 270 Win. Given the extra velocity, a bullet like the NBT will be prone to expanding too much/too early and not penetrating well.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 12:30 pm to drakeT1217
Federal 140g Nosler Accubond - they are getting harder to find, I have 2 boxes left than I will probably have to switch.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 2:20 pm to swanny297
I shoot the 270 WSM Fusion loads, found they group the best out of my Vanguard. Started with the Federal NP - could never get the bullets to shoot worth a damn. Fusion have knocked down several the last few years. Though no more than my brothers regular .270 ...
Posted on 11/10/14 at 3:44 pm to drakeT1217
I shoot Remington CoreLokts out of my Tikka 270wsm. It's groups better than i can, and i've always had good luck with the corelokts exiting.
I've just seen too many deer lost with Ballistic tips, because the blood ran out due to no exit. They scare the crap out of me.
I've just seen too many deer lost with Ballistic tips, because the blood ran out due to no exit. They scare the crap out of me.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 4:58 pm to SportTiger1
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I've just seen too many deer lost with Ballistic tips, because the blood ran out due to no exit. They scare the crap out of me.
The performance of the Nosler Ballistic Tip (NBT) bullet on game is highly dependent on velocity. While all bullets are affected to some degree by velocity, but the NBT's are even more so. One reads on the internet of a lot of "failures" of the NBT w/ inadequeate penetration resulting in minimal to little blood trail. From reading the 'net, it seems as if the incidence of this goes up as the muzzle velocity approaches 3000 fps. I shot the 140 NBT in my 270 Win rifle for many years and was very pleased, but the mv was 2900 fps. In the handguns I now hunt w/, the NBT is pretty much the gold standard deer hunting bullet; but the mv is 200-400 fps less than in a comparable rifle. I wouldn't shoot a NBT in any of the short mags (or regular mags) in a rifle.
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