What's the best .270 Factory Load and Why?

So many homers will come in here

I shoot Hornady 130 grain in my 270 TC

Been shooting remington core-lokt 130 gr. in my 700 since '04 when I got it. Want to know why? Come look in my freezer

Federal Fusion

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and I'd like to put more energy into the deer and less energy into the dirt at shorter ranges

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it's not the round, the gun or scope. it's the shot placement

unless you want to talk ballistics with Downshift like he's shooting 500+ yards

again

I shoot 130gr. out of my .270. My favorite bullets are Barnes TTSX, Ted Nugent with the Barnes TTSX, and Federal Preimum with the amber color tip. Winchester Ballistc silver tips grouped really well out of my .270 but I don't care for the performance on deer, it fragments too much for my liking.

Should I say a .243 is the flattest and most efficient caliber for deer at 100 grain

You pound away at a deer with your 150 grain 30-06

I've never lost a deer or had trouble with finding a one with a .243 boat tail

You remind me of my buddy that shoots the biggest and baddest 150 .270 and has to shoot twice for reassurance even after the kill shot

.270 federal premium stbp is my preference

I dont have to go trailing deer. Literally dont remember ever having to trail one.

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Whichever of the cheap winchester/federal/remington ammo is the most accurate. I'd stick to 130 grain for whitetail deer.

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This. The controlled expansion/bonded/premium $2/round loads will kill deer just fine, but they really aren't necessary for the run of the mill whitetail deer in these woods. Core-Lokts, Power Points, etc. have benefitted from over 80 years of development and evolution so that they're pretty good now.

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bought my first few boxes of Hornadys last week.

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You will be disappointed