270 short mag factory loads

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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.

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.

130gr Nosler Accubond

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mine shoot the 130 grain winchester silver ballistic tips perfectly

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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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I would tell you to get a butt stock pad. I

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probably a good idea

Yeah makes me sick. Luckily I can get about 2 seasons out of 1 box. So it ain't to bad I guess

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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.

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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.

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 ...

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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.

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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.