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Best .270 Ammo?

Posted on 9/1/23 at 12:16 pm
Posted by CeauxPilot
Hammond, LA
Member since May 2020
187 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 12:16 pm
Have a browning A Bolt or X Bolt, Can’t remember which one it is off the top of my head. At work. I bought it about 8 years ago, Shot 3 deer with it, Recovered one. Had heavy blood just not enough to knock down, Yeah yeah I’m gonna catch shite about shot placement and what not, I was using the Remington Core Lokt

I’ve heard from tons and tons of people that the .270 is the way to go, I just don’t want to pick it back up because of my experiences with it.

What ammo you baws using?
Posted by TheBoo
South to Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
4801 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 12:26 pm to
Whatever your gun shoots the best.
Posted by jimbob30
Member since May 2017
8 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 12:29 pm to
Hornady 140 grain interlock BTSP,
Sierra 140 grain game king BTSP,
Remington core lokt 130 grain.

Any traditional cup and core bullet will kill deer efficiently in a lot of different calibers.
If you are losing deer with a 270 win, it’s not the cartridge. Make sure your rifle groups that particular round well. If it does, than practice at shooting better.
This post was edited on 9/1/23 at 12:31 pm
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
25256 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 12:35 pm to
I have been using 130 grain ballistic silver tips out of my abolt 270 since the 90’s. Have had great success with them so never wanted to change
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
25895 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 12:37 pm to
Buy ammo and learn to shoot your gun.

In other words, you need to practice.
This post was edited on 9/1/23 at 12:38 pm
Posted by Wolfmanjack
Member since Jun 2017
1080 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 1:02 pm to
I shoot sub moa groups with my browning a-bolt 270(46.0 gr imr 4064, hornady 140gr btsp, win primer, win brass). It’s nothing fancy at all, but put that bullet behind the shoulder of any whitetail and start the sausage making. Really any cup and core bullet should do the trick.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
67273 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 1:16 pm to
I liked the federal blue box 130gr when I was using a .270. They were cheap, shot good, killed stuff good.

Bullet isn't your problem. Any 130gr big game bullet is going to smash deer if you hit them right. A 130gr bullet from a .270 is probably the ultimate perfect whitetail deer recipie there is. Justttttt tough enough to exit reliably and transfers a shitload of energy. If anything, it was too nasty for my liking. Lots of jello meat and just generally a lot of carnage. I started liking tougher bullets that exited 100% of the time and didn't pulverize the whole front half of the deer. Got less bang flops, but good blood trails and wayyyy less mess from 150gr round nose bullets. For context, I shoot deer with a .338 win mag sometimes, and it's less nasty than the .270 kills I see.

If you want premium stuff, basically any bonded bullet will kill deer, shoot well, be expensive, and be hard to find.

Shot placement is your problem dawg
This post was edited on 9/1/23 at 1:18 pm
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
78249 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 1:18 pm to
I think you need to step up to .338 Lapua
Posted by JOJO Hammer
Member since Nov 2010
12083 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 1:32 pm to
I use Remington Core Locks as well. I’ve never had a deer run more than 50 yards. Your shot placement must suck.
Posted by Barneyrb
NELA
Member since May 2016
5562 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 3:45 pm to
Hornady has a new 145 ELDX in Precision Hunter out, think I'm going to try it next
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
51881 posts
Posted on 9/1/23 at 5:57 pm to
I shoot Rem Core Lokt if they have it in the round that I'm shooting at that time. Preferably 150gr or better for the reasons mentioned above.
Posted by Squirrelmeister
Member since Nov 2021
2382 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 6:25 am to
quote:

Shot 3 deer with it, Recovered one. Had heavy blood just not enough to knock down, Yeah yeah I’m gonna catch shite about shot placement and what not, I was using the Remington Core Lokt


Core Lokt is good enough, especially if it groups well. In a 130gr bullet from a 270Win, it should be night night for a deer. All the vital organs will turn to jello. Pick a spot on the very back end of the shoulder blade midway up the side of the deer, and squeeze.

Do that and you can recover the deer within 10-25 yards of where you shot him. Practice at the range and verify you will be able to do that reliably. Take a few different loads with you and check their grouping, and then sight in the one with the best group.

I agree with most on here about regular cup and core lead bullets. I normally use soft point 130gr Sierra gamekings as they are the most accurate in my gun. Your results may vary.

The only way to get a bang-flop is to hit or shock the central nervous system. A high shoulder, or a neck shot, or a head shot. Those are taken by more advanced hunters… there’s much less margin for error on these shots. I’ve personally never taken a neck or head shot. High shoulder shot will anchor them where they stand most of the time, as it shocks a nerve bundle called the brachial plexus, and it also gets both lungs.

After you take a shot on a deer, be sure to wait 20-30 minutes before getting down to go find it. If you know you hit it but made a bad shot, wait an hour. You don’t want the potentially wounded and dying deer to hear you coming and jump up and run a mile rather than just laying there to expire.

Good luck!
Posted by Bama Shadow
Member since Jan 2009
613 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 7:17 am to
I agree with the others that any good cup and core bullet will work if you hit the vitals. I hunt with the Hornady 140 BTSP but I usually can wait for a good broadside shot. I have dropped them on the spot with shoulder shots regularly.

If you are having to take frontal shots or tough angling I'd move up to a 150 grain to ensure penetration from any angle. A 270 with a 150 grain bullet will kill any whitetail hit in the front end.
Posted by Skeeterzx190
Ponchatoula
Member since Sep 2019
236 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 9:59 am to
Remington core lokt 150 grain. Unfortunately nearly impossible to find now
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37568 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 10:02 am to
I’ve never had an issue with the 130g Hornady SST out of my 270. Every deer I’ve shot with that round has been cleaned and brought to the table.

I’m aware of better bullets on the market now, but I have 125 of them or so reloaded in my supply. With two young boys hunting now, I don’t have the fire to kill multiple deer per year. Sitting beside them in a stand gives me much more pleasure than me killing one by myself.
Posted by bigbuckdj
Member since Sep 2011
1889 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 10:02 am to
quote:

Remington Core Lokt


Deadliest mushroom in the woods.

I love all the fancy new calibers, but any of your dads/grandpas calibers with a core lokt is so dang effective at killing whitetails under 200 yards.
Posted by Icansee4miles
Trolling the Tickfaw
Member since Jan 2007
29810 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 2:53 pm to
I’ve used 140 grain Hornady SST bullets for several decades. My Model 70 really likes them and I stocked up before everything became so hard to find.

Only had two occasions without an exit, both on racked bucks. One, I never found. The other went a few hundred yards, when we found him, his chest cavity was like a water ballon filled with blood.

Now, as I have gotten older and less enthused about dragging out a runner, I take neck shots only. Maybe shooting a trophy I would switch back to the boiler room, but for meat hunts, I want them to drop where they stand so I can drive up to them.
Posted by crews12
SELA
Member since Feb 2008
1766 posts
Posted on 9/2/23 at 10:32 pm to
Federal fusion
Posted by BeauxNArreaux
Tennessee
Member since Jun 2016
767 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 3:22 pm to
I had several bad experiences with the Core Lokt .270s. Perfect shot placements that still led to no blood trails, or light blood trail making recovery hard. Wasn’t getting good pass throughs etc. Switched to Federal Fusion 150grains and they started taking dirt naps right where they were hit. The one that did go about 30 yards was gushing blood. The Fusion bullets seemed to stay together better to get a pass through. The Core Lokts broke apart too rapidly.
This post was edited on 9/3/23 at 3:23 pm
Posted by oleyeller
Vols, Bitch
Member since Oct 2012
32090 posts
Posted on 9/5/23 at 9:00 am to
Barnes or hornady eldx for me
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