Best .270 Ammo?

Whatever your gun shoots the best.

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

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.

I think you need to step up to .338 Lapua

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I think you need to step up to .338 Lapua

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Or a RPG.

Hornady has a new 145 ELDX in Precision Hunter out, think I'm going to try it next

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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.

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I have my dads old model 700 in 270 that is a tack driver. I also load 4064 with 130 gr Speer hot cor bullets. It’s killed probably 20 deer over the years and there were good blood trails with all of them if they didn’t drop where they stood .

Not a good bullet 150yds and in. It will grenade inside the deer.

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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

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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!

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

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Years ago my grandfather gave me his .270 with some 130 gr trophy bonded bear claws. I killed several hogs and a couple deer with it before shooting my first buck at ~100 Yds. The bullet never expanded and I couldn’t find a drop of blood. Luckily it was flooded so I followed the water that had splashed on the palmettos. He didn’t go 50 yards but I stopped using bonded bullets for whitetail after that. (Aside from Federal Fusions. I’ve had great results with them in .308).