Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Well then - what about the 140 Interlock BTSP in the 270?

BSA, I believe azrancher merely transposed his letters - Hornady's boat-tail bullets were referred to as BTSP (for a Boat Tail Spire Point) for many years. I see the first reference to the now famous Interlock feature in the Hornady 3rd Edition manual (copyright in 1980); in that manual it is referred to as our "new" Interlock belt. I have plenty of old boxes of Hornady bullets that are simply marked Spire Point. Odessa

My load is 58.5gr H4831sc, CCI200, R-P cases, 140gr hornady btsp, I chrono these couple yrs back and I was getting 2930 fps if I remember correctly.

Great bullet for all-around use. Though these days with SPS seconds, there's not much sense to not use Partitions on everything.

Thanks Odessa.... I'm sorry, in 1980, I was focused on finger painting and eating paste glue... Kindergarten..... . Your old boxes of Hornady bullets may be as old as me..

I'm with powdr on this one. I've used the 140 BTSP for years in my 270 with great success. Shoots incredibly accurate and that bullet weight carries more energy in the 300-500 yd range than any other bullet weight for the 270. Less drop too. What's not to like?

damn you are old!

Now that is something I can relate to!

TTT Blast from the past.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...88969/all/270_winchester_and_the_140_bts

Core and jacket seperation can be a problem with the 140gn Hornady Interlock. I have first hand experience with that. These days I prefer the 140gn Accubond.

Cool. Previously you said, "Despite its appearance it performed well on a big crusty hog." care to provide more details, what range was that crusty bastid? This 6.5 140 Amax recovered from an antelope, 350 or maybe this was the 400 yard one started at about 2700fps, seems pure definition of jacket separation. Either way, I think we both got our 27 cents worth of performance, however, your picture to me, doesn't look too bad if it worked...