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Looking for any input on using Hornady .277 150 grain SP on whitetail. These will be loaded up because my shots are all under 75 yards in the spot I sit so figured these would offer good expansion and minimal meat damage at close ranges. Anybody using them on deer and if so how do you like their performance?


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They work awesome in my 270 Wthby Mag at 3150 fps, I can't imagine why they wouldn't be as good in a 270 Win. Magnum Man

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I worked up a load with the Hornady .270 150 gr spire point wanting a low velocity load for ranges under 100 yards. I used H-380 powder and the Crono'd velocity as 2,650.

Great load, they all died and bullets always exited.

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I've used them years ago for several years in a 270 and was happy with them. Ranges were from 20' to perhaps 400 yards.
I did notice few DRT, the typical scenario was a quick dash of perhaps 20-30 yards.
Meat damage was not significant, though I try to stay off the shoulders (especially the near side) and am a lung shooter from way back!

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From the few replies it sounds like they are just fine for what I want. Expand on smaller animals and hold together up close without excessive meat loss. I have quite a few to load up and provided they shoot good they will ride in the rifle next year. The animals I have killed with .243 Interlock bullets were immediately impressed with most making a 10 or 15 yard dash before doing the chicken dance.


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The Hornady SP has been called the poor man's premium by Mule Deer.
Load them up and be ready to use your knife.


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Best you can get for the money. The 130g version is just as good if you want a flatter shooting load.

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I have a friend with two full-size safes full of rifles. He has everything from the .222 up to the .375 H&H and most everything in between (the .22lr being a given). Whenever he draws a tag, and especially one of semi-importance like bull elk or his once-in-a-lifetime AZ desert sheep tag, he would always reach for his old pre-64 model 70 in .270 Winchester which was always sighted in with the 150gr. Hornady sp. I think for him it all came down to what he was most comfortable with, but if he didn't trust the bullet he wouldn't use it. The Hornady dropped every elk, deer, javelina and pronghorn he shot with it and also helped to fill that sheep tag.

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Seems like a good all around bullet suitable for most medium to large game. Reason I was inquiring is I didn't want to be shooting too tough of a bullet on average sized whitetails and end up with minimal expansion and maximum length bloodtrails. Between the bullets on hand and the ones I will be receiving this week I will have close to 400 bullets, enough to last me the rest of my lifetime I am sure.


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You'll get plenty of expansion on whitetails. I've used that bullet in since before it had an Interlock ring, taking mostly deer but some bigger animals as well. It's one of my favorites in the .270 Winchester.


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You ever catch any of those bullets JB?


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Not JB but I caught one.......after it went thru about 8" of a crosstie and another inch and a half of another at about 20 feet. .270 Weatherby at 3200+. Jacket and core were still intact.


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My son used it on his 206 lb bear. Through the front shoulder and out the bottom. He used it on a snall buck to the front shoulders. The buck flops around and shoots again , through the other front shoulder. The deer was a mess. Little meat damage on the bear, lots on the deer.


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Originally Posted by ihookem
My son used it on his 206 lb bear. Through the front shoulder and out the bottom. He used it on a snall buck to the front shoulders. The buck flops around and shoots again , through the other front shoulder. The deer was a mess. Little meat damage on the bear, lots on the deer.

Sounds like with 2 shots to the shoulders a lot of bone being hit may be to blame. I am looking forward to trying these on deer next season.


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I like eating deer. That is the bullet I use on Idaho whitetail out to 200 yards. I use a moderate ( 2750 fps ) load in my 270 Win that is very accurate. I try not to shoot shoulders on entry. Usually DRT or 20-30 yard dash and piled up. This bullet also works great on elk when I bump into them while deer hunting.

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I used a 270 loaded with whatever 150 grain was on sale for over 20 years on moose out to 300 yards and never lost one.

I can't remember any that took more than one shot except to finish off the lung shot ones fast.

I'm not talking a few moose but one every year with a bunch of mulies and the odd black bear thrown in.

As long as you don't gut shoot the animal it will drop with a 150.

270 with 150's is a perfect match and doesn't waste meat if you do your part.


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10gaugemag,

Only caught a couple, both pre-Interlocks. One was in the far shoulder of a whitetail buck shot at around 325 yards through the near shoulder and spine, the other a "finishing" shot on a mule deer buck that field-dressed close to 250 pounds. The first shot was taken at maybe 25 yards while he was running downhill toward me through the timber, and entered the front of his chest, exiting through the spine at the rear of the ribcage, due to the uphill angle. He was still wiggling a little so put one into his neck, and found it later, against the spine. But his neck was as big around as my waist was then (it was a while ago!).

Can't recall ever recovering one of the Interlock version, and killed animals as big as large caribou bulls with 'em, maybe 400 pounds.


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Hornady's are more stout than lots of other bullets I've used on moose is all I was trying to say.

They'll be more than adequate for deer.

Since I had to (wanted to) buy a new rifle I've switched to a 7mm for moose and started loading 130 gain interlocked in the 270 for deer since there's a little less recoil and I intend to get my son using it.

Hornady's are tough.

My hunting partner recovered a 152 grain 7mm SST this year from a calf moose that mushroomed almost exactly like my 160 accubond.

Good bullets.

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