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A range pal with a new 270 called yesterday asking for loads. I told him load a 130 Sierra for practice. He said he wanted a Partition to hunt with.

I said I've killed more stuff with a 130 NPT than anything else.He said what about the 140? What's the difference?

I said 10 grains.

And then the guy next to him said "well, the 140 has a higher SD and a higher BC"! Then your drink came out your nose..

I also have killed more big game with 130 partitions then all others combined.
So why am I shooting 130 accubonds now?
They shoot 1/4 in smaller groups, as soon as this box is gone I'm going back to partitions? No reason both kill just fine. Have killed several elk with 130 partitions but this year killed a big cow with the accubond DRT.

I'm almost full circle and back to $20 ammo for the phuqqing thing. We'll see in the AM.

shaq: Thankfully that didn't come up.

If it did I'd ask I'm how much more "in" and "out" do I need ? I can barely recover a 130 from anything.

If he wants to shoot animals at 500 + in a full value monsoon,I can't help him. I guess he should load a 140 AB for that since it seems about as good as it gets in a 270 game bullet for all I know.

I had a box of old 140GKs here and tried them in my 270. They shot great and I ran into a deal another 500 of them. They have worked great on whitetails and will be my 270 bullet for the next few years

factory Federal Fusion 130s

Same here. Seem to be moving to Game kings across the board these days.

This is the one I like. The Accubond 140g. Love them little plastic tips in a hunting round.

Partitions have a long history of performance however.

Dead is dead with all of choices at that speed.

How fast are you people pushing a 140..

Thanks

I understand that! After playing with all the various bullet weights in a 270, I currently have four different bullets all loaded the same.

130gr NBT, Barnes T and TTSX, Hornady GMX. Winchester brass, WLRM primer, and 60gr of H4831sc.

Whenever I acquire a new 270, one of those loads is more than sufficient. So that is how I have simplified my go to hunting loads.

In 25 years of shooting a 270 I recovered very few bullets. A few 130's, but mostly lighter weight bullets or reduced loads.

My bench still has the full compliment of 85gr to 180gr bullets. Lighter weight bullets for reduced recoil, higher BC 150's for long range, and 160's/ 180's because I am a 270 Looney.

The only 140's I happen to have are some NPT's, picked up in a batch bullet purchase.

... You going to be here all night Bob?

The BC on that bullet is pretty handy to 500 since the drop dope (MOA) equals the 5 mph drift dope (inches)



If a fella needs thats kinda stuff...

3152 FPS with 140 accubonds with 24 7/8" shilen barrel,tight chamber, Winchester brass, FED 210 primers, and 57.0 of Reloader 22. Hammer to way out there!

That smells more like a 7 Mag, damnation....

Yep...and its not an unsafe, over max, load. Warm, but not too hot..

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...onew/1/270_Makeover_x2_-_Complete#UNREAD

Probably all week and then some...

130 NPT. 360+ Bull elk. Yawn.


Truth is all Partitions work on game.

Custom rifle, squared up action, tight smooth Shilen barrel,right throat geometry.

Be curious to see brass life.

I believe you Bob. Do you think if those would have been the 150's, you wouldn't have pictures of recovered bullets? Since you are talking elk ("360+ bull") here, the 150 penetrates a little deeper and is more likely to poke a hole through and through..