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I used 140 sst on the elk I took with my .270..

130 TTSX

My buddy put his bull in the freezer this year with the 150 Fusion factory load.

That's what I did, 'crept with the NF's. Love that 26 with 150 grain bullets.

i've used 150gr partitions in years past and they did fine.

I would go with a 130, or 150 gr partition.
If lead free bullets are a requirement a 130 gr TSX GMX or etip would fit the bill depending on which one shot the best.

I dont really use a 270 now but there was a period of about 10 years when I got one each year in Northern New Mexico with a 270.

I always used 130s and never really felt like I needed or wanted more.

I think you mean by interpolation.

I worked up a load for deer/elk for a girlfriend's .270 Win (Mountain Ascent) using a 130gr TTSX. That rifle/load combination is awesome. Here's a 6-shot group from that rifle/load.

The ICBM 150 BT always shot better in my rifles than the 130s

I'd happily hunt Elk w 140 ABs, 150 BT (ask Brad about his 7-08 ) 150 PT and 150 ABLR. I carried the 150 PT in CO and went end to end thru a Mulie at 275 yds.

Oh. That was just poking along at 2850 via 52/IMR 4350.

270 owners hunt w confidence using good bullets thru vitals.

Can't beat any of those combo's a bit.. The 140 Accubond and 150 Partition have been excellent for me.

Yes, guessing between two known points, in this case 130 and 150 is interpolation. It's more certain than extrapolation, which is guessing beyond a known point, e.g. 130s work, 140s work so 150s should work.

Grammar lesson over, we will now return to your regular programming.

I would like to use a hand load I made for my 270. The load is a Hornady 140gr. Interlock spire point that I have shot less than moa at 100 yards routinely. I have taken this load out to 500 yards and also have shot moa at 500yard. I have heard nothing less than excellent reports on performance with this bullet at these ranges. I have taken a whitetail this past season with successful results, the deer did not go more than 15 yards. I did not have a chance to collect the bullet, it was a neck shot that hit the aorta and I didn't even think to see if it was a pass through. The processor didn't recover any bullet although I did not ask if they did. Yes, I do use the 270 for elk first chance I receive.

I toted a 7/08 Win M70 20" Synthetic carbine loaded with 139s at 2850 over Varget in Colorado. Took a deer, a very killing load. Had an Elk come by under 50 yds, unfortunately it was not legal per brow tine length of 5" in that area, lucky him

Hornady makes good bullets. A few are a tad soft like the SST and Amax for harder targets, but would do great on lungs or at extended ranges. The IL SPs are GTG. I ran the 162s in a 7RM

Obviously neither one of you read all the posts in the thread. Interpolation and extrapolation were covered earlier. Welcome to the Office of Redundancy Office.

AKA the 24 Hour Campfire Forums.

Or any Internet forum.

As George Santayana put it so well: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Though on the Internet, substitute "didn't read" for "cannot remember."

Is that an extrapolation or an interpolation?

Whitetail,

I just read through all the posts. Twice. Interpolation or extrapolation were never mentioned.

Read mathman's post (the whole thing, including what he quoted) and my post about not letting mathman have all the fun (the whole thing, including what I quoted). Hope that helps.

I've used a 270 for most of my elk, although I'm now using a 300WM just for the heck of it and because there are a good number of Grizzlies where I hunt. In my younger days I often used Remington Corelokts both 130 and 150, have also used
Partitions. None of the bullets failed to put the elk down.

This year's Idaho elk. 5x6 at 235 yards. Tikka T-3 .270 with 150 Nosler Partition.