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Jim, sorry I'm late to the party.

Roughly 80% or of the deer I've killed with a 270 W have been with the 130 H S P and IF I ever had a bullet failure it wasn't evident to me.

I shot a couple of bucks with the 140 HBTSP and they were too tough for my liking. They didn't expand as quick on 150-180 lb. WT.

I shot ONE buck with a 130 Speer boat tail. It killed the deer like lightning BUT it didn't penetrate the off side rib cage.! !
The deer fell over and the COLD air from its lungs spewed up like a fountain. Never saw that before nor since.

I have BULK packed Rem P S P C L from the late 80s and have been using them. They are HARDER / TOUGHER than the Hornady's.

All in All my experience demonstrates WHY the Hornady Ils are called the "Poor Man's Partition".

Good Luck


Jerry

Well.... why did you offer opinions per 270, 130s ? Certainly not pertinent.


Jerry

Jim Knight: I have been using the sensational (sensationally accurate and sensationally lethal!) Nosler 130 grain Ballistic Tips in my Remington 700 Sendero (26" heavy barrel model with Leupold 6.5x20 variable) for many years now.
Have killed many Antelope, Mule Deer, Whitetailed Deer and one 6x6 Bull Elk with this bullet - I don't recall every having to fire a second shot into one of these game animals.
I am sure your bullet would do well but for great performance and probably great accuracy please try these.
Best of luck to you.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Thanks again guys! I used to shoot a lot of those Federal Premium factory loads with the 130 BT, but never killed anything with them. I did give a nice Mod 700 Mountain Rifle and five boxes of those to my Pastor's grandson ( he was 14 then) and he has piled up a lot of Texas deer/hogs with them.

CORRECTION ! CORRECTION



WELL ! My fingers didn’t type what my mind was thinking.

My sons .270win just flat out hammer's deer, bear and cow elk with a 130gr Interlok with such authority that 6 years later I still have 4 boxes of 140 gr Partitions unopened sitting on the shelf patiently waiting for a chance.

Jim, a 130 would usually go thru, too bad the deer was not recovered to see. Other quick opening deer bullets that will usually go thru are Speer hot cores and Federal fusion.

It was a problem with those little deer as a doe "might" be 7-9" wide. Not much time for a bullet to do a lot of damage. I had loaded him the Speer 130BT too and told him that "they" were the ones to use in Texas. I told him the Hornady would be better on mule deer, etc. Well, he took the speer because his rifle "shot them better" he told me. Well goof, I did the workup in his rifle...three shot groups, the Speer could be covered with a dime....the Hornady could be covered with a nickel! And he is shooting at less than 100yds, ha. At least they both shot to POA in his Browning.

You may want to ask the neighbors if they had seen any deer walking around with a half dollar size exit hole.

I have only used the 140 & 130 BT and they worked well. The 150 may have a thicker jacket but should expand as much as the 130 & 140. The ABLR is showing promise but I have not shot any game with it yet. I suspect it will be a good all around bullet. In 6.5mm the ABLR worked well both the 129 & 142 version.

The 145 ELD-X has a good BC and I have not shot them enough to say if they are slightly less frangible than the SST but I am thinking they are. There are a number of sleek newer bullets in 270 cal. now in the 145-170 grain range that will help with wind drift. Too many to keep up with.

Just as a point of interest we take our deer each season with the Sierra120 gr in our various 6.5's. No problem with mature muley bucks.. Perhaps a Sierra 130gr 270 bullet might work for you also? Also have seen some amazing results with the 270 & the Barnes 110gr TTSX. Just a thought. I see far more game taken at under 200yds than over. All the deer we have taken over the last 12 seasons has been well under 200yds, elk also.

That is the only bullet my Dad has used out of his 270 for 50 plus years. We have shot truckloads of deer and antelope with that bullet. Have never had an instance where we thought the bullet was too hard. We process all of our own animals and get to see firsthand exactly what a bullet does.

Well that's good to know. While my .270, so far, can handle 62gr H4831, the 55gr IMR 4350 is a nice cloverleaf. I'm thinking of trying them both but at 200yds, see if they hold accuracy or start to spread out. Thanks again guys!

my 270 win. loves 140SST in front of 55grains of Hunter. 3050 FPS excellent accuracy and they are cheap.

Pard uses 130 Hornady sp exclusively in his 270 Roy
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625 1 and done, watched the vapor trail through the st 80...


22” outside, 180”

Looks Like " Proof of the Pudding" to me.


Jerry

There’s waaaay more Jerry... grin

We’ve hunted together over 20 years, he owns 1 rifle, a mark V ulw, 270 Roy, 6.5-20 leupold factory 130 Hornady, the scope, rifle, bullets have never let him down

Jud

I don’t doubt that at all.

I have 3 identical scopes I bought on clearance around 1990. I’ve used them all over the years
and had NO problem at all. They stay zeroed, and track reliably.

What can you say negatively about Wby MkV and Hornady Ils ?
oops! I don’t want that spread around. LOL

Jerry