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Please give me your opinion on just ONE bullet for a 270 winchester. Use will be pronghorn, deer, and elk, [bleep] out of a pre-64 winny. I currently shoot everything fon 90 to 150 grains but I want one single load going forward

1. Barnes 129gr LRX
2. Barnes 130gr TTSX
3. Barnes 130gr TSX
4. Hornady 130gr GMX

Have used the above from antelope to elk with no complaints.

Then in no particular order of bullets I have not used and would try.
Cutting edge
Hammer
Nosler E-Tip

130 NPT

I've taken a bunch of elk and deer using a 130 gr. TTSX in my .270. I've used the TTSX in all of my big game calibers for at least a dozen years.

My family used 150 gr Partitions for years for everything in the USA. I would not hesitate to recommend it. As a 2nd the 140 Accubond is a great choice too.

I've really become a fan of the 140 grain Accu Bond in the 270. That's what I have loaded for mine for this hunting season.

+ 1

I really regret that Hornady discontinued the 140 HBTSP

So.....



CAN’T be a bad choice !!!


Jerry

^^^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^^ The first group is a pretty good list of the best bullets you can purchase. You should certainly consider adding the Hammer to that list! memtb

I would go with the 130gr TTSX and not look back....Good hunting .....Hb

I’d be very happy using nothing but a 150 Partition out of my .270.

Thanks for the suggestions. I believe I will develop some loads for the 140 Accubonds and if it shoots well that will be the bullet for the 270. Perhaps practice with 140 sierras to control cost but what hunting days I have left the 140 seems a seasonable approach.

Does your rifle prefer flat-based bullets over boattails? That seems to be a "thing" with older ones.

Best accuracy I ever got from my pre-64 was with 130gr Hornady SPs, but my son uses the 160gr NPs I load. They're DRT killer-dillers.

if it shoots as good as anything else, 129LRX

This is not a new idea based on the comments above, but the 150 grain Nosler Partition is all you need.

When a 270 win was my primary rifle, I used 130gr partitions for deer and 150gr partitions for elk and anything larger. Both were very accurate in my tang ruger. I suggest you try the 150s in your rifle. If they are accurate enough for you, I'd stick with them. If not, I'd go with 150gr accubond. Ymmv.

130 Nosler Partition or Swift A-Frame.

130 partition. Easy peezy

This.

I like the really 150 BT at 3K'ish in a 280. I bet the 150 ABLR version in .277 would do just as well.