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This as well. My old Remington 721 will drive nails with anything you feed it.

Osky

Some of the newer monos are set to act more like NPT’s.

Check out CEB, Lehigh and Hammers. I’ve used CEB and Hammer. Only kill was with a Hammer. Pretty impressive terminal performance. And all the monos I’ve tried seem really accurate.

They not cheap.

DF

I bought a case of 130's and a case of 150's. Deer get the former and pigs the latter.

I should have known you’d have a stash.

Today I took my 1948 FN out to re-sight it after some futzing around I did and used those 60gr RL 26 loads that were a bit warm in my Ruger. Fired 8 of them and there were no obvious signs of trouble, but the average velocity was IIRC about 3070, with good SD and ES. I was shooting at 50, but accuracy seemed good. Still, I’m gonna take your hint and drop that load a grain. Alliant data shows 3022 with 60.8gr, with the F210s I used, but Fed brass, presumably less roomy than my WW brass.

Like they say, stop adding powder when you reach the top load OR top velocity…..

Barnes 130 TTSX
Nosler 130 Ballistic Tip or Accubond
Hornady 145 ELDX
I would shoot whichever your rifle prefers.

150 grains Nosler Partition ahead of 58 grains of H4831 = dead bull elk.

150 Hornady does well at 270 win speeds.

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Started out loading 150 gr. Speer HotCor for bulk, and Nosler Partitions for hunting.

Have since settled on Speer 150 gr. Grand Slams (current mono-lead core).

W/ enough H4831 powder to get ~ 2800 fps out of a 22" Bbl., don't think there is anything in the lower 48 it won't drop out to 400 yds.

Inexpensive, precise, and generally a pass-through w/ a nice exit wound, without the explosive destruction.




GR

Quite a few years ago I hunted a couple seasons with a guy who used them in his .300WM, and he claimed they shot quite well for him. They seemed far too tough for deer and terminal performance was pretty underwhelming. My .270 shooting Corelokts knocked deer down significantly quicker, but no way would he try anything else.

He was just one of those guys... pretty sure he lugged around that .300WM, belittling everyone else's "pea shooters", because he thought it proved something about his manhood, and pretty sure he mostly shot those Failsafes just because he thought the chrome cases looked cool.

I don’t shoot factory loaded much. If I felt like using 150 grain bullets, I’d guess it would be depend what I was hunting. If I had to use only one bullet for every animal I’d use partitions.

We found the failsafes to be too tough for our Alabama whitetail as well. They penetrate right through without opening up much at all. 130gr ballistic tips was our go to but used 130gr GameKings too.

The trophy bonded bear claw shot great out of a T3 I had but only took one large doe with the load.

Wanted to update after some range time. Those sig loads shot exactly the same for me. All in one hole and and same POA/POI as the Federal factory partition 150gr load.

I’ve ran like 6 or 7 different factory loads through this T3’s (I got used for a steal) and dang if it doesn’t shoot every thing well enough. I’ve got some more range time next week and I plan on taking some pictures and posting them. It’s been an interesting journey as I rarely ever try this many different loads in one gun.

If nothing else it’s been a testimony of Tikka rifles, I’ve just never ran across a bad one. They all are light, reliable and accurate. Looks and fit/feel are subjective and they do the important stuff well at a price I like.

So far the 130gr partition is shooting just under moa and the 150gr partition 1.25-1.5moa. The 150gr federal blue box 1-1.25 moa. 150 GameKings are .75 -1 moa.

My rifle definitely shoots the lighter stuff better (I didn’t list all the 130gr stuff I’ve tried) with the 140gr tipped GameKings seeming to be the sweet spot in the middle consistently shooting better than I can hold. Most groups all in one hole but a few in the .75moa range where I think it’s me not the load or gun.

I've changed my tune about Tikka's, I've always maintained that they are a very cheap design produced to a very high standard. When the T3 first started showing up in my neck of the woods they were priced higher than their Winchester, Remington (who at that point was still fairly reputable), and Ruger counterparts. Comparing a T3 hunter to a Winchester M70fwt for instance (which IIRC actually cost less at that point) I couldnt understand how anyone would pick the T3. Slowly but surely the competitor's prices have climbed, and in many cases the QC has suffered or the products are simply produced to a lower standard, and its pretty hard to argue that Tikka isnt the best bang-for-buck option out there right now.

The 140gr Nosler Accubond really outperforms its weight. Use it as my primary bulllet in 270win, 270wsm & 270wby.

We have used the 150 Oryx on 2 deer.

They hold their weight well, expand bigger than i would like, causing less penetration than I would like . Good bullet, but I would use others on bigger game.

VERY accurate for me.

Sierra 150gr sbt. Many elk and deer dead

"I’m apparently jinxed—I can’t recall ever having factory ammo shoot worth a hoot….."

It's been a few years but when I bought my last .270 on an impulse at a gun show, I stopped off and a Walmart and picked up to boxes of 150 gr. Winchester Power point ammo. I've always bought a couple of boxes of factory to check out a new to me firearm. The next day I took it to the range to get an idea on how it would shot. I ran four 5 shot groups allowing a minute between shots and a five minute cool down after each group. The first group was just about .50" The last group was .80" as by then the barrel was quite warm.

The next time at the range I tried the rifle with my pet load using Winchester's long discontinued WMR powder and the 150 gr. Sierra Game King. Again running five shot groups. First group was .375" and the last .75" again using the same spacing between shots.

I also used WMR with the 150 gr. Nosler Partition with results similar to what I got with the Sierras. Interesting note is both load shoot almost to exactly the same place. I forget which did which but the center of the group for one bullet was a half inch to the right of the center of the first group so that if I shot a group of six shots, three Sierras and three Noslers, the final group was right 1.5". I could mix and match on a hunt and not worry about where the bullet would hit on the game.

While I haven't used a 270 as much as maybe I should have, I have found that it is one of the easiest cartridges to work up an accurate and powerful load. I will admit that I prefer the 150 gr. bullet for all game in the .270. The few 130 gr. bullets I tried were accurate enough but I felt they damaged too much good eating meat so went with the heavier version. The last animal I took with a .270 was an antelope in New Mexico on a private ranch hunt, Easy stalk to about 75 yards from the "goat" and the 150 gr. Sierra did a number on the animal. Entrance hole was about an inch and exit 1.75 to maybe 2.0".

One of my hunting buddies uses a .270 almost exclusively for all his hunts. His favorite bullet, even for elk, is the 150 gr. Sierra Game King although lately he's been working with one of the Barnes TSX bullets. Dunno if he'l make a permanent switch of go back to the game King.
PJ

I’m tempted to stop at the 150gr federal blue box, buy a case and call it good.[/quote]

That's what I would do.

I shot 4 does with the SIG ammo last week. No issues there either. Glad I bought 25 boxes of it.