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Interested to hear what has been your go to 150gr bullet in the 270 Winchester across medium big game. Deer, hogs, elk, black bear, nothing crazy. Also not looking for a 150gr bullet that needs to be pushed fast. Range is 350yd and in.

I’ve got lots of experience with lighter loads in the 270 and wanted to try out some of the heavies considering I hunt mostly 200yd shot and less type terrain.

So far in factory loads the partition is shooting 1.5-1.75MOA. Federal blue box 150gr JSP shooting a steady 1.25moa and sometimes better.

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

I used the 150 Pt for decades although I’ve used other bullets during that time, too. I’ve killed 25+ elk with the 150 Pt. Currently though I would say the 160 Pt.

Partitions in general work across the widest range of velocities—hang together and penetrate up close, and open up and penetrate way out there when velocity has fallen off.

Having said that, I’m slowly transitioning to copper bullets.

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

Fed blue box 150 gr round nose here. It shoots incredibly well out of a my 700 with factory 24" barrel. Results have been quick kills.

That's been our experience as well--both the quick kills on elk, and the quickest kill I've seen on a moose with a heart-lung shot. It's also killed quickly with lung shots on big mule deer.

But we're also using more monos as well. Overall they don't kill as quickly, though lighter, faster monos help. We like the reduced damage to meat....

I really wanted the partition to shoot well and I’m sure I could hand load and make that happen but I’m being lazy and trying factory stuff. At least I’m saving my brass.

https://rogerssportinggoods.com/sig-sauer-270win-140grain-elite-hunter-centerfire-rifle-ammunition/

3 shots in 1 enlarged hole. Shoots POI with the factory Federal 150 Partition load out of my Tikka

was 12.99 a box

Oh stop it!!!

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150 grain Nosler Partition.

150 gr Nosler Partition…….. simply outstanding.
It’s accurate, it expands well, it penetrates and is reliable on big bone. Very few other bullets do all that……

Gonna be odd man out here, but I like the 150 grain Corelokt RN bullets. Obviously not an optimal long range bullet but IMO their terminal performance is near ideal for a general purpose .270 load. I've broken both shoulder blades on a moose with them on a couple occasions, but the RN and ample exposed lead will still dump a fair bit of energy and get nice clean kills on smaller/ lighter animals. I've only ever recovered them from moose, but the recovered bullets always look good.

I once shot a big moose in the shoulder with this load at about 50 yards, and as I fired he swung his head into the path of the bullet. The bullet broke his jaw, then went on to strike low in the shoulder (presumably already deformed), break through 2-3" of bone and still take out the lungs. Thats pretty good performance from any bullet IMO, especially a cheap one that will also routinely DRT deer with a lung shot.

As others have said, 150 partitions are absolutely fantastic bullets with excellent performance. Hornady 150 SP have also been good on the 7-8 deer I’ve been put them through. And in a few rifles they’ve shot 1/2 moa.

First three elk I killed with a rifle and first Alaskan moose I killed while in the Navy were with the 150 RN Corelokt. They are a good broadside and quartering away bullet, but unlikely to penetrate the length of elk starting at the north end of a southbound bull. But a 150 Pt will.

Also, as MD has mentioned a number of times the Corelokts aren’t what they used to be, but I’ve always been curious if that applied to the RN.

My dad continued to use 180 Corelokt RN’s in his 06 until he retired from hunting at the age of 91.

The 150 NPT has always been great. That said the 150 Sierra SPBT has been good to us too. Very easy to get to shoot and has performed well in game too.

I wouldnt hesitate to take a quartering-towards shot with them either, but agree that risking a Texas heart shot on an elk wouldn't be wise.

At least until the bankruptcy the RN Corelokts seemed to perform about the same as they ever did. The current boxes still have the diagram on the side that shows the RN to have a thicker jacket... not sure what thats worth.

Not on elk. When I got out of the Navy in ‘81 that’s what I used on elk for several years. I thought Pt’s were too expensive. When I started guiding and saw how Pt’s performed I realized there really was a difference in bullets…..

I’ve had very good luck with 150gr Federal Fusion. Factory and as a component bullet.

I found a bunch of old hornady round nose 150s for my daughters rifle, hope the work

I had some 150gr ballistic tips at 2900fps. But I already had a load with 140 gr SST for off season range time, MOA out to 600 yards and 130 ttsx for deer and elk.
Im now working up a load with 140gr TGK for deer and range time.
That link for $18 is about as cheap as you can get for premium ammo.
Hands down is what I’d be buying if i didn’t reload.

The 150 Nosler Partition has been incredible on Elk and Moose for me. I also like the 160.
Bullet choice really matters on these large deer

Partion all the way and leaning on going 160.