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The Hornady Interlokt is a really good bullet. I used them for awhile from my 7mm-08 and killed a decent pile of deer with them one year. They didn't seem to give me as many DRT's as other loads, but they were decent. I always had a dime sized exit hole in the deer if hit behind the shoulder and a quarter sized exit if it hit the shoulder. I did recover one bullet that hit the deer in the chest, facing head on with me and the bullet was found in the opposite side hindquarter.
In my opinion, it sounds like you already have lost your confidence in these bullets so I'd move on to something else. If you're not confident in your gun/load, you'll never trust it so you may as well find a different load to try.

Good luck, I am sure that you are looking forward to your next bullet testing session.

I don't believe the "tech" at all. I've shot everything from 40lb hogs to elk (with a bunch of small and large deer in between) with 225gr Hornady Interlock SP-RP bullets from a .338wm and the performance has been stellar. I have no problem with them opening on 70lb yearling deer and small hogs and have had nearly lengthwise penetration on elk. That is my go to bullet. I've shot many of the same in my .270 with similar results.

I smell troll...

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Mr. Scar22;
Over the years we�ve killed a fair few animals- mule and whitetail deer, black bears, one moose and one bighorn sheep with Hornady bullets in a few different diameters.

We cut our own game and a few friends cut their game here, so we get to see how their bullets work as well. I�ve yet to see a Hornady not open up in an assortment of bullet weights in .257�, .264�, .277�, .284�, .308� and .338� fired from a variety of initial and impact velocities.

Specifically in .277 diameter, I have seen that the 140gr. Hornady out of a .270 Win will open up and generally exit on game from very small bears to fairly big deer. Resulting tissue damage did not indicate either over or under expansion of the projectile.

A good friend in the Yukon has used the 150gr Hornady in a .270 Win for sheep, moose and if I recall correctly, some black bears as well and he had excellent results.

While I�ve never seen the results of them out of a .270 Weatherby, based on our results with other Hornady bullets, I would not be afraid of trying them.

Frankly I�m stumped as to a possible cause for the results you�ve seen.

Good luck in your upcoming hunts.

Regards,
Dwayne

Guys, I believe this is a "set-up". I live in PA and, while I don't hunt in NJ where Scar claims to live, I have several friends who hunt there. If I remember correctly, there is no rifle hunting in NJ. Archery, shotgun and muzzleloader only. Of course, Scar could have been shooting across the Delaware River into PA!

Ron