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What 130 gr bullet would be best for the 270 Wby. I have no experience loading any 270. This is my first magnum rifle. I have lots of experience reloading the 2506 and the 3006, I guess I just wanted to drink some magnum Koolaid. I would like to utilize the velocity this cartridge so I expect I will need a tough bullet. They will be used mainly on hogs and deer. Thanks

By the way thanks John Barsness for the insight, practical knowledge and common sense you bring to this forum.

I would use either the Nosler Partition or Accubond. Both hold together very well; suspect the Accubond may be better for the game you mention. I would choose whichever shoots better.

You will like the cartridge; I sure do. I like IMR 7828.

I'd use Nosler Partition or Accubond.

I have had excellent results with the 130 gr Hornady Interbond out of my 270 WSM at over 3300 FPS.

buck,

Thanks!

I would go along with what everybody else has suggested, and add the 130 Barnes Tipped TSX and Nosler E-Tip, and also probably the 130 Swift Scirocco II. The original Scirocco was a little explosive in the .270 Weatherby but the II is tougher.

Do the tipped Barnes open better than the tsx? I used the TSX in my 2506s', loved the accuracy and velocity but didnt like the effect on game.

The 165 Accubonds are super accurate in my 3006 but are only driven about 2950. I didnt know if they would handle the speed of the WBY.

Here are my loads for this round:

.270 Weatherby Magnum

Bullet Load Powder O. A. L. Velocity Energy Comments

110gn Hornady HP 77gn WMR 3.346" 3561
78gn WMR 3623
79gn WMR 3670

130gn Nosler SB 68gn AR 2213 3152
69gn AR 2213 3196
69gn IMR 4831 3305
70gn IMR 4831 3372 High performance hunting load
72gn IMR 4831 3434 MAX

130gn Sierra BT 75gn WMR 3395
76gn WMR 2407

140gn Hordady SP 70gn IMR 4831 3175
71gn IMR 4831 3256 1.2 MOA
72gn H 4831 3038 Original H 4831
73gn H 4831 3123 .7 MOA Top load
71gn Rel 19 3173
72gn Rel 19 3201
71gn Rel 22 3172
72gn Rel 22 3229
73gn Rel 22 3270 MAX - Top velocity

150gn PMC Factory 3069 2.2 MOA Flat Primers - Hot load

150gn Nosler Part 68gn AR 2209 3131
69gn AR 2209 3185 Good Load Accurate Hard Hitting
71gn AR 2213 3159
72gn AR 2213 3196 Good Velocity
70gn IMR 4831 3203 .5 MOA Equals Factory Specs Top Load

150gn Sierra BT 70gn Rel 19 3099
71gn Rel 19 3167 MAX Good load
72gn Rel 22 3194
73gn Rel 22 3254 Full Factory Specs - Good Load
73gn WMR 3192
74gn WMR 3253
70gn IMR 4831 3179
71gn IMR 4831 3230 Most accuracte powerful load

160gn Nosler Part 71gn AR 2213 3110
72gn AR 2213 3169 3569 Most Powerful Load
73gn H 4831 3114 Original H 4831 - Good load
74gn H 4831 3184 Warm Load

JW

buck,

My experience with the Tipped TSX is more limited than with the standard model, but so far it looks like they do more damage--and I also base some of that assessment on the Nosler E-Tip. But the tissue destruction of any of the monolithics is going to be limited when the bullet does't lose any weight.

The AccuBond is going to act a lot like a Partition.

I would use only bonded core or partition bullets in the Wby calibers...They all seem to work.

I helped a friend skin a small (maybe 100-120 pound) whitetail he took with a 130 Partition .270 Wby factory load at 30-30 distance. The bullet killed the deer in short order, as expected. There was a lot of bloodshot meat. A monolithic bullet (TSX, tipped TSX, E-Tip, etc.) might provide more deer chili unless your average shot is taken at a distance sufficient to bleed off velocity. That's no criticism of the Partition, just that the monos may tear up less of the eatin' parts.

If you're not absolutely locked into the 130 grainers you might try the 150 gr Hornady Interlock. You can run it to around 3200 and it won't blow up. It also won't make the venison look like a bloodshot booger.

Thanks guys for all the input. I twisted off on some 130gr. Accubonds today. I have had good luck with them in my 3006. The guys at Gene Sears thought they would work fine in the WBY.

I have not reloaded any magnums but I understand that they perform best at near max,is that everyones general concensus? I have a boat load of RL22 and IMR 7828 I think I will start there.

Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Some of my loads to try:


.270 Weatherby Magnum

Bullet Load Powder O. A. L. Velocity Energy Comments

110gn Hornady HP 77gn WMR 3.346" 3561
78gn WMR 3623
79gn WMR 3670

130gn Nosler SB 68gn AR 2213 3152
69gn AR 2213 3196
69gn IMR 4831 3305
70gn IMR 4831 3372 High performance hunting load
72gn IMR 4831 3434 MAX

130gn Sierra BT 75gn WMR 3395
76gn WMR 2407

140gn Hordady SP 70gn IMR 4831 3175
71gn IMR 4831 3256 1.2 MOA
72gn H 4831 3038 Original H 4831
73gn H 4831 3123 .7 MOA Top load
71gn Rel 19 3173
72gn Rel 19 3201
71gn Rel 22 3172
72gn Rel 22 3229
73gn Rel 22 3270 MAX - Top velocity

150gn PMC Factory 3069 2.2 MOA Flat Primers - Hot load

150gn Nosler Part 68gn AR 2209 3131
69gn AR 2209 3185 Good Load Accurate Hard Hitting
71gn AR 2213 3159
72gn AR 2213 3196 Good Velocity
70gn IMR 4831 3203 .5 MOA Equals Factory Specs Top Load

150gn Sierra BT 70gn Rel 19 3099
71gn Rel 19 3167 MAX Good load
72gn Rel 22 3194
73gn Rel 22 3254 Full Factory Specs - Good Load
73gn WMR 3192
74gn WMR 3253
70gn IMR 4831 3179
71gn IMR 4831 3230 Most accuracte powerful load

160gn Nosler Part 71gn AR 2213 3110
72gn AR 2213 3169 3569 Most Powerful Load
73gn H 4831 3114 Original H 4831 - Good load
74gn H 4831 3184 Warm Load

JW

No mention of the 140 grain Trophy Bonded?Whats 10 grains My second choice to the 130 Partition.Been using a .270 for many years.

Good luck to 'ya Buck.

Jayco

I've killed a half dozen or so WT deer and two MD with the 130 XXX - some tipped , some not .It's the bullet I started with and have stayed with . Also killed a few hogs .

Shot a WT doe last year at 240 yds with the tipped XXX center thru the lungs and she ran almost 100 yards . Looked like she left 5 gallons of blood along the trail !

All the others dropped in their tracks but most were neck shots .

IMR 7828 is the cat's meow for the 257 and 270 WBY.

The .270 Wby is the most overlooked and under rated long range caliber in the history of gundome..

I also plead guilty to its demise, never used one..It is one of the flatest shooting, hell roaring calibers ever..and it holds its velocity as well as the best of them..It kills like the Hammer of er a my local blacksmith (didn't want to tick anyone off)....I witnessed it use in Africa on a lot of game, and I was throughly impressed, even on Eland, a Jiraffe and a buffalo btw.

I would only use super premium tough bullets in it such as the Nosler partition, Swifts, GS Customs, BarnesX any bonded core or partition bullet in other words.

My biggest complaint is meat damage and blood shot carcasses and it was a little extreme IMO..so I never got one.

Atkinson, the ballistic charts were one of the reasons I chose this caliber. It offered alot punch for a smaller bore. It seemed to be the right balance of recoil and performance for me. As I get older the recoil is less fun. I thought about the 257WBY but I already have 3 2506's I wanted to try something between the 30 and the 25. I shot it today and the recoil seems about like a 3006, very shootable. I think its a bit much for whitetails but some day I may go on an elk hunt before I get to old.

I only shot 6 rounds loaded with the 7828, tomorrow I may load some with rl22.

I appreciate all you guys input Thanks

I have owned 2, both were excellent and accurate. I don't have my reloading data here, I loaded to what was called max in the Hornaday manual, no issues. I used Hornaday 130 gr and Barnes 130's. I should have kept the 1st one for sure, it was a low 4 digit serial number Commerical FN. It seemed one could put the cross hairs on at any distance sqqqquese the trigger and go get it. Once in Farm in North Missouri a buck chasing a doe ran right by us as we were eating an early lunch on a fellows farm. We grabbed our guns and ran to the tree lined creek it jumped down into to go to the next field, which was fall plowed and nothing but dirt for 400 yards. I found an opening and took a rest on a hedge tree. The buck stopped at the fence line 400 yards away, he turned sideways to look back for the doe which had turned left in the creek and went by us again. I held just over it's back, no wind, squeezed and it dropped. It was hit behind the shoulder and cut the top of the heart off. Another Barnes 130. The fellow who owned the land was hunting with us, his jaw dropped, he said he hit it, he hit it, I can't believe he hit it. And stood around with his jaw hanging. The folks who owned the next farm were hunting on top of the hill on their place, they saw it happen and came down to see the buck. Yes we knew they were there, the buck was running away from them, they were not in the line of fire. They did not believe I shot shot it 400 yards away our farmer closed his jaw long enough to tell them yes I did, he watched me do it. My dad did the unthinkable and got old, to old to hunt, he gave me his pre 64 Model 70 in 270. Every time I'd bring a deer by his house to show him he'd ask me if I killed it with his gun. There was pain in his eyes when I said no. I sold that Weatherby so I would use dads old gun. The next year I bagged my biggest one ever. When he asked this time I said yes, his eyes lit up. I miss that 270 Weatherby, it was accurate, I believed in it. After dad passed I bought a 270 Weatherby Super Big Game Master. Lightweight, accurate with a Capitol A. Deadly, I bagged a doe and a buck first morning with it. Both in the edge of a tree row at 300 yards. Neither ran 30 yards, Barnes again. Fiberglass stock, mass produced barrel and action, really nice gun. When I held it I could not feel a pulse nor soul in it. It was an assassin only and good at it. I sold it and now use Dad's old M-70, it's wood, hand assembled in 1952 and it became part of the family. It has heart, soul and partakes in the hunt like a family member. I still love what the 270 Weatherby cartridge can do. If the 270 Winchester is one of the 100% deer cartridges, the 270 WBY is one that gives that little extra, the true 110%. If I ever see my old 270 WBY, SN 104x, and it's for sale I will buy it. Assissin? yes it was but more like Matta Hari, loveable, more bang for your buck.

I have shot a fair amount of game with mine from Mule deer up through elk and Moose. Have used three bullets for big game, all 130 grain. Nosler partition, Barnes X both the regular and the blue tips. Pretty much all performed the same...perhaps the partition put things down a bit quicker. Used ballistic tips for varmits, but you wont find much of them!

Lefty C

I shot mine over a period of years side by side with a 7mm Remington Magnum and concluded that on deer sized game at least, the .270 Roy was a more immediate killer.

I also surmized that because the bullets were mostly made for the standard .270 velocitiy ranges, they opened a touch more violently at the increased velocity and gave more dramatic performance. The 7mm bullets were a little tougher overall than the .270's, again, possibly another reason why the standard 7mm's have such a sterling record in the field.

There was an Aussie writer back in the 70's called Dick Eussen who was commonly on the front covers after shooting buffalo through the shoulders with his .270 Weatherby and 150 or 160gn Partitions. Made an aweful lot of covers too.

JW