New to the .270, my son will be using it on moose this year..
I would like to hear your experience with the 150 Grain Interlock on moose from the .270 Win,

Thanks.

I have seen used 2 of them on elk. Moose are quite a bit larger. Overall it's not a bad bullet but if can and does come apart if it hits going fast and strikes bone. A moose rib is large enough that I would not be surprised to see one break an Inner-Lock up.

I am 100% sure you can kill moose with them, but I would add that I would use a 150 or 160 grain Partition, Swift A-Frame or a Barnes TSX instead if I had a choice. In the last 50 years I have seen only 4 moose killed with 270 Winchesters and I for one have never killed a moose with a 270. But I did kill horses and cattle with a 270 several times when I was a kid.

So I would not tell you not to use that bullet, but if you can get a thicker jacketed bullet, or a Nosler partition or a Swift A-Frame I'd bet you'd do better. Moose are known for not running far after a hit unlike an elk, so a blood trail may not be as important as it is for elk.

Yet, for large game I always want an exit if I can get one. If I were going to kill a moose with one of my 270s I think I'd use a Swift 150 grain or a Barnes 150 grain.

I killed a Newfoundland bull at 200 yards and a Wyoming elk at 25 yards. The elk went less than 20 yards. Mostly gravity on the elk going down hill. The moose was DRT .
Both were behind shoulder, rib to rib.

If your son does his part, the bullet will do its part.

Have always been happy with the performance of the 150gr Interlock out of our 270's. Have never caught one, definitely stouter than the 130gr. Quite a few deer, hogs, one elk and a friend used one on his WY Shiras moose.

The incident that impressed me the most was on a 225lb TX boar. Going away, broke left hip penetrated length of hog and exited between neck and front right shoulder.

It is one of the bullets I would consider a do everything in the 270, and if limited to only that bullet would happily use it for all my hunting.

Thanks guys

Hard to admit but buddy in our hunting party has killed more moose with his beat up 270 & 130g interlocks than the rest of us with our fancy 7mm's

You will be fine

My brother shot a young bull moose using a 129gr Interlok in my 6.5 Creedmoor. Shot was about 80yds. Put it in the ribs at a reasonable range and you will be fine. That being said. when I had a chance, I loaded a Barnes 127gr LRX for that 6.5 Creedmoor. IMO, just more room for error.

Lots of moose die from the 270 each year. I’m not a fan of hornady bullets but if that’s what I had and they shot well in my gun I’d use them. I’d rather have a partition though.

Thanks guys!

130gr. Interlock outta my sons .270win has put down several elk. With ease. 150gr outta be stellar... If your rifle likes it? Do it without hesitation.

I’d prefer a 150 Partition for Moose, but I certainly wouldn’t stay home if all I had was the Interlocks.

Sorry if this is too far off topic, but how about the 270 with the 150 Partition? Mine shoots it at 2970 with Reloader 26. I’m considering taking it to AK for moose. I’d be unguided so bears are a bit of a concern. Would a 30-06 be better? Thanks.

200 grain Hornady on a smallish bull moose from 358 win. Impact velocity was probably 2500 fps. Massive loss of bloodshot meat. Shallow wound. May as well been a hollowpoint varmint bullet the way it blew apart:



338 RCM 225 sst factory load my buddy's cow moose. He is disabled, so I tracked it for him, packed it out, and processed it for him. Shallow wound bout all of 6 inches. Massive loss of bloodshot meat. May as well have been a varmint bullet the way it fragmented. Impact velocity of about 2600 fps.

Using mostly 358 win, 9.3x62 and my 41 wildcat off the ole nine-three using woodleigh, nosler partition, and swift A-Frames, I've had some of the most boring, dead where I need em bull moose right beside the river.

Medium to Large Alaskan moose, they stop 300 grain 9.3 and 41 cal 350 grain A-Frames:

Coolest moose guns I ever saw, was any beat up, cheap piece ah sht rebored by Jesse for less than a cheap home owner chainsaw.

Moose hunting is nasty on ah gun, keep it cheap!

Coolest moose guns coming from Jesse:

400 whelen, 338-06, 338 federal, 358 win, 35 whelen.

And then, the grand daddy of em all: the ole nine three.

http://www.35caliber.com/8.html

My father shot a bunch of raghorn bull elk and mule deer with a 270 Winchester and 140 grain Hornady Interlocks. Good bullet.

I have killed a hell of a Lot of Deer with them.

Dirty Harry

Just like deer, the interlocks worked remarkably well on caribou. Stating the obvious here.........deer aren't moose.

A few years back I sold a 338WM to a guy (a local Methodist preacher) who told me he had always hunted with a 270, but got tired of dragging his moose out of the water because every one he shot with his 270 ran off and died in the nearest pond. He said they always died, but just not quick enough! I've no idea what bullet he was using.

The Interlock is one of the best cup and core bullets for holding together. In informal testing shooting them into a clay bank they were the closest cup and core bullet to the Nosler partition in performance. The core might slip but still stayed in the jacket. One of the faster kills on moose I have seen was with a Silver tip in a 250 Savage, too quick the moose was in three feet of water. The interlock is one of the most consistent cup and core bullets but if there is ever a need for a premium bullet moose would be it. Their ribs can be bigger than a deer fore leg and a big one is truly massive. I would have no issue using the Hornaday but if loading with moose in mind I would load a Barnes or maybe a 160 grain Partition. It would give me added peace of mind.

So in other words, you have no experience with the 150 gr. Interlock out of a .270, right?

Todd

I personally wouldn’t hesitate to use them. I as well have no experience using the 150 interlock on anything, but based on my experience with the 165 out of a 30-06, and 154 out of a .280, all on elk, the 150 is what I have loaded for my wife to use in her elk hunt this year. All that said, if she was going bull moose hunting I would probably have her shooting a 150 partition as well.

Todd

My daughter killed couple of moose using the 140 hornady out of her 270. Kills em dead, last year she used a 150 partition in her 270. But I’m not in a nat geo tv show so what the hell do I know😁

John, that hunt footage you shared of your daughters last moose hunt, I believe that young woman would be deadly with any bullet from any centerfire. Way to keep those youngsters in the woods, hunting and fishing!

One of the upper Yukon bush gals, has shot more moose with a 270 using whatever ammo is in stock, for many years.

Another fella in the village of deering, runs a 270 Ruger mk ll. He's been taking moose and caribou with that rifle for almost three decades. Moose bear and caribou are taken all over Alaska with the 270 every year.

The vary reason John Nosler came up with the Partition design was failures of cup and core bullets on moose, at least that's the story.

Michael majority of the time that’s what I lug around here in alaska model 70 in a 270 Winchester.

I think his point is that cup and core bullets will sometimes fail and a heaver premium game bullet will up your odds.

YES TO YOUR QUESTION !

Dirty Harry

I'd take that combo without hesitation.

If I were to take my 270 it be with 130 ttsx.
These things are deadly accurate and will go through bone and then some

Am currently shootin' the CnC Speer GS 150 gr., but have shot the HDY in the past.

W/ a muzzle velocity of ~ 2800 fps, and commensurate impact velocities, they hold up well enough.




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Having killed a half dozen moose your 150 Hornady will probably work. Having said that, a Partition or Barnes would be a far better choice.

I have an uncle who lives in northern British Columbia. He and his sons all use 270 Win for moose and they collectively shoot several every fall IIRC, they use 130 grain garden variety Core Locks. His daughters and wife us 243 Win and he says they all kill fast and efficient.

My wife uses a 30-06 with 150 gr TSX on moose and deer. Pretty much the same.

I’ve never shot a moose let alone one with a 277” 150 hornady. I have shot many deer with a 270 and 130 hornady bullets. It’s killed every one I shot very quickly but I’ve had a few of them blow to pieces on deer…. If I used a 270 with 150 IL hornady I’d for sure be careful with my shot and place it in the ribs. But if I was going to all the trouble involved in a moose hunt and a 270 is what I had to use, I’d definitely try to find some 150 partitions, Aframes or 130tsx/TTSX to shoot out of it. Good luck on your hunt. I hope y’all have success with whatever you choose.

I've experience with two interlocks, 150 .30 caliber, 129 .26 caliber, all on deer. Both at around 2700 fps muzzle velocity, shots inside 300 yards. Good bullet, but in my experience they open fast. If I went after larger game, I'd choose a tougher bullet. But I wouldn't stay home if that's all I had.

I can't say about moose, but I do have a .264 140g interlock that hit a railroad ty at ~3000 fps. It stayed together and mushroomed back to the interlock. Perfect performance if you ask me. I would bet the 150g out of a 270 would do just as good.

Moose are similar to their thin skin cousins in the deer family. That being said, I saw an Elk shot in the spine (broke her back) while the second shot went through her neck. The rounds were factory SST's. The third shot bounced off her cheek just below her right eye. The forth, and final shot, shot went through her eye socket.

I took a deer with a Barnes 130gr TTSX at around 80 yards. The round penciled through the buck but damaged the heart and lungs before exiting.

What I'm trying to say is shot placement is important but shot placement with a bonded or mono-metal bullet is better.

Remember lead and lead core bullets have been killing animals for decade's. Fortunately, technology has given us better tools.