Thread: 130gr or 140gr

Originally Posted by Bobthewannabehunter

I'm looking at grabbing another box or 2 this week to sight in before heading off bush, but have just been looking at guncity for ammo and see they have soft point, polymer tip, soft point core lokt, soft point soft point power point, is this just fancy way to name bullets and they all do the same or do they make a difference?

Short answer: to one degree or another, they are all designed to expand and cause shock and 40 other kinds of mayhem in whatever they hit.

I have a friend who hunted commercially with 30/06, and wouldn't use anything except Rem Cor Lokt. It worked for him and he stuck with it.

If I'm not mistaken, you're in the "try it and see" zone, which everybody lives in to begin with.

If you have something that already works, and your boomstick is zeroed for it, go with that.

Originally Posted by Bobthewannabehunter

I have recently got a howa 1500 2nd hand I was given a box of 140gr hornady super performance with it. With my last 270 I was shooting hornady white tale 130gr, what would be the major factors with the 2 different rounds would the 140 be better or the 130? I'm only shooting out to 300m 400m tops and mainly bush stalking.

Another way of looking at it is if the barrel length is 22 inches go with the 140 gr pill if 24 inches use 130grs . I have found 140 gives better velocity and grouping in the shorter barrel. over a number of different 270sof various makes

Well I make my own, But for a while when My gear was packed away ready to move islands I used the superformance and also Norma

https://www.guncity.com/norma-270-13...-rounds-185532

I just looked through whats available here,

https://www.deltamike.co.nz/product-...nchester-ammo/

If price is a factor, which for most of us it is, Id try the federal fusion, the Remington corlokt, and probably the Sellier and belllot.

Ive been using the fusion 130s on a varirty of game for some years now. They work well and hit hard.
How did the Norma 130's perform compared to that load you're running now Whanahuia?

Good. The superformance and the Norma made it debatable if it was worth reloading. Accuracy and speed wise.

Really the reasons I reload are I have the gear and so its cost efficient, and I also dont like to find out there is no ammo in stock or have to change for some reason. So I buy a few years worth of components at once and then look to replace before I get close to running out.

Norma USED to have projectiles that were somehow smaller than other brands.they were either denser so heavier for size or seated deeper into cases. Very handy for rifles with short throats etc.

have you shot deer at 3-400 yards?id be checking fps and validating any hornady factory stuff before relying on their drop numbers,Federal id trust more these days but still validate if shooting the far.

Originally Posted by Yesmate

have you shot deer at 3-400 yards?id be checking fps and validating any hornady factory stuff before relying on their drop numbers,Federal id trust more these days but still validate if shooting the far.

I've shot one at 340 and another in the high 200s cant remember excat rang but they where on a guided hunt, most of the time i came across there on doc land there well within 300yards but they seem to notice me first and are gone before I can get a shot off i need to improve on my stalking to change it so they notice me to late

130gr and 270 is a match made in heaven like 22-250 and H380. That said, load 110gr TTSX for a mates 270. Pole axes stags. These are Raukuamara stags. Similarly load 110gr TTSX in 308 for a mate. It is brutal and he loves the lack of recoil.