.270 Win bullet for Montana deer?

[2ndtimer]

So I am heading to North Central Montana in a month or so. I have taken a few deer there over the years, mostly with my .270WSM and all with Nosler 130 gr Ballistic Tip bullets. They have worked fine. This year, I am tempted to go with a standard .270 Win shooting Hornady Interlock 130 gr bullets. I have found a load that shoots very accurately at around 2900 fps out of the 22" barrel. Since I believe shot placement is the most important when it comes to humanely dispatching game, the question is: should I go with the proven performance of the Nosler (they are quickly becoming prohibitively expensive, but I still have some) and see if I can match the accuracy of the Hornady bullet, or go with the Hornady bullet (I have a good supply of them). I sort of feel like hundreds (or thousands) of deer are taken every year with the Hornady bullet and as long as shot placement is good, it should work fine. But I would appreciate hearing others opinions and experience using the Hornady 130 gr Interlock in a .270 Win on deer. (They can be on the large side when they feed on wheat, lentils and peas) Thanks!

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[Xaevian]

It is what Hornady uses in their American Whitetail line. I have used interlocks a lot deer hunting in non magnum rifles with great results. I consider them controlled expansion as opposed to rapid expansion ballistic tips such as the Nosler or Hornady SSTs. For your magnum, I would say the extra speed would better suit a bonded or monometal for ranges under 200 to limit over expansion of those cup and cores, but probably not an issue for deer sized game.

 

[Ura-Ki]

I'm highly biased toward Swift's Scriocco line, VERY accurate and terminal performance is excellent at a wide range of velocities! They also fly very strait and buck the wind very well! I use them almost exclusively in all my hunting rifles/loads now!

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[Xaevian]

I'm highly biased toward Swift's Scriocco line, VERY accurate and terminal performance is excellent at a wide range of velocities! They also fly very strait and buck the wind very well! I use them almost exclusively in all my hunting rifles/loads now!

Bullets

Swift Bullet Company offers tough, high-performance hunting bullets with excellent accuracy & terminal performance. Don't settle for less, trust in the best.

www.swiftbullets.com

They are sweet but pretty pricey. I was using Nosler Accubonds for awhile, but just can't justify the added expense over standard cup and core for CXP2 game.

 

[osprey]

Interlocks will work fine. I originally developed a 140gr Accubond load for my 270 and it is very effective on game up to Elk. I wish the bullets were cheaper but how many do I really shoot now that the load is developed? Now that all components are so expensive, I tend to practice with .223, 22lr and a bunch with pcp air rifles. I only shoot 5-15 shots a year through most of my big game rifles. Use what you have confidence in.

 

[bbbass]

I've killed deer and elk with interlock bullets in .308Win, never had a performance problem!!

 

[bionic knees]

I shoot interlocks in .270 short mag, .308 & .338 win mag. no complaints so far.

 

[2ndtimer]

Thanks for the feedback. I was out this morning and shot my loads from a bench and over the chronograph. First 3 shot group at 100 yards chronographed 2985 fps, was unbelievable.

 

[2gr8dgs]

130gr interlock in my 270win was always a solid performer for me on deer. I switched to SST for no good reason.