110 gr .270 Bullet

[rsbible]

Sierra claims their 110 grain ProHunter .270 Bullet is suitable for deer. It's sectional density is above .200 which seems to be the arbitrary line for deer sized game. Any way...I'd like to load some for use on whitetails. Does anyone have any experience with these bullets on deer?

 

[Bulseyetom]

Just saw your post so sorry for the delayed answer. I hunted with a 270 Winchester for years then retired it for whatever reason. A few years back I loaded some 110 Barnes TSX bullets in it and headed to the range. 3 shots in 1/2" in a 40 year old rifle with thousands of rounds made me wonder why I quit shooting it. I took it to Idaho and hammered a 24" muley in his tracks at 175 yards. The next season I got to shooting all kinds of 110 grain bullets and my Weatherby Magnum loved the Pro-hunters so off to Idaho I went with a 110 grain bullet at 3500 fps. Same results with no loss of meat to speak of. Now I am playing with the 110 Nosler Accubonds in both rifles for this season. I might not ever shoot 130 grain 270 bullets again! Try them, you will not be disappointed in either their accuracy or game killing abilities.

 

[bheadboy]

taking the number of deer that fall to the 6mm 90-105 gr in 243/6mmrem your concern about a 110 at higher velocities from a 270 should be put to rest.

Bob

 

[rsbible]

Excellent post and well worth the wait. Results like that are tough to argue with. Do you mind if I ask how you load them? I've worked up a 20 round ladder test based on Varget. Any thoughts?

 

[rsbible]

Valid point Bob. I was a little concerned about the sectional density though. At .205 it's almost .04 below the 100 grain .243 (at .242) meaning that at similar velocities it will penetrate less if all other factors (such as bullet construction) are equal. Likewise, Sierra claims to have developed the bullet as a long range varmint bullet. The "marginal" SD and varmint roots had me concerned about terminal performance. Bulseyetom's post, however, puts those fears to rest (or at least to the back of my mind;-)

 

[bheadboy]

While Sectional density is important, it does not set aside a number ot things,
the size of the hole
the hydrolic shock from higher velocity
Sierra and most bullet manufactuers use different jacket thickness for different bullet diameter - penetration factor
the front end of the different bullets are designed to expand or not re the velocity driven and intended use

you will have good results with your 110 combo

Bob

 

[mattri]

Read this post with interest.

I've had really good success with 140 and 150 grn bullets in my .270. Just picked up some 110 Sierras, want to try them on antelope this year.

 

[jraney]

you know i am sure this will make some people mad but oh well. believe it or not it is not what you shoot the animal with but where now granted some animals do deserve bigger bullets but within a reasonable distance of at least 300yds even a 55gr psp or hp in a 22-250 or 223 is enough for deer. i know from experience that you can kill hogs that far with those 2 guns. so if you feel good about the shot go for it.


J

 

[Bulseyetom]

I was somewhat worried about using bullets with low SD but then I thought, if the bullet retains most of its weight, maybe a SD of .2 really wasn't that bad. I was shooting through all of the deer with the 100 grain 25 caliber bullets so I thought what the heck, the 110 in a 270 would be about the same. What impressed me the most was the lack of destroyed meat, especially when I used the 110 Pro Hunter in the Weatherby Magnum. After shooting a 6ppc at targets for several years I found the 110 grain bullets much easier to handle than my trusty 190 grain bullets out of a 300 Win Mag. I sold both of my 300"s after I found that the 110 grain bullets killed so good in the Weatherby. Tom

 

[JASmith]

A good way to get preliminary insight is to look at the results of the Hornady HITS TM methodology (http://www.hornady.com/hits/calculator). The 110 gr bullet at a velocity of 3200 ft/sec scores about the same as the 100 grain .243 bullet at 3000 ft/sec.

Hence, in bullets of similar construction, one should anticipate similar performance. Actual field experience, however, gives the bottom line answer.

The posts to date seem to confirm the adequacy of both bullets.