100 grain .270 win too light for deer?

[bobcat]

I actually prefer heavy for caliber bullets myself and I've killed a lot of animals with a 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips. Just to satisfy my own curiousity, I added the ballistics for the Noser 130 and 150 grain ballistic tips to the data I posted previously. You can see the 150 grain bullet compares very well with the 130's and beats out the 100 grain by a large margin when it comes to the wind.


                                                   Drop at 500 yards                      Wind Drift (10 mph cross wind)
                                                       
100 grain Pointed Soft Point                   38.2 inches                            33.8 inches
130 grain Pointed Soft Point Core Lokt      37.7 inches                            26.1 inches
130 grain AccuTip                                 32.5 inches                            18.4 inches
130 grain Nosler BT                               33.0 inches                             19.1 inches
150 grain Nosler BT                               36.5 inches                             18.0 inches

[Curly]

I'm really not trying to advocate the 110gr Barnes, but do you mind running the  numbers on it?  Someone quoted 3450 fps for it.  I have no idea what BC it has.

I do think that if he wants one bullet for yotes and deer, then 130 gr Winchester Power Points would be good. 

[high country]

the 270 is one of the few that I like lighter weight bullets in because the bc's and sd's are very good and the velos stay up too. the one word of caution in any caliber shooting heavy for caliber bullets is that some of the longer ones.....scirocco, match kings for example, are very long and some guns may lack the twist to stabilize them.......rare in a 270 though.

[bobcat]

Sure, Barnes shows the B.C. as being .323, and giving it a velocity of 3450, it does ok as far as the trajectory goes, but wind drift isn't so good. I'll add it to the other data so it's easier to compare numbers.


                                                  Drop at 500 yards                      Wind Drift (10 mph cross wind)
                                                        
100 grain Pointed Soft Point                   38.2 inches                             33.8 inches
130 grain Pointed Soft Point Core Lokt      37.7 inches                            26.1 inches
130 grain AccuTip                                 32.5 inches                            18.4 inches
130 grain Nosler BT                               33.0 inches                             19.1 inches
150 grain Nosler BT                               36.5 inches                             18.0 inches
110 grain Barnes                                   29.3 inches                             23.1 inches

[highclimber]

Wind is a shooters biggest obstacle go with high bc bullets. I use a 243 with 70 gr and 87 gr bullets for coyotes you can crank them up into the high 3's. Plus there nothing wrong with buying a new Gun