This won't interest many shooters on this forum, but I'm a .270 Win. guy and here's my candidate for a bullet I'd like to see. It would be a bonded 160-gr. semi-spitzer that would stabilize in the usual 10-twist .270 barrel. It would have to be a semi-spitzer to be short enough to be stabilized in a 10-twist barrel (so with an OAL of no greater than about 1.32"). Now, of course, we do have the 160-gr. Nosler Partition, but as with most Nosler Partition bullets, you usually lose the front core on impact, so that weight retention is only about 2/3. I'd like something like a Swift A-Frame with bonded front core and as good a BC as possible given the semi-spitzer form. This would elevate the .270 Win. into the "completely adequate for elk" category (although some would argue that it's already there with the bullets we have). A 160-gr. .277 bullet has a SD of .298 (roughly equal to that of a 200-gr. .308 bullet), so penetration should be good, and, with bonding, weight retention should be excellent as well.

What do you guys think? And, do you have a bullet not yet available that you'd like to see?

I shoot the 160 grain Nosler Partition with my .270 WSM’s an they are outstanding Elk medicine. Good Shooting.

Too much weight retention is not always good. Somehow my experience is to go for a middle of the road bullet like Nosler Partition or Accubond. It gives enough expansion and if it looses a bit of the tip, it all contribute towards damage inside the buck and a quicker downfall.

As long as we're waiving our magic wand:

Now, how about a 165, bonded, tapered jacket, poly-tipped, boat tail, high BC dream of a bullet and get the appropriate twist barrel to match... like an 8 twist or the likes?

That really would take it to the next level.

Zeke

I could start a whole new forum just for bullets I'd like to see made!

Sako Hammerhead bonded 156gr bullet.

https://www.sako.fi/cartridges...artridges/hammerhead

"This would elevate the .270 Win. into the "completely adequate for elk" category (although some would argue that it's already there with the bullets we have). A 160-gr. .277 bullet has a SD of .298 (roughly equal to that of a 200-gr. .308 bullet), so penetration should be good, and, with bonding, weight retention should be excellent as well."

This bullet are created for Scandinavian moose. The Finnish regulation says a bullet must weight 10g/154gr for moose and bear.

one of the reasons I prefer the 7x64 over the 270, and even the 280 (in the right barrel and platform) over the 270 .. is that there are many heavy for caliber and/or high bc bullets available, including a hornday 162gr factory load, which i have found to be devastating

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Originally posted by Nordic2:
Sako Hammerhead bonded 156gr bullet.

https://www.sako.fi/cartridges...artridges/hammerhead

"This would elevate the .270 Win. into the "completely adequate for elk" category (although some would argue that it's already there with the bullets we have). A 160-gr. .277 bullet has a SD of .298 (roughly equal to that of a 200-gr. .308 bullet), so penetration should be good, and, with bonding, weight retention should be excellent as well."

This bullet are created for Scandinavian moose. The Finnish regulation says a bullet must weight 10g/154gr for moose and bear.

Yes, I have several boxes of that cartridge. Sako claims that it has a bonded core. However, its G1BC is only .321, although for distances under about 300 yards, it should be sufficiently flat-shooting and would be a good moose/bear/elk round. I can get the Sako loaded ammunition here in Canada, but I haven't looked into handloading components. I wonder whether that bullet is available for handloaders.

Yes they are available as a reloading component at least here.

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Yes they are available as a reloading component at least here.

That's good to know, Nordic2. I'm not sure that Sako ammo components are available here in Canada or the US. I'll get in touch with Stoeger Canada. You're fortunate to be in Sweden in this regard.

Nosler has made their 160 partition forever. If one can do without lead, the TTSX in 130 grain is a great choice for elk. Regards, Bill