Anyone loading 270 grain Northforks in a H&H?

I've always had good luck with TSXs and A-Frames, but thought I'd give NFs a try.

I have used then. Excellent performance. Superior internal performance due to design/configuration of driving bands. Very tough bullet in terminal performance. Consistant performance for me. ( About 20 Plains game.) Brian

I used the 300 gr. NF softs in my 375 with great accuracy and perfect performance. Northforks are great bullets.

I have also used the NF 300 gr. cup point solid on cape buffalo. Brilliant performance. Brian

I've developed loads for the Northforks for my .375H&H in the 250, 270 and 300gr varieties.

All three weights gave great accuracy. I used H4895 for the 250gr for about 2850fps. IMR4350 for the 300gr at about 2530fps.

I don't remember what I used in the 270gr load. It was very accurate, but only good for 2650fps. I could see no reason why to use it over the 300gr load.

I've used the 250gr load on PG with excellent results. I've taken both of my sons on PG trips to RSA. They used 165gr and 140gr Northforks in their .308 Win and 7x57.

The younger boy took a zebra on a frontal quartering too shot with the 140gr / 7x57 load. Penetrated the on side shoulder, clipped the top of the heart severing the blood vessels and ended up at the rear of the offside shoulder.

Older boy took an eland with the 165gr / .308W load. Took a few shots to put him down for good, but the initial shot was a kill shot, the bull just didn't know it.

Yes, I'm a big fan of the NF offerings.

I have some 300 gr NF softs and CNSolids. Thinking of using them in Zim next fall, how do they hold up in the magazine, do the tips get deformed from recoil?

My old 375 H&H shot the 270 NF really well with R 15 and performance on a couple of caribou was picture perfect. The things I don't like about them is the tips get really deformed in the magazine and they have a pretty crummy BC but the BC is not a real issue at normal 375 ranges. I've asked NF about the nose deformation thing and really have not gotten an answer.

Mark

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
My old 375 H&H shot the 270 NF really well with R 15 and performance on a couple of caribou was picture perfect. The thing I don't like about them is the tips get really deformed in the magazine The things I don't like about them is the tips get really deformed in the magazine and they have a pretty crummy BC but the BC is not a real issue at normal 375 ranges. I've asked NF about the nose deformation thing and really have not gotten an answer.

Mark

Same way I feel about the Nosler Partition. I went to Accubond and Wooleigh PP bullets.

Mark my perfect bullet would be a Swift A-Frame with a solid boattail base and a "plastic" tip that wouldn't change the way they expand.

Chuck, I have used the Swift A-Frame in 375 HH on Plains Game. I really like it as well. Brian

If you like to collect picture perfect mushroomed bullets, No. Forks are the way to go, they are boringly perfect... I gave them the ultimate test and spined an Eland, the 250 gr. 338 NO. fork took out 8 inches of spine from and angle and came to rest between the shoulders, it was damaged for sure but it held together..I would call it amazing as Eland or buffalo spine is very destructive on bullets.

Great bullets..

What is a amazing to me is the number of great bullets we have out there today, NO. Fork, Woodleigh, Swift, GS Customs, Nosler and yes that old Remington Round Nose Core-Lokt, and not in any particular order, as they all work..In years past that has not been the case. These are the super delgates, that I use on DG and in Africa but the Hornady, Speer and Sierras of today also good bullets and underrated by many. I use them on deer and elk with excellent results. Its just seldom these days that bullets fail..Good for the bullet companies.