Really, and a bronze or plastic tip would be nice too...

I have been shooting a 160 grain Nosler partition today and for seversl weeks. It is a spitzer bullet. Good shooting.

Probably never. They make it a Semi-spitzer to reduce the length. Since the heavy bullets like s slow powder, such as H4831, they are trying to keep the length down to reduce the bullets intrusion into the powder capacity.. If you want a nice plastic tiped spitzer, may I suggest the 150gr Accubond?

I've been shooting the 150g Nosler Partition in my 270 forever. A wonderful bullet. Now that I have a 270 Weatherby, a slightly heavier Partition with a bettter B.C. at 3150 fps would just be awesome. Phurley the 160g Partition is a semi-spitzer, it's B.C. is lower than the 150g version. Ah well, I may have to settle on shooting the 150g Partition at 3250 fps ...

Maybe what I have been shooting is a semi-spitzer, it sure looks lika a spitzer to me. If it were any sharper it would look like a super sharp point. I shoot it with my .270 WSM's, one of them shooting it as fast as 3150 fps, the other three between 2950 and 3050 fps. It is super accurate in all my rifles except one and still a MOA with it. My rifles will do MOA with the 150 grain Partition but not the super accracy of the 160 grainer, they all love the 140 grain Accubond and Ballistic Tip. Good shooting.

They have a length restriction. What they have is the best shape they can make in that weight and not be too long.

There was a discussion here on AR several days ago about a 180 grain .277 Woodleigh bullet that some shooters were high on. Heck, I thought the 160 Partition was great because I was getting one hole groups with it. I plan on using it for Elk this fall. Good shooting.

Not trying to rock the boat but why do many hunters buy a 270 and then load them with 160gr bullet. Did the 270 and the 130gr bullet not make it the magical cartrige that it is? Just would like to know why?

Easy answer, the .270 WSM and Weatherby throws the 160 grain bullet essentially the same speed the magical .270 win throws a 130 grain bullet. They also throw the 130 grain bullet 3450 fps. Good shooting.

Which should make it pretty darn effective. (Seems about like the 7mm Rem Mag)

Just picked up my 270 Bee today, had them put a vintage Redfied 3x9 40mm I've had forever. Looking forward to putting some bullets down range. 150g Nosler Partitions will be my goto big game bullets, but I'm going to load some 165g Matrix VLDs for long range shooting and some 90g Sierra HPBTs for varmints (3700 fps?)

What cart?
What distances?
What game?
What performance are you looking for?

Cartridge: 270 Weatheby Magnum in a Mark V Deluxe 26" barrel

150g Partition at 3250 fps:
Elk out to 600 yards, deer out to 400 yards, black bear to 300 yards

90g Sierra HPBTs at 3700 fps praire dogs out to 400 yards

165g Matrix at 3100 fps paper out to 1000 yards ..

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Originally posted by chuck375:
Cartridge: 270 Weatheby Magnum in a Mark V Deluxe 26" barrel.
150g Partition at 3250 fps:
Elk out to 600 yards, deer out to 400 yards, black bear to 300 yards.
90g Sierra HPBTs at 3700 fps praire dogs out to 400 yards.
165g Matrix at 3100 fps paper out to 1000 yards.

Great to read so many has seen the "light" reagarding the .270Wea. I can never stop praise this cartridge for its performance.
Try out the 180grain Woodleigh one day and you´ll see the 300Winmag gets a little fight.

Ahhhh... April 1, 2014. ??

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Probably never. They make it a Semi-spitzer to reduce the length. Since the heavy bullets like s slow powder, such as H4831, they are trying to keep the length down to reduce the bullets intrusion into the powder capacity..

Give that man, Antelope Sniper, 1st Prize! My thoughts exactly. In fact I even struggle with the standard 150 grain Nosler Partition.

I also have acquired some, old stock, Nosler Partition Gold that have the partition more forward. For greater base weight retention.

As AS says even these 150 grain bullets intrude into the powder space a lot.

So I've laid in a stock of old stock Speer 150 grain .270 Hot Cor.

Why do people want a 150 grain 270 WCF? Well maybe in those places where .30-06 is either illegal (aka France) or where it is impossoble to get anything "off the shelf" in a rifle chambered in 280 Remington.

The partition takes up space that makes the bullet longer. Nosler probably know more than you do about making partitions. In the 160 grains it maybe too long in spitzer form to shoot well in the standard .270 Win twist.

Well after going through the NightForce Ballistic Calculator, even though the 160g .277 caliber Partitions BC is a bit low, they have a perfect reticle match for it at 3150 fps. So now to load some up and go to the range to shoot for groups with the Chrony. If I can get the rifle to shoot .5 MOA or better then the scope will cost twice what the rifle cost me ... arrghh. If it's a 1 to 1.5 MOA rifle then it will keep the 40 year old Redfield 3x9 40mm scope I put on it.

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...they are trying to keep the length down to reduce the bullets intrusion into the powder capacity..

yet Nosler continue to make the 7mm 175gn[1.360"oal] in spitzer form....Vs...270 160NP-ss [1.300"]

Yea but the ballistic coefficient of some of the 175 grain 7mm bullets is almost off the chart.

Chuck I think the 150gr Accubond would make just the perfect pair with the Bee

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Originally posted by Mikelravy:
Yea but the ballistic coefficient of some of the 175 grain 7mm bullets is almost off the chart.

And 7mm twist are faster than the normal twists used in a .270.
Try telling your long 7mm bullet story to a guy that has a 7mm with a 12" twist.

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Originally posted by MileHighShooter:
Chuck I think the 150gr Accubond would make just the perfect pair with the Bee

I agree, either a 150g Accubond or a 160 Nosler Partition spitzer. It seems like McWhorter rifles likes the 165g Matrix VLD in the 375 Bee

http://mcwhorterrifles.com/WhatsNew.html

I just don't know how they perform on game at close range and far. My elk shots are usually inside of 20 yards or between 350 and 600 yards. That's why I tend to use Partitions.

Matrix 165 vld in my 270wby- 3193. 1900fps at 1000 yd.
I have a 5 shot group that I could almost cover with a dime. Used a trued Rem action and 26" Mike Rock bbl.

Thanks Mickey D! I'm going to order some of those. We have a new 1000 yard range going up here