A friend of mine bought a .270 and he has a hard time finding FMJ bullets for training use. Any suggestions?

Requirements in the following order:

1: 270
2: FMJ
3: Cheap

Regards,
/HerrBerg

Why a fmj? If you want a cheap bullet, buy the bulk Rem or Win 130gr's

I can't think of a .277 FMJ still in production, perhaps Rem may make them available as they introduce thier new military round.
I don't understand why a FMJ is needed for training use, is it a local regulation? If ot's not required by law I'd use the hunting bullet.

It's for the running moose training. Lifesize running targets at 80 meters.



The targets are often equipped with an electronic sensor grid that shows you the point of impact, and sp bullets will wear these out quickly. My club has a penalty of SEK500 - about USD60 - PER SHOT that is not a fmj bullet on those targets. The targets are the club's property.



This is a fairly strong driver for using fmj's, I'd say.



This is not a problem for me, it's my friend's problem but I told him I'd throw out a question here.



But I can't understand why there are so few 270 fmj bullets available? Or perhaps more accurately put - are there any at all? There are reasons for hunting with fmj's too and it's kind of strange that such a popular calibre - on your side of the pond - can not offer fmj bullets?



Regards,

/HerrBerg

Over here we don't have to "qualify" to get a lisence (know a few people that should have to however).
FMJ bullets are illegal to hunt with most places in the states, and the 270 has never been a military caliber. We can get FMJ's in .224, .308, .323, and .510 however.

Barnes makes a solid .277 130gr bullet.

And they are expensive as hell. Not good for bulk practice. But still, they EXIST and thus they can help my friend out.

Thanks for the advise!

Best Regards,
/HerrBerg

Indeed So it may be what he'll need to use for the running moose target. Thanks for your input, MC.

/HerrBerg

P.S. It's STILL weird that there are so few 270 FMJ bullets D.S.

HerrBerg



Sako used to make a very nice 8,4 gram FMJ with semi point



It was cheap as dirt too, worked fine on Mr. Caper too I sold 10 boxes a few months ago



Cheers

/ JOHAN

I think Sako makes a 130 gr FMJ, at least they used to. There should be a factory load available.

That Sako bullet is discontinued, which is the source of this problem. These bullets were great and they were the justification for him buying a .270. Like "OK, there are the Sako fmj's anyway".

/HerrBerg

I got another great idea. Maybe you can get a Corbin swage die, and swage some 7mm fmj's to .277

Don't suppose Sierra's 135 Gr MatchKing would work for you, would it?



http://www.sierrabullets.com/bullets/caliber.cfm?Type=rifle&Caliber=.270



Edit to add : with teh US Military playing with the 6.8mm Remington round .277 caliber fmj's may not be that far off into the future. However 115 gr seems to be heavest bullet so far.