Good enough for what?

What are you hunting?

If it is cape buffalo, I would use a premium 300 grain bullet. If it is just plainsgame, that bullet should be fine. It should also hold together well at those velocities since most people shoot them at 2,700 fps. Unless you have a really short barrel, I would try to load a 300 grain bullet at the same 2,450 fps. Much more effective and should give you the same range.

I guess the other benefit with 270 grains at 2,450 fps would be much lower recoil than standard 375H&H loads.

At the end of the day, it is all about putting the bullet in the right place. If you do that best with a 270 grain bullet at 2,450 fps, then stick with that.

Tim

that is a great load for whitetails short to medium range. I have used a similar load for several years. It works well. good hunting. D

I am getting that velocity or there abouts with the Hornady 300 gr RN, if I loaded the 270 gr in my .375 then I think I would want 2600 fps...jus my thoughts.

I've shot 2 eland with the Hornady at that speed at a Texas exotic ranch. One was a big cow, lung shot with a golf ball sized wound. One shot and she hit the deck and didn't quiver. The other was a spine shot on a young bull. Bullet plowed through the spine and was found backwards under the hide on the far side. It's not a long range round (though the 1st eland was at 175 yards or so), but it hits hard. Bob

Hi smokey

That precise bullet and that velocity is within a few fps of my usual practice load.

I'd happily shoot it at moose if I happened to have it along when moose hunting. If anything, that bullet will expand OK and will not overexpand at that velocity than when pushed to 2800fps.

I shot my 2460ps practice load with the Hornady bullet at a 3/4 inch piece of ship's hull plating a couple of weeks ago. Punched right through very nicely and really made the suspended plate dance (much more than full bore 308 loads)... I had to drop down to my reduced loads and cast bullets to avoid premature destruction of the target. You are well armed with that load compared to any of your buddies shooting like 30-06's!

I haven't checked how higher your trajectory might be with your velocity compared to say, 2700fps, but I'm sure that it isn't enough to get excited about.

jpb

I took Hornady Heavy Magnum factory loads to Africa in 2002, loaded with 270 gr. bullets at 2750 fps(according to the box).

I found out that that velocity was too much for that bullet, usually disintegrating upon impact, and causing a 2-hour follow-up for a zebra.

I would definitely recommend a tougher bullet if you want to push the velocity above 2500.

Rick.

My 22 inch barrelled stainless Win shoots the Win Supreme factory 270 gr Failsafes at a chronographed 2460 fps. Bullet performance from 90 up to 300yds on everything from impala to zebra and widebeest has been magnificent. Just so you don't believe the published numbers - but I've come to believe 'if it aint broke don't fix it'. For solids I use GS Custom flatnoses or Woodleighs - equally impressed with them on buff.

A 270 gr. bullet at 2450 will kill anything on this earth if the bullet is of proper construction and probably because of less violent expansion, it will penitrate better with most bullets..

The only thing that velocity has to contribute from a practical standpoint and within reason is a flatter trajectory....

If it shoots well and your satisfied with it, then I would suggest that you use it as is....

I shoot nothing but premium 270� grainers in my .375 at between 2,600 and 2,700 fps. They shoot better than any 300s I've tried in my rifle. The absolute best and most reliable bullet I've ever tried in my .375 is the Hirtenberger 272 grain ABC bullet at about 2,650 fps.

Here is how they perform (more or less, depending on range and resulting impact velocity), every time:



I recovered this one from a lion--the load mentioned produced about 5 feet of penetration with this bullet on a quartering shot. I have had the same (again, more or less) performance with these on all sorts of big game.

I can't recommend these slugs highly enough. They open up AND penetrate, and do tremendous damage.

Here's another picture of one that's a little bit less mushroomed (it only penetrated three and a half feet of kudu ):



The only problem with the Hirtenberger bullets (and loaded ammunition) is that they are damned hard to come by. They need a better distributor here in the USA.

I have put away a lifetime supply of these babies, though.