.270 Ammo recommendations for moose?

[fishduck]

As the title says. I am taking my Tikka T3 .270 for moose this fall. Any recommendations for ammunition? Cost is not an issue for this rifle if it means quality. All copper is preferred if possible.

The gun loved Federal Fusion 130gr for whitetail 2 years ago.

[Smokinyotes]

If it were my 270 it would be Fed a diet of 140 or 150 accubonds.

[270person]

130's will do the job if you can hit where you're aiming but 140's and 50's are just so much better. Accubonds and Partitions are pretty hard to beat.

Coppers? No clue because I don't shoot them but judging by comments most seem to move down 10-20 grains from the norms in lead.

I recall one poster here mentioning his son took his first moose with copper 110's I believe.

[sns2]

150 partititions

[elkhunter11]

A controlled expansion 130gr bullet will work just fine.

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

A controlled expansion 130gr bullet will work just fine.

Yup.
Place it in the boiler room, deflate the airbags and your moose is on the ground

[360hunt]

Originally Posted by Smokinyotes

If it were my 270 it would be Fed a diet of 140 or 150 accubonds.

I second the accubond 150's or partitions

[1Heavyhitr]

Originally Posted by fishduck

As the title says. I am taking my Tikka T3 .270 for moose this fall. Any recommendations for ammunition? Cost is not an issue for this rifle if it means quality. All copper is preferred if possible.

The gun loved Federal Fusion 130gr for whitetail 2 years ago.

If copper is preferred then run a copper. Are you hunting thick bush or more open fields? I'd run a 130 gr Federal Trophy Copper or Barnes TTSX/TSX. I prefer those over the GMX & E-TIP - both are still good options if your gun likes them though. If you find it doesn't like either of those, I'd run a 130gr Nos Accubond or Federal Trophy Bonded Tip. The federal fusion is a bonded bullet and would work fine too. With the quality of todays Copper and bonded bullets, you don't have to go heavy [fine if you choose to though] Just be mindful of the minimum expansion velocities. All of these bullets have a minimum of 1800 ft./s Except the GMX which is 2000 ft./s. Stick with the 130s and keep the 270 fast and flat. The gun will tell ya though

here's a close range moose shot with a 7mm08 and a 140gr fed fusion. 94% weight retained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7J35iNLXec&t=300s
Good luck

[lclund1946]

Originally Posted by fishduck

As the title says. I am taking my Tikka T3 .270 for moose this fall. Any recommendations for ammunition? Cost is not an issue for this rifle if it means quality. All copper is preferred if possible.

The gun loved Federal Fusion 130gr for whitetail 2 years ago.

I used Winchester 130 PP Factory ammo for years and shot many moose up close and as far as 600 yards and they all died. The 130 Federal Fusion would work fine with a well placed shot.

The Hornady Superformance 140 SST factory ammo shot with bullets touching at 3023 fps from a friends Remington 700. Nosler factory loads had the 150 Accubond doing 2931 and shot good as well.

[mediumrare]

I would try hornady superperformance gmx 130s myself.Im sure there's a few good copper bullets you could go with.3190 fps is the speed listed for 270 gmx.l have used superperformance gmx in 308 on moose with good success but haven't tried them in 270 yet.

[rem338win]

Originally Posted by fishduck

As the title says. I am taking my Tikka T3 .270 for moose this fall. Any recommendations for ammunition? Cost is not an issue for this rifle if it means quality. All copper is preferred if possible.

The gun loved Federal Fusion 130gr for whitetail 2 years ago.

I've killed big bull moose with this load. The fusions are no slouch.

That said I'm a big fan of the 130gr Ttsx and would stuff them on top of 60gr of H4831 then go hunting.

I've also killed bill moose with a 150gr Hornady cup and core.

[Erik]

Originally Posted by rem338win

I've killed big bull moose with this load. The fusions are no slouch.

That said I'm a big fan of the 130gr Ttsx and would stuff them on top of 60gr of H4831 then go hunting.

I've also killed bill moose with a 150gr Hornady cup and core.

Agreed. I've had 2 different 270s and both loved the fusions. I've also used the 130 gr TTSXs offered by Federal but then Federal changed to their own copper bullet and I don't like it as much as the Barnes. I'd consider buying factory Barnes ammo just so I could get Barnes bullets again. Not sure if any other manufacturers offer Barnes bullets in their 270 ammo. I'm not a reloader.

[Parker Hale]

My Browning A Bolt II loves Hornady Custom 140 gr.