Best non-lead factory ammunition in .270 Win for red deer in the UK?

[jcampbellsmith]

Continuing on the same vein as earlier queries. What's the best non-lead factory ammunition in 270 Win for red deer in the UK that can be bought in the UK today. What do you recommend and where can you get it?
Thanks
JCS

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

I have been using fox factory 130gn in my 270 very happily but after reading about the federal powershok copper I’m going to give them a waz, their not overly expensive either about £37 for 50

works out about £1.85 a pop can’t load non toxic for that

 

[andyk]

I can't speak for it's efficacy (as I'm yet to shoot anything with non-lead) but I once got a very good deal on Hornady Superperformance 130gr GMX for my .270. I found it pretty accurate (sub-MOA) and it also chrono'd well at 3,050 fps from a 20" barrel.

I mention the velocity as I find a lot of factory ammo falls far short of quoted velocities (a big part of the reason I took up hand loading).

I've seen it sold for about £40 a pack which isn't too bad for non-toxic.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Sako 110g 270 Barnes TTSX,
Knock them over John. (£45/£50)

Buck.

 

[Dunwaters]

Sako with the 130 TTSX . Works fine and you already know the drops.

 

[slider]

Have purchased a box of 110g Sako Powerhead 2, but yet to pull the trigger with them.
think they were £47, Game and Country, Selkirk

 

[jcampbellsmith]

Thanks for all the feedback.
Best regards
JCS

 

[Uncas]

I have used Hornady superformance GMX 140 gr in 7x64
on deer and boar with excellent results.

 

[Sakoodin1]

Depends what rifle you have,i have a tikka t3x lite and I tried sako 110ttsx and they were all over the place, tried the 130tsx sako’s and they shot well but are 400fps to slow out of my rifle (2600fps) so I loaded some 129 Barnes lrx!! Best bullet that Barnes do by far!!! Game changer when pushed out at 3000fps +.

 

[Malxwal]

We tested a used factory T3 stainless synthetic 20" with the Sako 110 gr TTSX the other day, shot 0.5moa at an average 3086fps very little effort.
It then took two hinds very cleanly, albeit one was neck shot at about thirty yards, the other engine room at 120ish, it went about twenty yards and keeled, decent blood trail, very little bruising.

 

[Sakoodin1]

Christ we must have to bad ones mate. I run a 20” blued and my mate runs a stainless 20” and they were both absolutely hellish to the point where I went back home to check all fixing screws ect and they were fine so we went back to the ratget and tried another 2 groups of 5 shots with the same results so I loaded yesterday and it’s definitely not the rifle at fault they obviously just didn’t like the sakos, my cousin had a sako 85 and it shot like crap with the sako 110’s so the estate gave him a older 85 and it shoots sub 1/2” no bother at all. This was my tikka today when I was re checking my load to make sure it shoots,pulled the last as bloody usual

 

[Malxwal]

That's odd, we were discussing this with someone who has a lot more experience of the 270, and his experiences were the Sakos were a lot more fussy than Tikka. That makes no sense if you assume the barrels are all the same.

 

[rem284]

Sako 110 powerhead 11 shoots well enough through my 85 and kills well enough. Fed 130 just wouldn't group though

 

[Sakoodin1]

That's odd, we were discussing this with someone who has a lot more experience of the 270, and his experiences were the Sakos were a lot more fussy than Tikka. That makes no sense if you assume the barrels are all the same.

Yep had us baffled like, it used to be the way 20 years ago that European rifles would shoot any norma/sako ammunition no bother at all no matter what it was and American rifles would shoot your federal ect but things have definitely changed I think.how ever no one said it would be easy

 

[patterdale]

Federal trophy copper 130 real accurate .Knocks them over shot a lot with them mainly red been using for a few years now

 

[jcampbellsmith]

Federal trophy copper 130 real accurate .Knocks them over shot a lot with them mainly red been using for a few years now

Thanks, that's very helpful.
Best regards
JCS