What’s The Best Bullet I have?

[Texas270]

I want to get into reloading and have been picking up some bullets here and there when I find a good deal. All of these are .277” diameter bullets.

Which one is the best overall?


50 Barnes LRX 129gr

30 Barnes TTSX 110gr

50 Barnes TTSX 130 gr

42 Barnes TSX 130gr

30 Barnes TSX 140gr

50 Nosler BT 130gr

50 Nosler BT 140 gr

50 Nosler PT 140gr

50 Nosler PT 160gr

100 Hornady Interlock 140gr

50 Speer Grand Slam

100 Federal Trophy Bonded Tip

 

[Texas270]

The number on the left is the quantity.

 

[streamerfish]

I want to get into reloading and have been picking up some bullets here and there when I find a good deal. All of these are .277” diameter bullets.

Which one is the best overall?


50 Barnes LRX 129gr

30 Barnes TTSX 110gr

50 Barnes TTSX 130 gr

42 Barnes TSX 130gr

30 Barnes TSX 140gr

50 Nosler BT 130gr

50 Nosler BT 140 gr

50 Nosler PT 140gr

50 Nosler PT 160gr

100 Hornady Interlock 140gr

50 Speer Grand Slam

100 Federal Trophy Bonded Tip

Best for what?

I would use the partitions and ballastic tips for my hunting bullets.

The interlocks for reload learning, testing, practice rounds.

The barnes make good paperweights....

 

[Texas270]

Best for what?

I would use the partitions and ballastic tips for my hunting bullets.

The interlocks for reload learning, testing, practice rounds.

The barnes make good paperweights....

The Barnes are that bad? I always heard good things about them.

 

[A382DWDZQ]

I try to use lead free, so I go with the Barnes 130 TTSX as 1st choice, 130 TSX 2nd. I have found the TSX shoots really well in my older 270s. If I had a faster twist, the LRX, but I want like 1:8 or better for that one.

 

[Castle Rock]

You have way to much going on there
I would take most of them back and concentrate on one or two, those being 130 ballistic tips, or ttsx if lead free is a requirement

 

[Q_Sertorius]

The 130-grain Ballistic Tip has always been a superb deer killing bullet.

Unless you are forced to use lead free bullets, I would happily use whatever lead cored 130-150-grain bullet shoots the best in the rifle. Just make sure you test which one shoots best by using decent sample sizes.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

I prefer to start with a bunch of one bullet that is generally known to provide the results I want. 50 is a useless quantity of bullets unless you already have a load they like and a good zero for them, then it's just almost useless.

 

[Dave Thomas]

I would go with one of the Noslers. Really depends on what you are using the rifle for.

 

[cal30_sniper]

Of what you listed, the 140gr and 130gr Nosler BT would be what I would start with. Then order more of whichever shoots best.

140gr Accubonds is what I feed my .270. If I ever shoot through my supply of those, I may switch to 150gr ABLRs.

 

[streamerfish]

The Barnes are that bad? I always heard good things about them.

Lol...I was being a bit facetious with the Barnes comment, sorry.

I wouldnt hunt with them unless I had to. If I had to, I would choose the lrx.

As a new reloader, I would just choose 1. Maybe the interlocks, and learn your process. Get a recipe dialed, get yourself dialed, then step into another.

Unless you just want to do a ton of experimenting(which is fine). You dont really need 12 different bullets for one gun. Each bullet is going to need its own flushed out recipe.

I would be pretty surprised if most people run more then 3/4 bullets in a straight hunting gun.

 

[6mm Remington]

140 gr. Nosler Partition: Out of what you list would be my choice.

Ones to try.
130 gr. Nolser Partition
130 gr. Nosler Accubond
130 gr. Nosler E-tip
140 gr. Nosler Accubond

 

[Texas270]

You have way to much going on there
I would take most of them back and concentrate on one or two, those being 130 ballistic tips, or ttsx if lead free is a requirement

I got most of them for stupidly cheap like less than half off. People just didn’t want them

 

[NRA4LIFE]

The Hornady interlocks have been my go to.

 

[RME]

I got most of them for stupidly cheap like less than half off. People just didn’t want them

Experiment with them if you want and see how it goes. What you'll probably find with reloading in general is that it's very easy to get spread too thin on components.

To put it in perspective, in rough numbers with a 243 and a 45 grain charge you'll get 155 shots per pound of pounder. So to shoot all those "cheap" bullets you're into 4-5 lbs of powder. Chances are they're not all going to like the same powder so now you're buying other powders experimenting. Then another shortage hits and you can't find what you want because you were spread too thin to stock up so now you're redeveloping yet another load for whatever powder/bullet you can find at the time... Reloading components multiply on your bench like Gremlins if you're not careful

Personally I'd start with Interlocks to learn the ropes, they're forgiving, cheap, and widely available. Pick one of the other premium options after you've starting getting your system dialed in. Then stock up! Reloading supplies are readily available now so this is the time to get what you need. Don't wait until there's a shortage to decide it's time to buy.

 

[Mike D Texas]

Regardless of how cheap you got them, I would ditch all of the Barnes bullets and concentrate on working up a good load with the Partitions 1st, then the ballistic tips.


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[bigunit]

Really depends what you're hunting. For deer I would go with the ballistic tips or interlock. Anything bigger then the federal tbt or partition or barnes. The 129 lrx is a good bullet and I would give it a shot. If I was in your shoes I would pick the top 3 and do a 10 shot charge weight test and see if you can get the accuracy and velocity that you're content with. Then sell the rest and stock up on the one you settled on.