Anyone use the 100gr GMX in .270 win load

[Hunt]

Anyone use the 100gr GMX in .270 win load? I am looking to make up a flat shooting load to 300 yards for my .270 win for deer and hogs. That 100 gr GMX looks good for that, wonder how the performance is?

[180ls1]

Seems like that would be a 6.8 ar bullet. My 270 primarily gets 130's and they shoot plenty flat IMO.

[Divernhunter]

Cannot help you with a 270. That is one I will not have. The 100gr bullets seem like an excellent choice given my experience with the non-lead bullets in other calibers

[chrisout]

Anyone use the 100gr GMX in .270 win load? I am looking to make up a flat shooting load to 300 yards for my .270 win for deer and hogs. That 100 gr GMX looks good for that, wonder how the performance is?

I would use 130 grain if you are going after hogs. I shot a 170 pound pig with 130 grain and would not have wanted anything less. I spine shot him but he still crawled about 50 yards on his front legs and was very much alive when I got to him. I had to lung him with my knife to finish him. Hogs are tough. the 130 grain didn't mess the meat up much and I wouldn't be worried about that with a deer either. As far as flat shooting. It shoots pretty flat out to around 400 yards with 130 grain and you aren't going to be shooting that far for anything in Cali anyway.
I would use the 100 grain for small coastal deer or yotes.

[MJB]

Another for the 130 in 270 that's what I shoot

[leadstorm]

I use a 130gr GMX bullet in my .270 at 2950fps - it's pretty much an ideal (lead-free) load for medium game in the ranges you're talking about. With a 200-yard zero, 300 yards is right at max point blank range for that round (i.e.: it shoots plenty "flat").

The 100gr variant will leave the muzzle faster, but it won't retain downrange performance as well. It only has a BC=.310 and SD=.186 - compared to the 130gr BC=.460 and SD=.242. Those differences are significant.

[Hunt]

I use a 130gr GMX bullet in my .270 at 2950fps - it's pretty much an ideal (lead-free) load for medium game in the ranges you're talking about. With a 200-yard zero, 300 yards is right at max point blank range for that round (i.e.: it shoots plenty "flat").

The 100gr variant will leave the muzzle faster, but it won't retain downrange performance as well. It only has a BC=.310 and SD=.186 - compared to the 130gr BC=.460 and SD=.242. Those differences are significant.

yeah see your point, lighter bullet, loose significant downrange performance for minor trajectory gain.
how has the performance of the GMX been?

[leadstorm]

yeah see your point, lighter bullet, loose significant downrange performance for minor trajectory gain.
how has the performance of the GMX been?

I've killed a 140-pound hog at 230 yards quartering away - the hog simply fell over dead. The bullet had disassembled his heart.
I've killed a 250-pound (est.) black bear running broadside at about 40 yards - the first shot de-lunged him and it took him a couple minutes to die, but he went down no problem. Lung shots can be like that.

Neither bullet was recovered, but they did exactly what they were supposed to do and the meat damage was minimal.

I have not yet taken a shot at a deer with that particular bullet, but I am happy with performance on other species so far.