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Bronze point ammo
briguy
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I have some bronze point bullets for a .270. They are old, I am guessing 60s or 70s. I was wondering how good they are for deer? Will they be as effective as a general soft point bullet?
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Shot on Pronghorn with them. Bullet fragmented. I didn't like them
at all for that purpose.YMMV.
The bronze point ammunition is still available although not as popular as it was originally given all the new technology in bullets.
Yes, it will harvest deer or even elk with the heavier bullet. Just avoid a shoulder shot. I used it years ago and still have some reserved for a .30-06 rifle which shows excellent accuracy with this particular load.
Best.
https://www.bevfitchett.us/gunshot-wounds/centerfire-rifle-bullets.html
That said, Remington has not worked with jacket design, like Nosler has, where the big game bullets that Nosler has a tapered jacket for controlled expansion. Their early ones did not, and a 150 grainer out of a 300 Winchester Magnum(leaving the muzzle near 3400 fps), delivered to a huge Whitetail buck, on the shoulder at 225 yards rolled him over twice...then he got up and ran. I was not impressed, to say the least. So with that in mind, and the straight jacket that Remington uses, do not plan on anything with heavy bone. If I had stuffed that behind the shoulder, that deer would not have ran. Nosler has since addressed that, and have different styles of B-Tips for different quarry...read carefully, and choose wisely.
As for the Bronze Point. stay off the heavy bone, and you should be fine.