270 Win – 130 gr Hornady SST – Black Hills Gold (1C270BHGN3) – 100 Rounds

Jack O’Connor made the 270 Winchester famous as a flat-shooting mountain and plains cartridge, and the 130 grain bullet is still its classic weight. This listing is Black Hills Gold 270 Win 130 grain SST ammo, MPN 1C270BHGN3, sold as a 100 round case. Black Hills Gold pairs premium hunting bullets with the careful loading that the South Dakota company is known for.

Black Hills lists this load at 2,950 fps with 2,512 ft-lbs of muzzle energy from a 24 inch test barrel. The Hornady SST is a polymer-tipped, lead-core bullet with a secant ogive and boat tail. The tip improves the ballistic coefficient and starts rapid expansion, and the jacket is designed to hold the core together on deer-sized game. It is a fast-expanding choice for whitetail, mule deer, and pronghorn at the longer distances the 270 handles well.

This ammunition fits rifles chambered in 270 Winchester, including the Remington 700, Winchester Model 70 and XPR, Ruger American and Hawkeye, Savage 110 and Axis, Tikka T3x, Browning X-Bolt and BAR, and Weatherby Vanguard. A common question is whether 270 Win and 270 WSM are interchangeable. They are not. The 270 WSM is a short, fat magnum case, so only fire this ammunition in a rifle marked 270 Winchester. Another common question is whether a tipped SST is too explosive for close shots. At very close range it opens quickly, so place shots behind the shoulder rather than into heavy bone, and it performs as designed on deer.

Black Hills 1C270BHGN3 is new production ammunition, not reloads, made in the USA in Rapid City, South Dakota. It is loaded in boxer-primed brass with non-corrosive priming. This listing ships as 5 boxes of 20 rounds for 100 rounds total, all from one lot. That gives you enough to sight in, check your holdovers at 200 and 300 yards, and still carry the same ammunition through a couple of seasons.