Winchester Bonded Ammo for Deer

[eagle rider]

Anyone have any experience with this stuff.  Thinking about it in 270 Win.  

 

http://www.winchester.com/Products/rifle-ammunition/Advanced/Power-Max-Bonded/Pages/default.aspx

 

 

[Fredbear2]

I think it fragments piece's not good ammo 

[eagle rider]

8 hours ago, Fredbear2 said:

I think it fragments piece's not good ammo 

found this online.  Looks like good retention in 308 Win.

 

[Doc]

Here's my experience with Winchester ammo ..... straight out of the box. It took sending two boxes back to Winchester at some ugly amount of un-reimbursed postage in order to get back some weird "Winchester Dollars" that was slightly less than what I paid for the original boxes. I am pretty much done with Winchester ammo forever. If something like this can get through their "quality control" just imagine the kinds of internal screw-ups they can accomplish.

[eagle rider]

I think they all run a cheaper line (Fed Power Shock. Rem Core Lock. Win Power Points). As far as the major producers go. I've seen squib loads from Hornady. Had misfires in Core Locks. Jacket Separation in the same. And soft jacketed Fusions from Federal that made the inside of my barrel look like stripped copper wire. I even posted about that. I've seen very good performance from the Winchester Ballistic Silvertip Line (Black Box) in 270 WSM and 30-06. Anyways I bought a bunch of boxes of this stuff. I'll let you know how it works for me.


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[Fredbear2]

Rem.core-lock  have shot good for me150gr out of Remington 770 stainless barrel. Just know that the pounder is all inconstant . 

[Doc]

I now reload all of my ammo, and I know exactly what is in there.

[Doewhacker]

Before I reloaded that's what I used in my BAR 30.06, with great results. It grouped great and held together very well. 

[eagle rider]

Before I reloaded that's what I used in my BAR 30.06, with great results. It grouped great and held together very well. 

That's great to hear. Been looking for a tougher 270 Win load for a while. Hopefully this will shoot well in the A-Bolt.


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[moog5050]

That's all I shoot from my Sako 270.  Shoots great.   

[Buckmaster7600]

Although I now reload almost all my ammo I have learned the hard way premium ammo is premium for a reason I will say that the Winchester bonded shot same holes as Xp3's and that makes it great cheap plinking ammo without having to adjust scopes because XP3's is what I shot out of everything before I reloaded.


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[chrisw]

I shot this ammo from my 06 and shot a buck with it first day, I wasn't impressed. Small hole in small hole out and it went through the bucks front shoulders, he was running and dropped at the shot. 30 minutes later I waded out in the brush to get him and he was laying there fully alert and tried to get back up before I finished him off with my 357. That deer would've lived quite awhile I believe, funny part is my 357 round entered an inch below the 06 hole and exited the same on the other side and the deer expired in seconds. Could've been just a fluke but I won't use them again. Yes the deer dropped and wasn't going anywhere but I've seen better results from other bullets so I won't bother giving them another chance.

[eagle rider]

Yikes, that's not good.  What did the wound channel look like from your rifle shot or did the 357 round just make a mess of all of it.  Surprised you got an exit wound through a shoulder from a pistol round unless they were solids.