Steve Daniel
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For deer, there's no real reason to shoot bonded or premium bullets. I've long had a preference for Remington core loct or Federal blue box soft points. Most of the time, I find the Federal tends to shoot the best in my rifles. I've killed critters with Winchester ammo--worked great. It just seem the last few years, it hasn't tended to shoot as well in my rifles.
For Deer I feed my .270 Hornady 130s. Kills Deer reliably, for larger game I move up to Hornady 140s. I mostly use Hornady in that rifle, because it shoots 130s in a tight group, shoots 140s about one inch higher, and 150s another inch higher.