270...can't bang flop?

Not sure if it's a statistically valid sample size :p, but of the 38 game animals shot with my .270 in the last 2 years, there were plenty of bang-flops, and that includes a few critters in the 500 - 700 lb range. Honestly, for most of the hunting I do, I just can't imagine a better and more versatile cartridge -- light recoil, very flat trajectory, and more than enough oomph on the receiving end.

Of course, the "experts" know better, I'm sure...
 
I saw a friend shoot a bull moose with a .270 ,factory ammunition at about 100 yards, slightly quartering away.He put the bullet in a bit behind the shoulder,and due to the angle of the animal, the shot exited just ahead of the far shoulder.The moose took two step, faltered and went down,tried to get up and went right down.Me-I was trying for a head shot,I hit it in the head alright-broke its jaw.Thankgoodness my friend took the back of the shoulder shot,I would have killed the moose alright- a week later.
 
And he uses Dominion Cling Core soft points, too.
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You mean Kling-Kor soft points :cool: And along with Dominion's "Saber-Tip" bullets, we have the ultimate Canadian big game hunting cartridges in the shiny gold & black box with trajectory tables printed right on 'em :)

The .270WCF will produce bang-flops along with the rest of the best :rockOn:
 
SandRoad said:
Funny that internet "experts", as referenced above, say the 270 is an inadequate cartridge for deer, yet the 6.5x55 Swede is a very popular and effective cartridge for MOOSE in Scandinavia/Europe. Even though the 6.5x55 is a much less "powerful" cartridge.
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Going on 118 years and it is still a thing of beauty. :rockOn:


SandRoad said:
Might it have anything to do with Scandinavian hunters having to qualify, shooting offhand, on a standing and running moose target before they can get their hunting licences? :rolleyes:
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Would be a damn fine idea here in Canada IMHO. And would probably cut down on the gong show antics seen around the country every season.
 
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At what point of the animals death did the bullet fail?Jack O'Conner was right ,animals havn't gotten tougher people are just poorer shots and must have the latest caliber to come out......................the more things change the more they stay the same.Like the pointless .270-30.06 debate...........................Harold
 
olegs69 said:
Deer regularly don't go down when I shoot em with .22LR at 400 meters.
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wtf are you doing shooting deer @400m with a .22?? have you herd of a thing called ethics??

as for the .270 thing. with any caliber shot placement is key. when i hunt i use the one shot one kill motto. .270 is a great allround caliber with a great selection of bullet weights to choose from
 
come to think of it...I had a "bang-flop" with the 270 in '94 or "95ish.....doe mulie at over 300 yards....130 Partition....she fell over and flinched a couple times...and done..now, maybe because she flinched it wasn't a real "bang-flop"?.....
 
Hit this one with a 150gr corelokt and he dropped like a stone...227lbs field dressed...

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John Y Cannuck said:
If some are having problems with regard to lack of bang flops, I'd lay the blame on the bullet, not the cartridge.
There is a tendency now days to use expensive high penetration bullets designed for bigger game. If you use one of these, and then shoot a smaller animal, it may not expand much.
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Just like ole JOC said before most of us were born. yer elk and buffler bullets are going to kill deer slower than conventional softer bullets.That's not just a .270 thing.
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I have folded 151 Mulies and Whitetails with the 6MM Remington. The same 6MM has dropped elk and moose. Most folded on the spot including a 250 metre shot on a really heavy and deep bodied Muley buck, with the measely 100 grain soft point punching clean through the near shoulder, tearing both lungs and exiting the opposite side. Had a few runners that made a 30 metre dash. 1 deer ran an extra 600 metres but that was my fault with poor shot placement when I rushed a shot.

270 has way more punch than the 6MM and is more than adequate for killing anything on the continent.

Quite a few of my colleagues carry 7 RM, 7 RUM 300 RUM, 300WM, 338 RUM, 308 Norma Mag, and 338WM and most of them frequently make poor shot placement because they have all developed a flinch due to violent recoil. They all fell for the articles written by the same guys that receive kickbacks from the firearm companies. Every one of them a sucker for marketting.
 
Duncan Idaho said:
Quite a few of my colleagues carry 7 RM, 7 RUM 300 RUM, 300WM, 338 RUM, 308 Norma Mag, and 338WM and most of them frequently make poor shot placement because they have all developed a flinch due to violent recoil. They all fell for the articles written by the same guys that receive kickbacks from the firearm companies. Every one of them a sucker for marketting.
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IMHO Modern Gun Magazines are on par with the Magazines Women read, as they both sell their target audiences BS about themselves, their abilities and pushes products that "they need" in order to be better. :rolleyes:
 
BC Bigbore said:
You mean Kling-Kor soft points :cool: And along with Dominion's "Saber-Tip" bullets, we have the ultimate Canadian big game hunting cartridges in the shiny gold & black box with trajectory tables printed right on 'em :)

The .270WCF will produce bang-flops along with the rest of the best :rockOn:
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Yer dern rite yer rite! The Cling Core just didn't look rite rite.
However, I mostly used the Dominion Copper Point Expanding. In 180 grain weight in the 30-06, I think they were actually better than the Nosler partition I later used. That factory loaded bullet opened up like the text book pictures and seemed to retain most of its weight.
 
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