Bullet question - 270 Win.

Your placement is just a touch to far forward. Come back about 4 inches so your trajectory is ribs-lungs-ribs. Your bloodshot meat will go way down. (There is nothing on the ribs anyways)
 
I posted my very sharp learning curve with bullet construction in another thread, but it reads like this: C&C bullets on two deer equaled moderate and MAJOR damage and meat loss. (This was with a 7RM, 140 Corelokt, which isn't more or less tough than a SGK, though definitely less accurate).

Next two deer at similar ranges and impact velocities were with a Partition and Accubond respectively, and had minimal damage and meat loss, but dead just as fast.

Even my hunting/reloading mentor recommends the SGK, but it's tougher bullets only for me, unless in a rifle with a MV of well under 2500 fps.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
Sounds like typical 130g 270 performance to me also sounds like typical Sierra bullet performance. I personally like it as that is what the 270 was meant to do and has always done. If you don't like it you could go to the opposite end of the spectrum and switch to a 150g expanding solid like the GMX or TSX and give your 270 30-30 type wound channels on game, a very popular thing to do now days. Still no guarantee on meat loss if you hit bone.
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This.

One reason why a .270 with 130's @ 3100+ is so deadly on game, including bigger stuff like moose, is that those 130's make a heck of a mess. You've got hydrostatick shock + straight line penetration from the bullet core + significant fragmentation in the impact area. These three things combined are seriously bad news for game getting hit, but forget eating up the hole.

If you want to minimize meat loss then I'd suggest heavy custom bullets available up to 180 grains, or 150 grain mono-metal bullets. But you can also forget your DRT kills with those bullets as well, unless you deliver a central nervous system hit.

You might want to consider just trading in your .270 for a 35 Whelen or a 9.3x57 if you want a solid big game rifle with minimal meat loss. Certainly no shame in that.
 
I have shot a fair number of deer with the 270 over the years.
In the 130 grain weight, I have always used Partitions with great success.

The last 5 years or so, I switched to the 140 grain Accubond, and have
been very satisfied with the results.
I shot two bucks at 65 and 78 yards, both DRT, and nice wound channels without excessive bloodshot meat.

I shot one deer on the Imperial Plateau at 600 yards, and it was a sweetheart kill. Deer ran 30 feet and tumbled.
No bloodshot meat, but complete penetration.

As a matter of fact, I have not recovered a 140 Accubond from a deer!

I do not hunt with Sierra bullets, despite their stellar accuracy....they tend to expand a bit to violently for me.

The suggestion to shoot just a bit further back is a good one, BTW.

Regards, Dave.
 
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