This is pretty simple stuff. Bullets matter more than the cartridge (within extremes). I don't care that you hate a .270 as I don't earn any money converting folks to cartridges...
Fact is, deer are gonna drop just as fast from a .270 as they would a Sweede. Though it sucks to loose a deer in any situation, it's hardly ever (I don't believe in absolutes) the fault of the cartridge.
Your friend lost his deer and that could have been due to a gut shot, poor tracking conditions, not enough blood, whatever. Not enough info to go by in your sentence. On the surface, it smells like a bad shot...
You are also chasing imagination if you think a specific cartridge will yield you a "dead right there" every time you pull the trigger. It's just not so unless you hit the CNS each and every time.
And the only reason I called you an azzhole, is because you brought a friends wife into the mix...
Glad to see you take a stand for what you like, but often folks cast blame on things they should not...
