In my very limited experience, the full power .270 regardless of bullet weight, is the killingest cartridge I have ever used. I experienced several non lethal shots killing the deer on the spot for no reason that I could determine, but, I'm no veternarian. In my limited world of steep timbered blacktail country and close range it is too much of a good thing. No fault of the .270...I was just using it in the wrong place at the wrong time. At a time in my life when hunting was more for meat than sport, I was blood shotting a lot of meat. I moved to milder velocities of the Swede, the 7x57, 8x57 loaded modestly...and the bucks went another 25 yards before they dropped, but you could eat right up to the bullet hole.
