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.270 works #12308541 10/02/17
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR Ringman OP Campfire Ranger
OP Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR	Below are some photos of today's deer hunting success with the .270 Win. The Barnes TTSX 110 grainer started about 3,460 feet per second and stopped after 23" of penetration. The recovered bullet weighs 105.5 grains. The range was 239 yards. I ranged the rock it was near when I fired. It was just about the same height as me across a canyon heading up the other side. When I saw it I sat down and put the reticle on the buck. When I thought the bullet would get to the chest I fired. Instantly something white came out of the entrance wound. I've never seen that before. Because my shoulder is damaged I can't work the bolt anymore without taking the rifle down. By the time I got back on the deer it was sliding down the steep slope. The entrance location is indicated by the knife point. The TTSX broke a couple ribs on the entrance side. It went through lots of paunch and the the heart on its way to the front of the offside shoulder. I leaned the rifle in the antlers where it stopped to get the middle photo. It is one of the larger bodied blacktails I have killed. The chest was 16" back to belly. It had a nice 3X4 rack. Rifle is a Weatherby Mark V six lug ultralight with a Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50 in Talley lightweights. The brake is aluminum made by me. I can see bullet impacts with ease. The trigger is a factory trigger set at 20 ounces by a gunsmith. The factory fluted barrel is 24" long. The rifle weighs 8lb 1 oz. "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

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Re: .270 works Ringman #12308550 10/02/17
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,280 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna
Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,280 Oregon	Wow Rich that is a dandy buck!!!! All your incessant tinkering paid off, look who's laughing now! Good for you. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: .270 works Ringman #12308709 10/03/17
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 8,642 Ouachita Mtns, AR gunnut308 Campfire Outfitter
gunnut308 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 8,642 Ouachita Mtns, AR	Nice buck! Those 110's are smokin'.

Re: .270 works Fireball2 #12308750 10/03/17
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,819 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana
mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,819	Originally Posted by Fireball2 Wow Rich that is a dandy buck!!!! All your incessant tinkering paid off, look who's laughing now! Good for you. What tinkering? It's a 270.

Re: .270 works Ringman #12308932 10/03/17
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 17,241 Northern Louisiana JPro Campfire Ranger
JPro Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 17,241 Northern Louisiana	Buck is certainly purty. I like those dark and heavy horns. And as good as the 270win has been, it's even better with today's bullet/powder selections. Now with even more aplomb

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Re: .270 works Ringman #12309183 10/03/17
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,752 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger
Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,752 West of the Blue Ridge	Nice one! They work indeed. I haven't been without one since the early 80's, and none of them ever touched me inappropriately either. What fresh Hell is this?

Re: .270 works Ringman #12309192 10/03/17
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,972 NW Alabama R R_H_Clark Campfire Outfitter
R_H_Clark Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,972 NW Alabama	Congrats Rich! That's a dandy! I would have expected the TTSX to exit. I suppose the distance lowered the velocity enough that it didn't. What would you guess the impact velocity to have been?

Re: .270 works Ringman #12309433 10/03/17
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 4,919 seattle, wa, usa O okie john Campfire Tracker
okie john Campfire Tracker O Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 4,919 seattle, wa, usa	Congratulations on a very nice blacktail. I've seen a few that big, but never during the season. I'd love to find one like that one of these days. Okie John Originally Posted by Brad If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.

Re: .270 works Ringman #12309578 10/03/17
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR Ringman OP Campfire Ranger
OP Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR	Thanks, guys. According to JBM the impact velocity was about 2,850 feet per second. Being a little old man I got to use the small wench I installed in the bed of the pickup. Worked like a champ! From shot to hooking the deer to the wench was an hour and a half. Last edited by Ringman; 10/03/17. "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

Re: .270 works Ringman #12309594 10/03/17
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT H HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter
HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT	My wench never wants to come hunting with me at all, let alone just sitting in the back of the truck all the time! I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.

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Re: .270 works Ringman #12309673 10/03/17
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,023 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana
smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,023 Colorado	Congratulations Ringman, nice buck you got there. A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: .270 works smokepole #12310089 10/03/17
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,638 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger
SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,638 Midwest	Originally Posted by smokepole Congratulations Ringman, nice buck you got there. +1. Super buck. WWP53D

Re: .270 works HuntnShoot #12310216 10/03/17
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,085 Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter
Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,085	Originally Posted by HuntnShoot My wench never wants to come hunting with me at all, let alone just sitting in the back of the truck all the time! Obviously, some guys have all the luck...

Re: .270 works Ringman #12310237 10/03/17
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19,179 Southern Arkansas J jwall Campfire Ranger
jwall Campfire Ranger J Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19,179 Southern Arkansas	Looks like a dandy to me. Congrats Jerry jwall- * 3100 guy* A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!

Re: .270 works Ringman #12310604 10/03/17
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker
1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas	beautiful Buck! Congrats! Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: .270 works Ringman #12311052 10/04/17
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant
hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas	Barnes bullets kill really well.

Re: .270 works Ringman #12311082 10/04/17
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,047 Alabama AMRA Campfire Regular
AMRA Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,047 Alabama	beautiful Buck! Congrats! Molan Labe

Re: .270 works Ringman #12311555 10/04/17
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,734 Sandy, Utah J Jim_Knight Campfire Tracker
Jim_Knight Campfire Tracker J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,734 Sandy, Utah	Awesome buck and bullet performance! I bought a couple of Federal factory loads (with the 110 TTSX) that were on clearance a couple years ago. In my old Belgium made BAR .270 they shoot .5 to .75" for 3 shots! I still have a full box and some change, keeping them for that "special hunt"! BTW, I would get in big time trouble if I called my little wife a "wench", don't know how you do it! ha

Re: .270 works Ringman #12312191 10/04/17
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,313 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna
Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,313 Filer, ID	Nice buck! I've killed countless deer over the years with a 270 but I've never used Barnes bullets. I was always a Speer man and the deer never survived it. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: .270 works Rock Chuck #12312342 10/04/17
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,923 SE Okla R RNF Campfire Regular
RNF Campfire Regular R Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,923 SE Okla	Nice buck, congrats. A gun in the hand is worth more than the entire police force on the phone.

Re: .270 works HuntnShoot #12312351 10/04/17
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,752 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger
Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,752 West of the Blue Ridge	Originally Posted by HuntnShoot My wench never wants to come hunting with me at all, let alone just sitting in the back of the truck all the time! Lucky guy. Got a deer then got a dear, in the pickup bed no less! What a day. Lots of wenches would take exception to the expression "use". His must be a good sport. What fresh Hell is this?

Re: .270 works Pappy348 #12312509 10/04/17
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR Ringman OP Campfire Ranger
OP Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR	Originally Posted by Pappy348 Originally Posted by HuntnShoot My wench never wants to come hunting with me at all, let alone just sitting in the back of the truck all the time! Lucky guy. Got a deer then got a dear, in the pickup bed no less! What a day. Lots of wenches would take exception to the expression "use". His must be a good sport. You guys are bad. "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

Re: .270 works Ringman #12313209 10/05/17
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383 O Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger
Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger O Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383	Heck of a nice buck, congratulations.

Re: .270 works Ringman #12313540 10/05/17
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR Ringman OP Campfire Ranger
OP Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR	Thanks, guys. I earned that buggar. "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

Re: .270 works Ringman #12313734 10/05/17
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 31 TX T tjb1960 Campfire Greenhorn
tjb1960 Campfire Greenhorn T Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 31 TX	I'm considering going to the Barnes 110. Been using nbt 130's.

Re: .270 works Ringman #12313857 10/05/17
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,411 Georgia B BlackHunter Campfire Regular
BlackHunter Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,411 Georgia	Nice buck - congratulations!! SCI Life Member DAV Life Member NRA Life Member North American Hunt Club Life Member Your true character shows in your conduct You cannot solve a problem at the same level of awareness that created it - Einstein

Re: .270 works Ringman #12313869 10/05/17
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,069 Kansas skeen Campfire Outfitter
skeen Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,069 Kansas	Yes, it does. Nice buck!

Re: .270 works skeen #12315102 10/05/17
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,280 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna
Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,280 Oregon	I went to the Barnes 110 in the 270 Titus but haven't gotten it out yet. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: .270 works Ringman #12320743 10/08/17
Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 125 Minnesota D Disseminator Campfire Member
Disseminator Campfire Member D Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 125 Minnesota	Nice Buck! Good Luck to all of us this fall....

Re: .270 works Ringman #12328301 10/12/17
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 17,927 1 16bore Campfire Ranger
16bore Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 17,927	That 110 TTSX load is a beast. Haters take note.

Re: .270 works Ringman #12329197 10/12/17
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... 1Nut Campfire Regular
1Nut Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North...	Nice! Good shootin. Nut Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Re: .270 works Ringman #12329737 10/13/17
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,888 Deer Park, Tx R Reloder28 Campfire Ranger
Reloder28 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,888 Deer Park, Tx	A muzzle brake? Why? "I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee

Re: .270 works Reloder28 #12330269 10/13/17
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR Ringman OP Campfire Ranger
OP Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR	Originally Posted by Reloder28 A muzzle brake? Why? First I dislike recoil at every level. Second I like to see impacts. I can see impacts at 100 yards with the scope set on 20X. Third why not? "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

Re: .270 works Ringman #12330378 10/13/17
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA T Tom264 Campfire Ranger
Tom264 Campfire Ranger T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA	He's a wimp. .

Re: .270 works Ringman #12331198 10/13/17
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,888 Deer Park, Tx R Reloder28 Campfire Ranger
Reloder28 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,888 Deer Park, Tx	Originally Posted by Ringman Originally Posted by Reloder28 A muzzle brake? Why? First I dislike recoil at every level. Second I like to see impacts. I can see impacts at 100 yards with the scope set on 20X. Third why not? Glad to hear you say that. Figured you had a good reason. "I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee

Re: .270 works Ringman #12331266 10/13/17
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 6,314 Western Kentucky S shortactionsmoker Campfire Tracker
shortactionsmoker Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 6,314 Western Kentucky	I've tinkered with a bunch of different cartridges for deer. In my opinion, nothing works any better than the 270. Several others work great, but the 270 is in the "as good as it gets" category. I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!

Re: .270 works shortactionsmoker #12338737 10/17/17
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16bore Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 17,927	Originally Posted by shortactionsmoker I've tinkered with a bunch of different cartridges for deer. In my opinion, nothing works any better than the 270. Several others work great, but the 270 is in the "as good as it gets" category. .....from a guy with access to EVERY rig out there. He he...

Re: .270 works Ringman #12338756 10/17/17
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,704 Mt. Horrible, SC Strick9 Campfire Regular
Strick9 Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,704 Mt. Horrible, SC	Great Buck Partner!! Lowcountry Wildlife Management Knowing Wildlife Beyond Science [email protected] Genesis 9;2

Re: .270 works Ringman #12354289 10/25/17
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,401 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter
rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,401 Texas	Building another 270 after fooling with many other cartridges I'm going back to my first centerfire deer killer, the awesome 270. But I just had to test all those .224, .243,.257, .264,.284,.308,.338,.358,.429 and .458 diameter bullets out! No complaints at all though. I'm going to use the old tried and true bullets, the 130 gr. Hornady, 150 gr. Ballistic Tips and some stashed 130 gr. Nosler solid base bullets. Probably going to sell my 280 AI as I could never really see that it was better than the 270 or as good as the 30-06. Dog I rescued in January

Re: .270 works Ringman #12357251 10/27/17
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,743 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,743 Southern Oregon USA	Congrats Rich.... All I've seen is either No Sign or a Bunch of Does... I did kick up 5 elk and 2 bears at different times tho... and seen some wolf sign up NE of Butte Falls... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: .270 works Ringman #12357273 10/27/17
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 198 rush springs,ok ragsflh Campfire Member
ragsflh Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 198 rush springs,ok	nice buck

Re: .270 works Seafire #12358735 10/27/17
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR Ringman OP Campfire Ranger
OP Ringman Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,850 Grants Pass,OR	Originally Posted by Seafire Congrats Rich.... All I've seen is either No Sign or a Bunch of Does... I did kick up 5 elk and 2 bears at different times tho... and seen some wolf sign up NE of Butte Falls... I'm ready for a doe now. "Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter

Re: .270 works Ringman #12360845 10/28/17
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,219 West Slope of Colorado A alpinecrick Campfire Ranger
alpinecrick Campfire Ranger A Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,219 West Slope of Colorado	That's a nice blacktail Ringman! Congrats! Casey Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.

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