Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles "Why I hate the 270"

I am not a fan of any of the wildcats in the close to 30 cal catagory. The question for me is "why"... When you have the 150g choice in 30-06, "why would you choose a 130g wildcat? If you are needing 25 cal, go 223. The bullet development in these groups is the most studied in the world. The developent and manufacturing is wel funded and supported by high volume manufacturing. The wildcats will always be microscopic in comparision. f
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Now I'm no expert but I've seen mine kill a few prairie dogs, and Yotes, and deer, and speed goats, and elk. Just like any thing else pick the right bullet and put it where they live. Funny thing is my old Ruger shoots a little under 1" with factory loads Winchester 130 gr. power points. Lucky me. Otherwise I shoot 130 Sierra game kings and 150 partitions​.

Carried a .270 for the first time this year. Shooting 130grain corelokts. Shot two deer with it. I have shot lots of deer. And I've used 13 different cartridges so far... Ranging from .243's to .45-70s, 12 ga slugs

I shot a small buck this year on the run at about 50-75 yards. Hit him twice and he ran into the brush and disappeared. Almost no blood. I went slow on the trail and found him about 40 yards into the thick stuff piled up. The first shot was through the upper chest, hitting both lungs. The second shot entered in front of the shoulder, hit the heart, and exited right in front of the guts. Again, for some reason, VERY LITTLE BLOOD... on a shot that should have opened the faucet on him.

The second one was a nice doe. Facing me, less than twenty yards away. I shot her right on the white patch on the neck, and dropped in her tracks. No trailing needed.

If I based it off this experience, I'd say the .270 leaves no blood trail and I wouldn't recommend it.

However, I know that things happen and deer hunting is full of the unexpected. I'll carry it again, with full faith that it'll work fine. And I expect the next one to give me a good blood trail with a similar shot type.

-Jake

I shot my first moose and won the interest of my wife with a 270WCF. No problems and I could hunt everything on this continent with one without need for another caliber. Its all about placement and bullet construction.

Bocajnala-I shot that very ammo for about 15 yrs in my Ruger Ultra Light 270. In those years I killed a number of deer, although very few dropped where they were shot at. However, I did shoot one nice buck that never bled. I could see him stumbling downhill so I knew he was hit. He didn't go over 60 or 70 yds. But there wasn't even a drop of blood where he lay. Most deer I shot with the 130 CL didn't travel over 25 or 30 yds. Good bullet and I think you will have a blood trail to follow most of the time.

I've got way too much experience to the contrary of Mr. Towsley. My experience means nothing to him, but he would only dream of having the same experience, writing ability, and following of Mr. O'Conner.

I read a similar article many, many years back. The author wrote of how the 30-06 was a horrible killer. Obviously he was speaking to his own poor choice in bullets and markmanship. Later in the article he admitted to using cheap 150 grain bullets and hitting deer in the hindquarters...

Mr. Towsley in merely trying to sell magazines and the behest of some editor, I suspect.