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They are hugely popular in the SF Bay Area for some reason!

140 grain Barnes X bullet out of a .308 at 250 yards. Lung shot, DRT been there done that!

My old Pop shot elk, mule deer (31"), whitetail with the Winchester Pre 64, he was a great shot at running game. He loaded Sierra 130's or Nosler Partitions. I have never found animals drop so frequently in their tracks dead, from the shot of a 270 Winchester. Its amazing!

A 270 Winchester with a 150 gr Partition powered to 2900 fps is a hard killing sombitch on deer and hog sized game, that combo has never failed me.

Gunner

If you can't kill cleanly with a 270 you are doing something wrong.

Yep thats for sure. This spike wondered by the other day, one shot and he traveled about 7-8 yrds. Seems to happen that way or DRT every time for me.

I shot my old rifle today and it did alrght for an old fwt 270 win. I was talking to my friends/enablers BobinNH and raybass about it and decided I need to step on the gas pedal a little more though. Old rifle made in 1957 so I don't expect much out of it....:

Killing ain't hard, its punching vitals that perplexes some

True enough 65BR, take out the lungs and heart = dead. That little deer had mush for lungs and the top of the heart (vessels) were gone.

Bsa that rifle looks good and shoots good. If you ever get tired of it let me know. I really like the red pad.

Good shooting buddy....

A smart guy once said that a man with a good 270 need look no farther for a NA big game rifle ...

I believe he meant the lower 48.

Ted Nugent said give him a 270 and a case of Fed Premium 150 Partitions, and he would feed Africa, in that Continent....one could do far worse.

Yeah, my pre-64 Model 70 has been on a 150 grain bullet diet the past forty years. That's the only bullet weight I'll feed it and it loves them.

I have used 110gr TSX's, 130gr TSX's, 130gr TTSX's and 130gr GMX's. Have some DRT's, death stances, death runs and everything in between.

Best way to guarantee a DRT is CNS, or physically break down the skeletal structure. Even with a broken down skeletal structure I have seen deer cover some ground.

If I limited myself to just 1 rifle, I'd prbably go that route and have absolutely no regrets....

Mine too!

Killed a 96 pound doe yesterday with the Ruger .270 I aquired from bsa1917hunter. 85 yards, punched both shoulders with a 130 grain Fusion. Bang. Flop. I must admit, I tricked her into dying, though. Before the shot, I yelled out, " .300 Win Mag, coming your way!"

Best statement of the week! Just so happens I pulled out 2 Fwt. pre '64s yesterday and will be running a test between them with
150gr. Partitions. Cannelures have a different OAL than the smooth version. About .075 shorter with the cannelure - the profile is not as "slim". But I've never seen the BC number change.
About 55gr. H4831SC and I'll get to testing - once we get into the 20's ABOVE ZERO here.