270 Success on big game.

[stan5677]

Time for another caliber success thread. Lets see those 270 kills whether it's the 270 Win, 270 WSM, or 6.8 Western. If you can remember post load, impact velocity and distance.

 

[Jsmalls273]

Hope to have a kill or two with mine in a couple weeks! I'll post up if so!

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[Zdub02]

Don't have any pictures handy but have killed a pile of deer with a 270 win and 130 grain sierra soft points

 

[Snowhunter11]

I can second that .270 130gr Hornady SST I killed a ton of deer with. Ranges from 10ft to 600 yards. I would have to look back but somewhere in the ~30-40 harvests with said combo. Lost a buck with a poor shot once and it was my fault.

Lost a doe hit in the front shoulder broadside just over 100 yards once.. that bullet did something bizzare. Tracked for over a mile and most of a day. The blood stopped and we were dumbfounded.

The .270 is capable of killing well with a lot of damage with the correct bullet/shooter.

 

[Byrdman]

Here are my 2 meat bucks shot with x bolt western hunter lr in 270 Winchester. They were shot with Nosler 165 ablr with 56.6gr of RL26 with muzzle velocity of 2870fps. They were shot at 30 and 35 yards

 

[go_deep]

About 10 years ago I switched to a .270 Win. Killed around 20 elk, broadside, frontal, quartering both ways. Probably 50 antelope all the same shots, and maybe 15 deer with same shots, 2 Bear, and 1 moose. Almost all we're with 130 grain Core-Lokt, a handful with 145 Hornady.

 

[Raghornklr]

First kill with the 6.8 western. 632yds bedded.
62.3gr n565 175TGK 2.955"oal
2770 at the muzzle.

 

[Leaf Litter]

First elk!

100 yards walking towards me, nearly into my scent path, so I had to take a hard quartering towards angle shot. The 141 HHT bullet (3225 fps MV) from my 6.8 Western hit right where I aimed and dropped him in his track after zipping through the shoulder.

It's not much, but it's my first elk so I was happy with the results considering it was an OTC tag, public land, DIY hunt.

 

[Superx3]

270 wsm 350 yards Barnes LRX 129 quartering away pretty hard. 3250Fps muzzle velocity. Went in the ribs out the front of opposite shoulder. Spun a tight circle and fell right there.

 

[Oddfellow]

2024 Gun Kill
Older Remington 700 ADL .270 Win. from the early 1990’s (wood stock)/Vortex Diamondback 4-12
Federal Fusion 130 gr.

 

[LIWolverine]

350 yd North Texas

pronghorn. If I remember right I used 130gr Rem Corelokt

Just through the left shoulder, obliterated the heart and stopped under the hide on the right shoulder. Dropped right there.


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[bradmacmt]

270 Win / 40 yards / 150NP

270 Win / 60 yards

 

[Rams horns]

Why the 270 Win? It shoots flat, has mild recoil and kills well. Pretty much any 277 cal bullet performs well at 270 Win speeds. There are high b.c. bullets available, how many does one actually need? Many people that say there is a higher amount of good bullets available for 7mm but then only use one or two types anyway. The 280 is a good round but many of them aren't twisted fast enough so can't shoot any high b.c. bullets anyway. Bottom line is they all work and have minor differences between them that don't really make much difference in real world situations. Of the 3 rounds you mentioned like I eluded to earlier the 270 will recoil less and shoot flatter.

 

[S-3 ranch]

All with a 270win or 270wsm

 

[nobody]

Brother’s Bull, 2023. Utah limited entry mid-rifle hunt, middle of October. Shot was 454 yards, steep downhill quartering away. Bullet entered just behind the last rib and never exited. Bull went about 15 yards and tipped over. Chest cavity was chunky soup. 1 shot, 140 Berger Hybrid Hunter.

 

[nobody]

Cousins bull, 2024. 140 yard shot, steep downhill broadside. First shot entered the neck and dropped him. She tried to put more in him but was too shaky, so we ran down and she put one more in his chest cavity. Pure. Carnage. 130 grain hornady interbond.

 

[johnnycake]

.270 Win with 130gr copper is a deadly combo on everything I've thrown it at from pronghorn to moose.

 

[2Stamp]

I don't have one but my two longtime hunting partners both shoot them. In fact the 270Win is all they shoot. I can't count how many muledeer and elk have fallen to their rifles. And one of them pretty much only uses the Nosler BT.

 

[TripleJ]

270 Win 130 grain accubond 180 yds


270 WSM 140 grain accubond 60 yds



270 WSM 140 grain accubond 450 yds


270 WSM 140 grain accubond 245 yds