I've been shooting 130 gr. Remington Scirrocco's out of my model 700, .270 win for 2 years. I love the flat trajectory and energy.
Last year I shot 2 does with them, both broadside, about 40 yards, lower lungs, upper heart, passed through, did MASSIVE damage and left blood trails you could see from space. (seriously, I couldsee a blood trail from one of them from 80 yards away while still in my stand, without the aid of optics).
This weekend, I shot 2 does again with them, one quartering away at about 90 yards, liver and offside lung, one quartering toward, 15 yards, shoulder, heart, lower lung. Both again had massive internal damage, but neither passed through and, more disturbingly, the only sign at the point of impact and for the first 20 yards or so was a little bit of fur. No blood, no blood trail (at all on the toward, and for 20-30 yards on the away).
Wondering if anyone else has experience with the Scirrocco's doing similar, and also if anyone has experience with the 150 gr. Nosler Partitions, (especially in .270 win).
Obvously, the Scir's did a great amount of damage and killed efficiently, but I'm concerned about not having a starting point to track from. I know 100% energy transfer is good for a quick kill, but an exit wound can be essential for recovery at times. Maybe this just happened to be two fluke shots, but from 15 yards I'd really expect an exit, even though I did hit shoulder.