ORIGINAL: kmunny19
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.
I started using Nosler Partition bullets (in a .270 as well!) in 1964. Since that time, they are the only bullets I have used on game animals. So far, I have only found two if them inside a game animal. One was a .277 130-grain that had gone throught a mule deer from behind the lastrib on the left rear to the right front quarter, and was stopped by the big bones in the shoulder joint. Range, 40 yards.
The other one was in a 300-pound black bear shot with the 150-grain Nosler .270 bullet. Range 200 yards. Here again, the bullet struck behind the left rear rib, ranged diagonally forward, smashed the right shoulder then travelled down his right leg, breaking back and forth thru his right leg bones twice, and stopped under the skin on the inside of his right wrist! Found the bullet while skinning him out. "What's this lump here ion the inside of his wrist?" A nicely expanded Nosler Partition bullet!
ALL the other shots with Nosler Partitonbullets were complete pass thrus, from deer at over 300 yards to a bull elk at 35 yards-(175-grain 7mm NPJ in 7mm Rem. Mag.)
There are probably bullets out there that are just as good. But for me, Nosler Partition bullets have always done what they're designed to do!