Originally Posted by
Switchback_XT
I had a .270 Win. sighted in to shoot 130 grain balistic tips. My deer allways ran off. Now when I went to 30-06 & then on to .300 wsm they droped on the spot, or atleast did not leave my sight.
My .270 consistently did all its damage in between the ribs out to maybe the first lungs entrance side. The rest was just a puncture hole. almost any center fire can poke a hole through a deer when you don't count in the range. Even a .223 will do that. And any round will do if you do not look at WHERE the expantion happens.
I consider a round to be good enough for deer when the bullets will expand in the MIDDLE of the chest cavity not the entrance wound side that is where you really make the kill.
You just answered it all to yourself! A 130gr ballistic tip out of a .270 probably isn't the best bullet option for a whitetail. I don't know why you've been knocking the .270 caliber when you didn't even try other bullet options.
As a side discussion....
What is all the fascination with ballistic tips? I just don't get it. This is for medium game animals...deer, mulies, etc.. Why would you want a bullet that enters the animal and basically explodes? Sure...it rips it up when you make a good shot, but for a trackable kill do you really think it's the best option going? Meat loss?