270?
06-20-2003 | 01:04 AM
#31
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: A shack in Arkansas
RE: 270?
I think i will put my .02 cents worth here. i used to hunt only with a 270 , i still hunt with it but have other guns that need love also, and will say it is a whitetail killing round.
but i shot core lokts when i first got it cause i didnt reload . the only time it torked me was a buck ran into a thick young pine plantation and i had to drag the sucker out about 6o yards.
now i shoot the cheapest bullet around . the speer hot cor in 130 gr. why ? cause it groups outstanding in the gun and i have had great luck with it. never has a deer ran over 20 yards and most hit the ground !
i know it' s not the most expensive bullet but i have had great luck with it. now i will add i like neck shots and almost always take them. but thats a testiment to how the bullet groups and how i shoot it.
is the core lokt a bad bullet? i say no.
several have mentioned each deer is different and this is true. a deer has a drive to live and can run when it seems impossible to have ran.
example i shot a good buck with a 7mmstw the thing ran about a 75 yards . it had a hole in it' s chest the size of a grapefruit. you could see the lungs or what was left of them. he had a drive to live!
The 270 though is great caliber and i as long as i am alive will hunt with one.
I think that was a nickels worth?
but i shot core lokts when i first got it cause i didnt reload . the only time it torked me was a buck ran into a thick young pine plantation and i had to drag the sucker out about 6o yards.
now i shoot the cheapest bullet around . the speer hot cor in 130 gr. why ? cause it groups outstanding in the gun and i have had great luck with it. never has a deer ran over 20 yards and most hit the ground !
i know it' s not the most expensive bullet but i have had great luck with it. now i will add i like neck shots and almost always take them. but thats a testiment to how the bullet groups and how i shoot it.
is the core lokt a bad bullet? i say no.
several have mentioned each deer is different and this is true. a deer has a drive to live and can run when it seems impossible to have ran.
example i shot a good buck with a 7mmstw the thing ran about a 75 yards . it had a hole in it' s chest the size of a grapefruit. you could see the lungs or what was left of them. he had a drive to live!
The 270 though is great caliber and i as long as i am alive will hunt with one.
I think that was a nickels worth?
06-20-2003 | 09:44 PM
#33
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Union MO USA
RE: 270?
When I hunted with my 270, I don' t recall a deer making it out of sight.
I used hot handloads with 130 gr Hornady, worked excellent.
I used 140 gr Ballistic tips, oh my lord like the hammer of Thor!
If you don' t reload, my favorite was the Federal Classic series 130 gr, I think they used Sierra bullets. Excellent results.
I have never had any problems with Corelokts though.
You say bullets in the vitals, but where in the vitals? I believe, (no scientist) that if you hit them high in the chest, it takes them longer to go down. Same with too far back.
I try (stress try) to hit them in the little " pocket" right above the elbow and tight behind the shoulder when I can. This usually wrecks major plumbing as well as lungs and they don' t go far.
Just my $.02
KC
I used hot handloads with 130 gr Hornady, worked excellent.
I used 140 gr Ballistic tips, oh my lord like the hammer of Thor!
If you don' t reload, my favorite was the Federal Classic series 130 gr, I think they used Sierra bullets. Excellent results.
I have never had any problems with Corelokts though.
You say bullets in the vitals, but where in the vitals? I believe, (no scientist) that if you hit them high in the chest, it takes them longer to go down. Same with too far back.
I try (stress try) to hit them in the little " pocket" right above the elbow and tight behind the shoulder when I can. This usually wrecks major plumbing as well as lungs and they don' t go far.
Just my $.02
KC
