270 bullet question

[cwill37]

I dont want a pass through. If your round is exiting your game its not the right round for what your hunting or for the shot your taking. You want all of the energy of the round to be transfered to the game. With rifle rounds your main killing effect is the permanint wound cavity which is made by the round transfering energy to the tissue.

[bowhunter7801]

I've used Remington 150 grain cor-lok ever since I've been hunting. I'm good out to 500 yards, never had the chance to shoot any longer, and always have complete pass through with good mushroom. I like the heavier grain and price isn't crazy for Remington
Ammo

[Capt.Bryan]

I have experimented with different factory loads over the years in my .270. I started out shooting the core locks and have tried federal trophy bonded bear claws in the high energy load, worked great and like the hornady sst superformance takes the 270 to 7mm rem mag type ballistics. They quit making the original bear claw! The Winchester xp3 is a great bullet but I heard they ane not going to make it anymore either. I tried the Barnes tipped tsx and liked them but on the tsx and xp3 both tipped bonded type bullets I experienced bad luck on quartering shots with not much of a blood trail. Its like the bullets blew right through without expanding. So now I went back to the Remington 130 core locks. I kick myself for trying to fix something that wasn't wrong and wonder why I spent twice as much money for a box of ammo. My experimenting possibly cost me the biggest deer I have ever seen. Shot behind the shoulder found blood for 200 yards and no deer. So now I think I will stick to drt core locks.

[bowhunter7801]

I know you want a bullet to do its damage on the inside of the animal but I don't like all the shock the lighter grain bullet has on the meat. Put the bullet where it's suppose to and you don't need all the shock

[txpitdog]

You wanna punch through, quit jackin' around with 270cal and start with 270 GRAIN.

[In-Yo-Grill]

The only animal I didn't get a pass-thru on was an Axis. My buddy shoots a .280 and had the same issue. My son shot an Audad years ago and the bullet went all the way thru.

[bboswell]

Fed Prem 130g Nosler Partion. Expands reliably and then the base continues through for an exit almost every time.

We are trying the Barnes TTSX now and they exit but have yet to get. DRT. A animals died but made it 30-50 yards with good hits.

[JW]

Fed Prem 130g Nosler Partion. Expands reliably and then the base continues through for an exit almost every time.

We are trying the Barnes TTSX now and they exit but have yet to get. DRT. A animals died but made it 30-50 yards with good hits.

I had the same thing happen with TTSX.

[dustoffer]

I agree w/Cajun Blake--in my opinion, you got perfect bullet performance.

[txpitdog]

I shot core-loks for years and had to switch. The last 5 deer I double lunged with them ran off like they weren't hit. No blood trail, nada

Had this exact same problem with 150gr Corelokts shot from a 300 Win mag. Same bullet 250fps slower from an '06 is like dropping a piano on them.

[JW]

Had this exact same problem with 150gr Corelokts shot from a 300 Win mag. Same bullet 250fps slower from an '06 is like dropping a piano on them.

Lmao!!! Great analogy about the piano!

[Capt Glenn]

If every deer shot with a bullet that didn't exit dropped dead in it's tracks that would be one thing. But they don't and you never know which one is going to take off and cover some ground. Deer are amazingly tough at times. I am sure we have all seen deer hit really well that soak up a shot and run off. It happens. I had a buck in Kansas soak up 3 140 grain Hornady Interlock bullets from my .270 all in a softball sized area through both lungs that ran several hundred yards before it croaked. It didn't even flinch at the first shot. Second shot it bucked and ran 50 yards and stopped and looked back at me. Third shot it took off at a run across an open wheat field, through a corn field and into another wheat field. We watched it the whole way. All three were broadside shots.

There is also the amount of damage the bullets do to meat which is a consideration for me but not for everyone. I don't want a huge mass of bloodshot meat and a huge nasty mess when cleaning a deer.

I much prefer a well placed shot with a bullet that is going to expand well, hold together and pass through giving me two holes to leak blood if they do run. With a well placed hit and a pass through you won't have any trouble tracking a deer when it runs. And some will run regardless of what bullet you use.

I have used lots of different bullets over the years and have really come to like the Barnes bullets. If you put it where it needs to go it'll punch all the way through and will kill 'em without a ton of bloodshot meat. I've used a bunch of different Barnes bullets over the years and the TTSX and TSX bullets are great. I've got no complaints. Most drop in their tracks and very few run any distance at all but when they do I have a good blood trail.

It really just comes down to what you have faith in and I have a ton of faith in the Barnes bullets.

[JW]

Well im on the other side. I want to blow up as much tissue as possible to kill the critter as soon as possible. If i start worrying about blood shot meat ill quit hunting and just go to the meat market. #1 priority is a quick death.

[papabearclif]

I've always used the core locks and never had problems with the 130's out of my 270 on hogs or deer.

[JW]

I've always used the core locks and never had problems with the 130's out of my 270 on hogs or deer.

I'll agree with ya on shots out to 350ish. 400 plus i lean on premium bullets. Not sayin they dont work farther than that at all.