.270 Winchester & Red deer

[MUZZYSLINGR]

It appears I’m going on a red deer hind hunt next month. I’m really looking forward to it. My best bud is going with me too. We haven’t had a chance to go hunt together for the last 5 years or more.

So as I’m still in the recovery phase of my surgery to fix my busted neck, I have found I can run my Savage.270 Winchester without any problems. So with that onto my question.

I have a supply of Sierra 140 gn btsp bullets to use . I rigged up a batch for testing using Re-22. and it seems to be a decent load. So with that , have any of y’all used this bullet for killvesting your game? I’m interested in what your thoughts on it’s performance .

Our shots will only be out to about 100-150 yards. I have no experience with red deer, but I understand they can be a little bit larger than a white tail deer. It would be nice if a hog or two accidentally stepped out in the shooting lanes while we were there also.




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[TacticalCowboy]

I've shot enough stuff with a 150 gameking out of a 30-06 to trust it without a doubt. I dont see why the 140 in a 270 would be any different.

[freerhunter16]

Put that bullet where it needs to go and you will have a dead animal. I would use that combo with confidence!

[txtrophy85]

.270 is fine

[kkp005]

I wouldn’t sweat it. Put it in the right spot and you’re good

[MUZZYSLINGR]

Thanks guys. It’s looking to be a decent load, I was more wondering about if it was going to be too much bullet.

Don’t want to ruin too much meat. If those critters go 300 lbs on the hoof I was thinking it would be just about right.


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[kmon]

Should be good. If you can pick your shot lungs or heart through the ribs will not waste much meat and kills critters dead. If you have to shoot a shoulder so be it, still a lot of meat on one.

[DWA]

Lol he said run a 270... your 270 would be fine i killed a cull with a 25-06 with corelokts