oldonetechnique - 
Button Buck
 | | 11/25/2007 5:40 PM |
| | All right. First let me say I am very happy with the performance of my .270 this year it is the first time I have taken deer with mine and I have taken 3 this year. One was a yearling the other 2; a mature doe at around 65 yds. and a 11pt buck dressing at around 200 at 110 yds. The 2 mature deer there was no exit wound. Both hits were shoulder hits and took out the lungs out very effectively. the buck was quartering away so no exit wound on him was not a big deal. the doe however was pretty much broadside and the bullet never entered the exit side shoulder. I used remington core-lokt 130 grain jacketed soft point. So is this normal or should I step up my load? I worry about hitting a deer at long ranges and it not bleeding much. | | | |
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Buckwacka -
Moderator
Spike
| | 11/25/2007 6:28 PM |
| | Chances are the bullet is lodged in the oposite side shoulder. I shoot the 150gr Core-Loks and all 7 deer I have shot with my 270 have exited. The 2 longest shots being at 175yrds and 235 yrds. If you step up go to the 150gr round. You should have no problem. Also, I shoot for just behind the shoulder. I do not aim for the shoulder it self. There is no need to shoot for the shoulder it self as the lungs are big enough. If you hit the facing shoulder, then that would slow down your round. enough even that you may not get an exit. | |
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tubby -
Record Book
Moundville,Alabama
| | 11/25/2007 7:41 PM |
| | I shot a deer a couple of years ago with a 300 win mag and the 150 grn Core Loks and it did not exit.I can say all of my 270 rounds have exited. | |
Tubby
The God of My Rock;He Is My Sheild;And The Horn Of My Salvation 2 Samuuel,Ch 22 | |
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oldonetechnique -
Button Buck
| | 11/26/2007 6:32 AM |
| | The doe was a rear shoulder shot fairly far back missing the shoulder blade it never entered the other side shoulder there is absolutely not a mark on the other body cavity wall, I have since butchered the deer and never found the slug. so not much penetration is my guess or the bullet just came apart in the vitals. Just thought that was strange for a soft point. the buck was quartering away and that bullet actually lodged in his neck muscles after passing through both lungs. so that bullet went probably 2 feet or so through the good stuff. | | | |
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hobbit -
Button Buck
Louisiana
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| 11/27/2007 9:07 AM |
| | I have had .270 no exit, 44 sabot bullets for my muzzle loader no exit, 30-06 bullets no exit. Once it goes in no telling what its going to do. Most do exit, some just a mystery. Others i have found in the deer and only lose 4 grains of weight on the bullet mushroomed prefectly not outside the deer. | | | |
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Jeremiah Johnson -
Spike
| | 12/03/2007 11:22 AM |
| | Although Coreloks (sp?) are probably the most popular round, my experience has not been 100%. Have had .308 150 grain pointed soft point blow through deer but several have not. Maybe they disintegrate when hitting bone. I've since gone to 180 grain RNSF in coreloks but have not taken any game with it yet. | | | |
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tubby -
Record Book
Moundville,Alabama
| | 12/03/2007 5:32 PM |
| My 10 year old nephew(my nephew's son) killed a 5 point Sast morning and it was shot with a 270 wsm and it did not exit.He was with my Dad and shooting his gun Ballistic Silver tips,found the bullet in the deers neck.
The kid made an awesome shot,close to 400 yds. | |
Tubby
The God of My Rock;He Is My Sheild;And The Horn Of My Salvation 2 Samuuel,Ch 22 | |
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brk49er -
Monitored User
Button Buck
pine level, Al
| | 12/03/2007 7:23 PM |
| I've had ballistic tips just blow all to pieces and not exit, no exit is not always a bad thing but with these high caliber rifles travelling at insane speeds it seems like they would exit. The more the bullet mushrooms the more energy it looses, fortunatey that energy is lost while devouring your deers vitals.
Watched myth busters and they were dispelling the myth about movies where someone under water is swimming and bullets are shown zipping by them. Well they had a .50 caliber shooting at a target eight feet deep, they kept moving the target up until it was only two feet deep and the round still didnt make it to the target. What i dont know is the type of bullet used.
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pizzaman17 -
4-Pointer
Brookville,Pa.
| | 12/16/2007 10:57 AM |
| | I use a 30-06 with 150gr rem core-locts and all have exited the deer. i uses ballistics on re-loads for awhile and shot 2 deer with them one was a seven pt buck at around 20yds I hit him right in the vitals and there was no exit wound, when I gutted him his heart and lungs were like jelly. The second deer was a doe that was quartering away from me I shot her in the vitals and it took the entire right front shoulder off. so I quit useing the ballistic round after that. | | | |
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randyandheather_b -
Button Buck
| | 01/06/2008 6:35 PM |
| | 130 grain is a tad too light for me. I would step up to a 140-or 150 grain bullet. If you desire a pass through, his might help, but if you want to stay with the 130, try switching to the winchester soft point. it shoots 100 fps faster than the current bullet you shoot, and it hits with 100 flbs more than the current bullet you shoot. it might have the umph to get through. not to mention looking at might ballistic charts, it shoots flatter than the rem also. | | | |
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J.Dworek -
Button Buck
Green River,Wyoming
| | 01/07/2008 5:59 PM |
| | I shot my moose last year with a .300 RUM,180 Grain Nosler Partition at 150 yard's,sure past through that one with a tennis ball size of a hole,now that's what I call pass through without a problem.The moose dropped where it stood,didn't know what hit her. | | | |
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wrenchman30 -
Button Buck
| | 01/07/2008 9:28 PM |
| | all of the core lokts will not pass thru they are very frangable. the win power point is a very good almost premium bullet and should lodge if not pass thru. i have always felt that pass thrus were bad. all of the bullet energy should be transferred to the game if not you just get part of the bullets force into the animal. | | | |
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