Thread: 18 months of hunting

Originally Posted by Sarvo

I had never struck negativity towards the 270 until on here
Can anyone explain why the 270 is not in flavour anymore - it sure was in the 80's - never saw a Deer lost with one (apart from the clean misses
All we used for lighting

I just like giving them shit as they're so pedestrian.

I meat shot with a mate who ran one and we were always having to look for deer.... They were dead on their feet but always got away a bit when body shot.
Was a pain in the ass looking for them.

Had another mate who ran one for a while in Haast and changed because of the same reasons. They performed poorly over a large sample. Not just a handful of animals a year.
However in saying that, it was imo more due to projectile availability back then.
Heaps better projectiles available now.


Poo 43 is another story. I hate them with a passion as I owned one.

Don't care what projectiles you can get now for them, I just hate them. Cost me a lot of time and money over a few seasons persisting with one.

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Originally Posted by R93

I just like giving them shit as they're so pedestrian.

I meat shot with a mate who ran one and we were always having to look for deer.... They were dead on their feet but always got away a bit when body shot.
Was a pain in the ass looking for them.

Had another mate who ran one for a while in Haast and changed because of the same reasons. They performed poorly over a large sample. Not just a handful of animals a year.
However in saying that, it was imo more due to projectile availability back then.
Heaps better projectiles available now.


Poo 43 is another story. I hate them with a passion as I owned one.

Don't care what projectiles you can get now for them, I just hate them. Cost me a lot of time and money over a few seasons persisting with one.

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243 :-(((
I had an awful run with that caliber too
But - the rifle I used was on its 3rd barrel and had shot over 1500 Reds in Ruahine Ranges
My mate who owned it and lent to me was a master with it - he reckoned I was shooting slightly back on chest shots heence the prob I had loosing - he sure didn't

We used 130gr Silver Tips in the 270 (think Winchester)
Maybe its also to do with Deer size - Pureora Deer aren't overly big (stags dressed out at 75 -110kg - Hinds 45-60kg)

Originally Posted by Sarvo

243 :-(((
I had an awful run with that caliber too
But - the rifle I used was on its 3rd barrel and had shot over 1500 Reds in Ruahine Ranges
My mate who owned it and lent to me was a master with it - he reckoned I was shooting slightly back on chest shots heence the prob I had loosing - he sure didn't

We used 130gr Silver Tips in the 270 (think Winchester)
Maybe its also to do with Deer size - Pureora Deer aren't overly big (stags dressed out at 75 -110kg - Hinds 45-60kg)

I can count on my hands how many deer I body shot when meat shooting.
No point as top money was clean shot and it still wasn't that good apart from the odd hike in prices.

Just hate them. Nothing will ever change that.

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Originally Posted by R93

I just like giving them shit as they're so pedestrian.

I meat shot with a mate who ran one and we were always having to look for deer.... They were dead on their feet but always got away a bit when body shot.
Was a pain in the ass looking for them.

Had another mate who ran one for a while in Haast and changed because of the same reasons. They performed poorly over a large sample. Not just a handful of animals a year.
However in saying that, it was imo more due to projectile availability back then.
Heaps better projectiles available now.


Poo 43 is another story. I hate them with a passion as I owned one.

Don't care what projectiles you can get now for them, I just hate them. Cost me a lot of time and money over a few seasons persisting with one.

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Your mate must have been a shit shot or using a shitty projectile that would have the same result in any caliber

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Your mate must have been a shit shot or using a shitty projectile that would have the same result in any caliber

LOL both mates I mentioned have shot thousands and made a living shooting deer. But yeah maybe they're just shit shots.

Where there is smoke there's fire mate.
243 and 270 hate amongst meat shooters is a thing for a reason.



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Originally Posted by R93

I just like giving them shit as they're so pedestrian.


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They might be a lot of things but they ain't pedestrian!
Factory ammo pushing 130gr pulls over 3k imagine how much the 708 boys would pay for that.
Yeah the pill selection has improved a lot, I've only had a 270 1 or 2 months and last nights stag was deer number 5 and all have been boom flops.
I think Ryan sums it up best " the 270 is a man's gun"

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Originally Posted by BRADS

They might be a lot of things but they ain't pedestrian!
Factory ammo pushing 130gr pulls over 3k imagine how much the 708 boys would pay for that.
Yeah the pill selection has improved a lot, I've only had a 270 1 or 2 months and last nights stag was deer number 5 and all have been boom flops.
I think Ryan sums it up best " the 270 is a man's gun"

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@BRADS
ouch

Fantastic travel stories Frodo

As you say it is not the calibre but placement that puts them on the ground

I'm screwed then. Got a 243 and a project 270 lol

This is fun.

I and others I know don't like a caliber for what ever reason.
So they're wrong. They're shit shots.
Whaaa whaaa whaaa
It's like dealing with a bunch of butt hurt, vegan SJW's

Caliber racism. Its now a thing

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You’d have to think that a person that shoots for there livelihood would know what works and what doesn’t. If the .243 and .270 don’t work...it just ain’t gonna work...


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Glad my next gun is a 303 then. Poor deer wont know what hit them.
They are that scared of it from the old stories passed down the deer family from generation to generation about its mighty power they will fall over just from the smell of the bullet like frightened rabbits.
If that doesn't work ill get the 416 out.

Come on guys this WAS a good thread.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Come on guys this WAS a good thread.

It's all in fun mate. I am not really serious with my dislikes of those cals. Each to their own.


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Originally Posted by R93

It's all in fun mate. I am not really serious with my dislikes of those cals. Each to their own.


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Yea its all in fun but just try to keep it to the rambling threads like in off topic is all I am saying.
The OP will be updating here His experiences in His thread for 18 months.
Lets try and keep it about his adventure is all I am saying.

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