Thread: Front on shots at Deer.

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

130sst at high velocity out of a 270 at close range may have blown up on the brisket, SST work better at a slower speed (<2800fps)

The 140accubonds are a very hard projectile and may have pencilled through, I used them for a bit years ago bush hunting but gave up as I was having to put another shot into animals and once 3 into a roared up stag! They just don’t tear up the engine room.

As for general front on shots it’s easy to either go over the top of the lungs or between them and not hit anything vital or as Stug said miss the chest cavity and go down the inside of the shoulder, I’m with Chur “in the neck”
I once shot a roaring stag front on close and he dropped, as we walked up he got up and started to bolt, luckily I had reloaded and banged him again, I’d pulled the first shot and it had hit the point of the shoulder knocking him over but hadn’t hit anything vital since then it’s the neck or if I’ve got a good rest then slightly off Center chest to hit the lung and not to high

Interesting you say that about the ABs. They were my favorite projectile in the .270win (@3000fps) and I had tried 8 other varieties. How fast were you pushing them?