Thread: .270 is the best caliber ever made.

Its always been the same old story from the 270 fans ...
If you use 3 shots with a .270 it was "because the animal was tough".
If you use 3 shots with a smaller caliber it was because "you needed something bigger".

There is no winning.

Taken to extreme.the 220 swift showed up problems with soft projectiles...they never made it to target,they ripped apart,vaporised in mid air!!! Lots of varmits type projectiles will do weird things if touch as little as a twig...that's not failure,it's what designed to do,break up fast inside groundhog,rabbit. Fmj or solids complete opposite,designed to plough through anything Intact. For deer sized game......oh hang on there are Samberg n wapity Vs Roe n fallow hinds. So it's all a balancing act. You try to match your load to size of game you intend to shoot plus pick shot to best utilise whatever you have on hand to use. I believe one of the few moose ever shot in NZ was with Weebly revolver??? Guarantee that wasn't aimed into shoulder bones. Lungs or behind ear would be my pick. Yes our man is correct to ANCHOR on the spot you simply cannot beat shear horsepower to smash bone. That's why I like to break one or both shoulders with .270 ,if however I had loaded a 100-110 grn varmits projectile,past experience has shown me folly of shoulder aim,it would be behind ear,upper neck.or good broadside slip in behind foreleg or not at all.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Ta

Thanks for the concise real world explanation

Honest statement here. I cant ever recall needing 3 shots when my placement has been good. I have fired the odd second shot for insurance though.