.270 Winchester for plains game

Originally Posted by 6MM

This past summer I took an .06 Ackley, and a .375 H&H. Used the .06 past 200 (Springbuck and Kudu) everything else was taken with the .375. With the Barnes Triple Shocks the animals were just anchored. I think Redleg stated it fairly well this is not like hunting deer from a stand. Opportunities come quickly and are more often than not are not the picture perfect broadside shot. Having that larger caliber is a definate advantage.

I'm curious about the 06 Ackley. I've read that some calibers got a real boost from the modification while others had very little. For instance, the .22-250 Remington got almost nothing out of going Ackley, whereas the parent cartridge, the .250 Savage, got the most increase of any Ackley Improved. I read the .30-06 AI had very little advantage over the straight .30-06 Springfield. What's your take on it?

I'm not close to my loads but I did get a little over 200 FPS more out of it. I was not pushing the load either. I was more interested in how good of group I could get out of it. The partition load I used stacks them at 100 yards. I just posted a kudu pic from this summer. I connected with that bull at 300 yards offhand. It did take 2 shots as I believe the partition load was moving too fast. I have another load with Barnes TSX that is just as good which is probably where I will go with next loads.
I have always been a wildcat guy trying to push the limits with my loads for my long range shooting in South Dakota.

Originally Posted by RickB

I would agree about the SST. Not a big game bullet. Whitetail, impala, blesbok sized animals. It is a great bullet for that sized game. I use it in my slug gun for deer. You go to larger game you need to go to the Interbond. In the right combo you could go up to eland.

The interbond is a great bullet but next May the wife and I are headed back to Huntershill Safaris she will be packing her 30-06 and I a 308 both with 180gr Barnes TSX hand loads. not taking any chances hard to beat a Barnes.

Interesting. Well, 200 fps isn't bad.

Originally Posted by Bobpuckett

The interbond is a great bullet but next May the wife and I are headed back to Huntershill Safaris she will be packing her 30-06 and I a 308 both with 180gr Barnes TSX hand loads. not taking any chances hard to beat a Barnes.

Barnes TSX will be great. Todays bullet structure is far better than years past. As long as you choose a quality bullet and most important shoot strait, everything will be fine. I used The new hornady superformance 30-06 with the 180grn interbond. They worked flawlessly on my trip in may.

Trigger Creap, I built a 338/06 for my first trip to Zim and was very pleased with it (225s at 2500 fps Partitions). So much so that I used it for all my hunts until the 3rd one in Namibia. For that I took my 7mm/08 with 140 gr bullets. I was not pleased as I felt I was a little light in the weight range. I shot many head of game including Oryx and all but one went down with one shot. The one that did not was a side on shot at an oryx that hit the elbow of the front leg and didn't penetrate very deep. dropped him on the second shot but I still "felt" under gunned. My problem, wrong bullets. Took the 338/06 on trip 4 and will use it for trip 5. Will the 270 do it? Sure, if all goes well. Will I use my 7mm/08 again? No. I'll stick with 30/06 or bigger (180 gr or bigger) if for no other reason than peace of mind on penetration and hole size. I like Partitions. They work great for me so why change?

RickB.

LOVE your quote. And I always liked John Wayne's...

"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid."

Hi guys, I also have a .270, love it for a number of reasons, good bullets, good shot placements, they will go down, as said shot a big wildebeest bull, one shot, no problem!