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 Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/04/14 08:54 PM
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Sure is. I've been using Sierra bullets for years but have used Hornady Interlocks in my .30-06's since I started hand loading. They just work too well to switch. I like Sierra ProHunters in the .270's but I started with the Hornady bullets in them a few years ago. Accuracy and performance wise, they just seem to do everything well within 300 yards (I very seldom shoot any farther.)
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 12:14 AM
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130 grain nosler partitions. They do it every time with this little Sako. 
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 05:53 PM
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 07:51 PM
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Nav you really need to buy a .223 or a .22-250 so shoot varmints with and a .22 to take care of your turtle issue.
shooting a skunk with a .270 is like shooting a bobwhite with a 10 gauge
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 07:57 PM
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Navasot
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I got a .17hmr but I usually have the .270win with me at all times... and it makes a bigger boom
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 07:58 PM
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Navasot
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One gun for everything is cheaper lol and less to keep up with
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 08:34 PM
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txtrophy85
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One gun for everything is cheaper lol and less to keep up with yeah but its not as fun. and with all those boxes of .270 shells you run thru it may very well not be cheaper
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 08:38 PM
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Yeah I should prolly clean it soon... im scared it wont shoot strait if I do... I left it on the buggy the other night and it rained lol ill soak her down and itll be good to go this has happened a few times
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 08:47 PM
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Most people over-clean their guns, anyway.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 09:50 PM
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Most people over-clean their guns, anyway. 
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 09:54 PM
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...270 on a skunk....Purple Rain!!!  Makes a Mell of Hess on nutria at 50 yards in 1st Gen NBT's too! Ron
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 10:09 PM
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tth_40
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Most people over-clean their guns, anyway. Yup.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/05/14 10:10 PM
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Most people over-clean their guns, anyway. I am not guilty of this 
�The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.�
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/06/14 10:16 AM
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The first 14 deer of my life were taken with my dad's Tikka 270 with 130 grn Remington Core Lokt. 14 shots and 14 kills and not one animal ever took a single step. My dad has probably killed 20 plus with identical results. The biggest animal I have taken with it was a hog that weighed 360 lbs. Same results.
On the flip side, I bought a 300 Win Mag about 10 years ago (got a heck of a deal on it)and now I am in search of ammo for it. I have killed probably 10 animals with it but every single one has ran from 15 yards to 125 yards after shot. The Core Lokts do not work in this gun.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/06/14 02:53 PM
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The first 14 deer of my life were taken with my dad's Tikka 270 with 130 grn Remington Core Lokt. 14 shots and 14 kills and not one animal ever took a single step. My dad has probably killed 20 plus with identical results. The biggest animal I have taken with it was a hog that weighed 360 lbs. Same results.
On the flip side, I bought a 300 Win Mag about 10 years ago (got a heck of a deal on it)and now I am in search of ammo for it. I have killed probably 10 animals with it but every single one has ran from 15 yards to 125 yards after shot. The Core Lokts do not work in this gun. There is no magic bullet/caliber combo that makes them die on the spot. I have shot several deer with a 270 win and 130 grain corelocks. The only ones that didn't run were shot in the neck/head. Almost all the body shots ran. Most run/no run is shot placement, hit the shoulder or central nervous system and they drop, stick them through the heart lungs and they might drop, but more often than not will run a short ways.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/06/14 03:14 PM
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There is no magic bullet/caliber combo that makes them die on the spot.
Shot placement is the key. Placement trumps power. Pick the most accurate and go with that.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/06/14 04:35 PM
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WileyCoyote
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Randy, the last 4 300WMg's I've had just would NOT shoot factory corelokt's any better than a 12g and double ought Buck shot... A Savage 116, a Tikka 695, a Browning ABolt & a 90's era Winchester Classic M70...and all 4 of them were bughole shooters in cheap WallyWorld Fed Blue Box & WW 180'ers.
Ron
It is TIME for Term Limits, cause Politicians are like childrens diapers and for the same reasons...Robin Williams
"These are the times that try men's soul's"...Thomas Paine
"Those who fail to learn from History are doomed to repeat it" ....Santayana
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/06/14 04:40 PM
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Just checking to see what the group is using. I'm new to getting into hunting. I shot some Federal Premium 130 grain Nosler Ballistic tips ( very expensive) and like the results. What are you liking based on dead deer results!? Thanks That same round is all I shoot in my .270. It is a great round and works effectively. One shot deer down.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/08/14 02:37 AM
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/08/14 02:51 AM
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I bought a box of core lokts to try out. That federal premium is what I sighted in with Ilm interested in seeing differences. Haven't made it to range yet.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/08/14 10:35 PM
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Core-Lokt 130 grain. End of story. Deadliest mushroom in the woods and not even expensive.
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/10/14 09:21 PM
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Not sure why but shot some core lokt today and gun hated it. Way off the mark compared to the federal premium I shot.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/10/14 09:41 PM
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Different rifles prefer different loads. Use the one that's most accurate in your rifle.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/10/14 10:09 PM
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There is no magic bullet/caliber combo that makes them die on the spot.
Shot placement is the key. Placement trumps power. Pick the most accurate and go with that. I love it!!! Bas***d was dead before he hit the ground. Kill em all let the buzzards sort em out.
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Re: Your go-to 270 caliber deer round
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08/10/14 11:17 PM
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Not sure why but shot some core lokt today and gun hated it. Way off the mark compared to the federal premium I shot. In your opening post you mentioned you were new to hunting. Might just need some good old time practice. Also, when you state "way off the mark", many rifles do not shoot to the same POI with different ammo. 
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