Antelope and the .270 Win.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Yeah I totally agree ...if I was hunting Antelope I would be taking a .243 or a 25-06 ...A friend of mine has killed some whopper antelope and he told me you always hear of guys shooting antelope at 500 and 600 yrds but he said most of the ones he shot were less than 100 ...guess it all comes down to the sneakiness of the hunter ...if I went I think I would be more into the long pokes 

[JLS]

Yeah I totally agree ...if I was hunting Antelope I would be taking a .243 or a 25-06 ...A friend of mine has killed some whopper antelope and he told me you always hear of guys shooting antelope at 500 and 600 yrds but he said most of the ones he shot were less than 100 ...guess it all comes down to the sneakiness of the hunter ...if I went I think I would be more into the long pokes 

The only reason you'd need to take a 600 yard shot on an antelope is because you couldn't pry your butt out of the pickup.

An old friend of mine has killed a pile of antelope with a .220 Swift.

[bobcat]

My 270 worked well on antelope in eastern Montana with 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips. I would not go lighter than 130 grain.

[Bob33]

A light monolithic bullet likes a Barnes TSX will work just fine on antelope. A fragmenting bullet like the Ballistic Tip would be better served being a bit heavier. I would not hesitate to use a 110 grain Barnes bullet.

Accuracy is king for antelope. They are easy to kill but small targets at longer range. Four hundred yards is a very long shot.

[muzbuster]

To answer your question no,  I don't have experience loading that light for the .270 but to offer an opinion I wouldn't go that light if it was me.  Stick with a good 130 grain bullet and you will get all the velocity you need and better performance at distance than a lighter bullet.

The .270 is a very good Antelope caliber.

[h20hunter]

Get outta the truck? I thought all antelope were shot from the windows of pick ups! I feel confident out to 200 any day and with a little more range time focusing on basics and load work up I expect to be good in hunting conditions to 300. Time to begin the load planning as well hunt planning already in progress.

[C-Money]

If and when I go after speed goats, I would not change my hunting load. I use a recipe right out of the Nosler book using RL-19 and a 140 Nosler Accubond. Its accurate, and works. I would not mess around developing another load for lopes and then need to re dial in the rifle with my deer/elk load. My suggestion, 140 Accubond. Have fun!!

[Feanix]

After buying a new rifle i started loading 110gr bullets for my .270 (mostly for effect while filming varmint hunts, which is impressive). They shoot flat and you can push them very fast for a .270, but i dont think i would use them on anything i was going to eat or use the hide from. Good for red mist shots on rock chucks, but after looking at the devastation they cause, you would probably lose halfish of a front quarter with a good shot and and probably all if you hit bone.

As was stated, do your research on 130gr-140gr  bullets and you'll be very happy.

[carpsniperg2]

Nosler 140g accubond. The 270 win will do just fine for you. I have killed 7 lopes with that bullet but in the 270wsm. They do blood shot some but the killing power is amazing.

[Bwana Bob]

H20hunter
I've shot 10 buck antelope and at least 6 does, mostly with my 257 Roberts and a 120 gr Horned HP and the 6.5x55 with the Horned 129gr bullet. Both worked great. Shot the last two bucks with the 100gr Barnes TS bullet and they worked great also. A 270 is more than enough gun for them.
Do your self a favor and learn to shoot off a pair of shooting sticks. they really help when you can't go prone. Shooting off your day pack is valuable also.
Out of 16 or so antelope kills none were over 300yd and most were in the 100-200yd range. My furthest shot was 286yd on last years buck. There fun to hunt and great eating. You had some of my antelope kbobs at the BBQ.

[Archery King]

Well I have a feeling many who read this will think I'm an idiot but ill say it anyway.  Before I had money to have multiple rifles I coyote hunted with my 270.  I shot 100 gr Speer hot cores.  (This is the part some get all up in arms about)  to load them I dumped a bunch of H4831 in a bowl dipped the case into it couple times till was full and stuck a bullet on top .   You no what it's one of the most accurate loads I have ever shot out of that model 70 per 64 270.  Flat shooting blazing fast and deadly on coyote and deer.

      Learned this load out of a book some guy named Jack O'conner wrote

[h20hunter]

He was a bit of a .270 fan I suppose.....

[MHWASH]

I've used the Sierra 110gr Pro Hunter on a couple mature white tails. It's a tough bullet designed for big game. I would have no problems using it on antelope or bear for that matter.

[WonkyWapiti]

I'm also breaking out the trusty .270 for my Wyoming antelope hunt this year.  I just picked up some 130 gr Nosler Accubonds and some 130 grain Barnes Vor-TX bullets to try out at the range.  If the Nosler's shoot well I'll probably stick with them based on recommendations from my friends. 

[C-Money]

I'm also breaking out the trusty .270 for my Wyoming antelope hunt this year.  I just picked up some 130 gr Nosler Accubonds and some 130 grain Barnes Vor-TX bullets to try out at the range.  If the Nosler's shoot well I'll probably stick with them based on recommendations from my friends.

I just cant say enough positive words about the Accubond. it is a superb bullet!!