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Is the .270 win an effective 700yard deer caliber? I have one and don't have the money for another caliber yet. I really want to use it but want to know what everyone thinks. it loves 130gr bst win ammo. What do you think?
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In my opinion it all comes down to the shooter ..Is the .270 capable of dropping big game at 700 yrds ? Absolutely ! I prefer a 140 gr bullet out of a .270 ...it just seems to be the perfect combination
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I'm sure it will kill a deer at 700 yards, but that's a stretch for most calibers...
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Can't speak for the 700 yard deal persenaly but I know a .270 Win with a 160gr Partition will jam a Mulie Buck in the dirt at 500 yards, right quick.
I have witnessed deer killed clean at 500 yards with a 120gr Ballistic Tip launched from a 6.5 Grendel carbine. You can pretty much bank on a 130gr from a .270 doing just fine at 700.
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Put it where it needs to be and I'm sure it will do the job. Use a bullet that expands fairly easily if you plan on shoot deer that far.
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You'd want a bullet with a high ballistic coefficient such as a 140 or 150 grain Berger, or the 150 grain Nosler Long Range Accubond. You'd need a high power scope, and lots of practice. But the 270 would certainly be capable of taking deer at 700 yards.
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I used 140 grain for short and long range out to under 500 yds with my 270.
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My Dad had a Winchester 270 featherweight, 1951 model. With a Williams peep sight. With a few of his friends at the Wenatchee "orchard"hunt they used to have every year, a damage control hunt. he reloaded the 150 grain Sierra BT.
I saw him kill two deer a buck and doe (both were legal) at 700 yards with 5 shots. This was about 1958, he hit the buck twice.
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I guess ill try to keep it under 500yds. more practice, more practice more practice.
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With a "130gr bst win" at rated speeds, you would be above what some recommend as minimum energy for deer (800 ft-lbs), and with a 200 yard zero, drop is not a concern. I'd be more concerned with my abilities to estimate and correct for wind to ensure a humane kill.
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Can somebody show a graph for drop from 100 to 700 yards?
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A 270 with a 130gr. bullet can make that kill.
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, most shooters cannot. I don't mean any disrepect to anyone on here, but I see it way to often in my area where hunters just start shooting away hoping to get lucky. I hate to see wounded game and have to much respect for the game I hunt. I've shot hundreds of rounds from 700 to 1000 yds., but only at targets. I'll prefer the spot and stalk method, it's more challenging. To much comes into play at those distances. My thought is to stay within
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capabilities not the guns. That's just my 2 cents, don't mean to start any wars.
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Quote from: carlyoungs on December 30, 2014, 06:12:39 PM
Can somebody show a graph for drop from 100 to 700 yards?
Use this calculator
http://www.hornady.com/ballistics-resource/ballistics-calculator
If you want a graph I think the Winchester Calculator has a graph, but it only goes to 500 yards. And I think only goes by their load information
http://ballisticscalculator.winchester.com/
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I got 307 inches of drop at 700. That's crazy
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I came up with 106 inches low at 700 yards if sighted in dead on at 250 yards. That's 2.8 inches high at 100 yards.
106 inches is nearly 9 feet. So, for shooting at that kind of distance you definitely need a good rangefinder, and a two thousand dollar scope.
This is why my maximum range I will shoot with my 270 is 400 yards, and that's only in theory, as I have never shot an animal further than about 325 yards.
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