.270 Win 130 grain Partition vs doe ***GRAPHIC***

[stalker07]

Took a doe this morning with my .270 Win. 130 grain Partition, 59 gr H4831. I was still hunting, heard her walking above a highwall and dropped to a knee. Sharply quartering toward me from 50 yards. Impacted shoulder bone on the way in, shattered it. Entrance into ribs was 3 inches wide. Destroyed the heart and lungs, liver, passed thru stomach and ended up somewhere in the intestines.

 

[Guy Miner]

Wow! What's the muzzle velocity of that load?

I take it that the doe dropped quickly...

Guy

 

[DrMike]

Massive tissue destruction. Had to have dropped pretty quickly. Congratulations on some fine table fare.

 

[stalker07]

Book says 3124 on velocity but not sure on actual. It didnt run at all. Dropped and slid about 20 feet downhill. I keep trying to send the pic of whole deer but it says the file is too big.

 

[Guy Miner]

I figured around 3100 fps - which makes it about like my .25-06 loads... Brisk!

Ya, at close range, some meat/tissue damage will result with such a high muzzle velocity, no doubt.

But you sure anchored that deer well! I just accept that there's going to be some destruction from my high velocity rifles.

Regards, Guy

 

[stalker07]

Ill trade some meat damage for a quick, humane Kill. Normally woods hunting I carry my Marlin 336 .35 Rem butI was plannin to work my way around to an old strip mine that had been reclaimed. Shots there can be a stretch.

 

[Guy Miner]

Agree. You did well, and dang, so did that 130 gr Partition!

Congrats on your deer!

Guy

 

[BF375]

130 NPT is a wicked killer on deer of all sizes. Once i figured this out 30+ years ago it'a about all I have used.

 

[Silentstalker]

Outstanding performance from a very proven combo!

 

[SJB358]

Doesn't get anymore classic than that combo. Still hard to beat a 270 and 130 Partition.