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I would like to get opinions/facts about using the 270WSM for PG. I appreciate your help. | ||
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A friend of mine used his 270WSM for his hunt back in 01-02? At the time, the cartridge was new enough that it still had limited load data available, so he used Winchester factory ammo loaded with the 150grn Power Point. I don't recall exactly how many or what type of animals he took, but I do know that they were all one-shot kills. The one bullet he did recover was a nice boring looking mushroon that showed good expansion and had some shank left in it. I would expect that a 140grn premium would be the way to go. I shoot 140grn Accubonds and 140grn TSX's in mine. It works great here in Oregon, so I see no reason it wouldn't be acceptable on the Dark Continent. What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public. | |||
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My dad used his 270 WSM loaded with 140 grain TSXs in Namibia in 2004 to kill a zebra, a kudu, a springbok, a warthog, a red hartebeest, and a couple of impala with little difficulty. Put a good quality bullet through the vitals and the critters will die. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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I have used the .270 for a number of plains game and no problems. Bwanna used his .270WSM at the same time and again, no problems. All things shot died from both. | |||
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Why not? Stay with one of the well constructed bullets, know your limitations and shooting skills and there should be no problem. But no, I wouldn't recommend it for Eland unless your certain of your accuracy and have the $$$ just in case. Good hunting, LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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I had a friend us a 270 wsm last june, he killed kudu, gemsbok, red hartebeest, blue wildebeest with no problems | |||
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The only reason I don't use my 270WSM for plains game is I use my 300WSM for plains game!! Go for it. Larry Sellers SCI Life Member | |||
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