Why not .270Win?

[fiver]

kind of.
there really is poor or minimal information out there about how bullets behave [other than here are our perfect looking mushrooms] and worse yet a description in any depth on their construction.
one of the better ones believe it or not is reading Hornadys descriptions of their bullets.
they simply state the construction of each bullet and it's possible uses.
if you combine that with some in the field results at various velocity's things become a little clearer why you seen what you saw when you used that brand X bullet in various calibers.
[hint: the interlocks are better constructed than their double the price bonded ones]

where a larger confusion comes in is when makers aren't consistent across the board with their jacket thickness and core alloy combinations and you end up with varying results when using the same name on the box.

 

[Bret4207]

I know this much- If you start with something of at least 30 caliber with a relatively large FP in a not too hard, ductile alloy and it's going over 14-1500 fps when it hits a coyote to deer sized animal, given an accurately placed shot of course, you will do just about as well as you will with the same cartridge with jacketed- within range. It varies, and the wound channel will be different, but I haven't seen a lot of difference between cast and, say, a standard Remington Corelockt type bullet. But then I also tend to be shooting at farily close ranges and at pretty calm animals. Maybe on running game or really tough stuff like feral hogs things are different altogether. In handguns I've found cast tends to work way better than jacketed if you start with a FP/SWC design compared to jacketed. In rifles under 30 cal or with a RN type profile, things aren't so dependable, at least for me. I don't believe you need the picture perfect mushroom if you start with a FN profile. If it expands, that's great, but with enough metplat, weight and velocity they seem to work pretty consistently. Gut shot something and all bets are off. Kinda the same for a high lung shot. Lower down seems to work better. In smaller cals on smaller targets, speed seems to tend to overcome the whole bullet diameter/penetration/does it even expand at all issue. But like Al mentioned- the variables play a part and can add up.

Just my experience and conclusions, your mileage may vary.

I have to agree with and repeat Als comment, I don't understand everything in discussions like this one, but I sure enjoy reading them.

 

[RBHarter]

Ian , leadhead over there hunted pigs with me with a 35 Rem . I want to say it was a 220 FP he used but I just don't remember now . In any case he had the same shot head on nothing but snout . He hit it mid snout , dead center , through the sinuses , up in to the brain pan , cerebellum puree , out the brain stem , down the spine , exit the spinal core between C5-6 stopping another 12" down into the backstrap .
I nearly decapitated one with a 257 Roberts and a 100 gr Game King .
I found the 45 Colts at 1050 with the NOE or originalish 454424 to be very effective quartering through the vitals . No recovered Colts bullets .

 

[Glaciers]

Guess I'm late to the party also. The quote below is #5

I had a hard time turning down a M70 for $300.

My first thought is, can't pass that up. My second thought is, but it's a 270.
My brother used and still does shoot a 270, so I had to go with a 30-06 just because for no other reason, to be different. Of course my brother could out shoot me any day of the week. My 30-06 shot great, but, I didn't.
Well when the first Winchester Featherweights came out in the 80's I bought a 223, 30-06 and a 270. The 270 was for my wife as she was shooting a Savage 99 in 308 with a receiver sight on it and I wanted to get her into a scope sighted rifle as well. She would not touch it. Said she liked the 308 just the way it was and would not change. Definitely a one gun lady, which worked great over the years, as I kept trying, "bought a gun for my wife" routine, which worked quite well if I only did it every couple of years.
Well I let the 270 sit in the safe for a couple of years hoping Karyn would change her mind. I could not use it, as frankly I have multiple 06's. I really liked the new Featherweights, they fit me just right straight out of the box. Not having a use for the 270, and there was that thing with my brother, I just had to do something. I sent it to Randell and had it re-bored to 35 Whelen. Cured the 270 problem by changing it to a decent caliber.

 

[freebullet]

The 130gr interlock at full speed has never failed us. Drt every time.

Can't say same for150gr.