Thread: .270 Projectiles Lagging Behind

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

How much energy have you got at 500 ? Really, we need 1500 fp minimum for a Red Stag

How did you come up with that number?

Originally Posted by Gibo

How did you come up with that number?

From personal experience and discussions on this topic with guides on Trophy Parks. I am referring to stags in the rut, when they are pumped up and the neck and shoulder skin is thick and they are hard to kill unless its a neck shot with a hard bullet.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

From personal experience and discussions on this topic with guides on Trophy Parks. I am referring to stags in the rut, when they are pumped up and the neck and shoulder skin is thick and they are hard to kill unless its a neck shot with a hard bullet.

That was also one of the reasons I stopped using 130gr SST on deer from blowing up on the skin. During a roar one of my mates put 5 130gr SST rounds on a stag at 240m then I had to put a 140gr AB to stop it, the SST’s made a real mess on the shoulder and it wasn’t a very big red stag. I don’t think the smaller SST’s can handle the higher velocity at close range.

Originally Posted by tikka

That was also one of the reasons I stopped using 130gr SST on deer from blowing up on the skin. During a roar one of my mates put 5 130gr SST rounds on a stag at 240m then I had to put a 140gr AB to stop it, the SST’s made a real mess on the shoulder and it wasn’t a very big red stag. I don’t think the smaller SST’s can handle the higher velocity at close range.

I only hope that a lot of people read what you have written about the SST. Just last weekend a mate shot a 15 month hind at 300 metres in the shoulder with an SST. He saw the hit, deer headed down at 45 degrees into bush. I grid searched 100 x 100 metres in a zig zag down the face with a dog - no deer
I shot a stag the next day right on dark with a 140 AB. Poor shot placement from a down hill shot in the almost dark was high 75 mm under the spine. Blew a 50mm hole straight through the stag clipping one lung lobe and he made a 80 metre run and collapsed. That is the first deer I have shot with the 140 AB