Let me break it down.
I hunt east Texas. I can say I would never have a shot past 150-200yrds.
I’ve hunted with a .270win since the beginning. I’ve had decent performance out of it except for short range. I shot a buck 4 years ago at 25yrds and the entrance an exit holes were smaller than a pinky. Horrible tracking experience. The deer ran about 60yrds. But it was into a thicket and finding him without a blood trail was a nightmare. I can only assume the bullet was traveling so fast that it zipped thru him without expanding.
After that experience I bought a 12ga slug gun with a rifled barrel. Shooting 12ga sabot slugs. I shot a buck at 30yrds and the gun absolutely hammered him. Literally knocked off his feet. The two things I absolutely hated about this gun was the weight and the kick. This particular deer came out behind me and I shot out of my tree climber with my chest facing the tree and my back to the front of stand. Thank the lord for my harness because I’m not sure I would be here today without it. The gun kicked so hard that I would have fallen from the tree. The tether on my harness caught me.
Fast forward to this weekend. My father in law gifted me a .357 lever action. I loved the gun. The kick was non existent, super short, super light. I shot a buck at 30yrds on Sunday. Entrance hole was about 3/4” and no exit. The bullet fully expanded and released all its energy in the deer but didn’t exit. Blood trail was very minimal but I saw him go down. Two issues with this gun. First off I have 0 confidence in this gun out to 100yrds. Muzzle velocity is 1450. Drops off relatively quick. The other issue is the fact that the gun has a nice walnut stock and blued barrel and receiver. After using it this weekend there are scratches from thorns in the stock and spots on the receiver were something scratched it.
So to sum it up this is what I’m looking for:
1. Gotta get entrance and exit holes on deer sized game.
2. Light weight
3. Tough finish. Synthetic stock
4. Prefer lower recoil but not a must.
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I hunt east Texas. I can say I would never have a shot past 150-200yrds.
I’ve hunted with a .270win since the beginning. I’ve had decent performance out of it except for short range. I shot a buck 4 years ago at 25yrds and the entrance an exit holes were smaller than a pinky. Horrible tracking experience. The deer ran about 60yrds. But it was into a thicket and finding him without a blood trail was a nightmare. I can only assume the bullet was traveling so fast that it zipped thru him without expanding.
After that experience I bought a 12ga slug gun with a rifled barrel. Shooting 12ga sabot slugs. I shot a buck at 30yrds and the gun absolutely hammered him. Literally knocked off his feet. The two things I absolutely hated about this gun was the weight and the kick. This particular deer came out behind me and I shot out of my tree climber with my chest facing the tree and my back to the front of stand. Thank the lord for my harness because I’m not sure I would be here today without it. The gun kicked so hard that I would have fallen from the tree. The tether on my harness caught me.
Fast forward to this weekend. My father in law gifted me a .357 lever action. I loved the gun. The kick was non existent, super short, super light. I shot a buck at 30yrds on Sunday. Entrance hole was about 3/4” and no exit. The bullet fully expanded and released all its energy in the deer but didn’t exit. Blood trail was very minimal but I saw him go down. Two issues with this gun. First off I have 0 confidence in this gun out to 100yrds. Muzzle velocity is 1450. Drops off relatively quick. The other issue is the fact that the gun has a nice walnut stock and blued barrel and receiver. After using it this weekend there are scratches from thorns in the stock and spots on the receiver were something scratched it.
So to sum it up this is what I’m looking for:
1. Gotta get entrance and exit holes on deer sized game.
2. Light weight
3. Tough finish. Synthetic stock
4. Prefer lower recoil but not a must.
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