Best ammo for deer hunting?

I actually have that same problem with my .270 and the remmington core lock. The last two deer i shot with it were good shots but left little to no blood. Luckily i was still able to find each deer

I think there are many factors to consider. I shot a doe with .270 Win 130gr Core lokt last yr and she started bleeding immediately and left a huge blood trail while running 50 yards.

I shot another doe this yr with same load and this doe didnt start bleeding for 30 yards and still wasnt much blood trail during the 100 yd recovery until the last 15-20 yards. She was double lunged too.

I dunno but it kills them dead. I havent lost a deer with Core lokts yet so at $18/box I will keep buying them.

Pretty much anything outside of 100 yards will bleed like crazy when shot by my .300wsm with Barnes TTSX. Within 100 yards, it doesn't really expand when shot behind the shoulder. However, if shot right on the shoulder, they drop or run less than 15 yards. That ammo is fricken deadly but it is very expensive.

130 grain .270 Winchester Power Points are the only bullets proven to make a deer bleed 100% of the time. I keep my clip full of them.

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I prefer to shoot for dead center of the shoulder.

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Is that where you are actually hitting them? They usually drop when the shoulder blade is hit.

Hitting a little lower leaves a better/earlier blood trail than hitting a little high; something to do with gravity and science.

REM cor-lokt 150 in 308, shoot behind the shoulder, usually DRT, if no ,good blood trail

nothing but core lokts for over 50 years. no need to change.

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Is this ammo or shot placement?

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100% shot placement. All this bullet type bs goes away when you shoot them in the neck...








Did I do that right?

I'm really surprised at all the non believers for Core Lokt

I shoot 180g out of my 30-06 amd 150g with my 280. Thinking back, I've never lost a deer with either gun, barely had any run over 50-75 yards and always had an exit.

It's been said, but cor lokts just aren't very well made bullets. They are unpredictable, especially at higher velocities produced by magnums and 270win rifles. There's a reason they are cheap.

I've been shooting accu bonds in everything from a 270 win to a 300 wsm for about 6 years and it has performed well. I have never had a problem with bal tips when shot into deer sized animals. Most all would exit and damn few ever left. And I'm talking about a large test group of animals.

Best performing bullet in my 270win has been the 130gr Speer boat tail, but I have zero complaints about the accu bond.

FTR, most bullet performance arguments a largely bullshite and most "bullet failure" stories are usually poor shot placement by people that think way more of their abilities then they should. Usually, if you put it there, it does it's job, especially on whitetails. They're just not that hard to kill.