.270win and lead free ammunition

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I've read that the .270win is a marginal calibre for larger plains game. Has the development of lead free ammunition made it a more viable option?
 
I think the 270 remains what it is. A good deer cartridge. I’d use it up to Kudu if I ever took mine to Africa but I think better options for a traveling hunter.
 
The .270 is NOT marginal for plains game! It’s a sensible minimum for most plains game. Excluding Eland, it will cleanly take anything you’d like to hunt in that category.
 
Can’t speak for lead-free, but with the old Winchester Super X 150Gr Power Point factory load… my daughter has successfully used the .270 Winchester to take all of her plains game to date (mostly with one shot kills):
Kudu
Wildebeest
Zebra
Impala
Reedbuck
Bushbuck
Springbok
Sable
Warthog
Bush pig

Only one warthog required a second shot.

Initial shot placement is extremely critical when employing this caliber against the larger African antelope, but (barring eland) you will not have a problem if you shoot straight.
 
I don’t know about marginal, it’s pretty good with 130gr barns TSX and Norma oryx 150gr on nilgai and aoudad
My buddies wife just killed a huge old aoudad with 140gr TSX, went in last rib , through the heart and lungs, neck ,and stopped under the eye
She killed her zebra with same gun @ 200 yards

My friend Mr blocker killed everything in Africa except DG , with a 257 weatherby with 120gr nosler partition
 
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