.270win and lead free ammunition

[Slim01]

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?

 

[deewayne2003]

First hand I don’t know, I do have a friend that did plains game and shot 12 animals including zebra with a .270win & Barnes TTSX

 

[375Fox]

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.

 

[Doug3006]

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.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

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.

 

[BRICKBURN]

https://www.africahunting.com/threads/the-270-winchester-in-africa.45457/
https://www.africahunting.com/threads/270-for-plains-game.39501/#post-377762

Follow all the links above. and then follow the links in the links.
More discussion on 270's

I've taken Steenbok to Giraffe with .270 Win 130grain TTSX

Enjoy your hunt.

 

[pilar]

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

 

[Slim01]

Thank your advice and comments, they're appreciated.

 

[BGHNTR416]

Sent my nephew last summer to South Africa with handloads using the 129 gr barnes LRX. Sable, kudu and on down the list without any issues.