Sambar hunting with the 270win

[TassieTiger]

Who ever is worrying about lead in their meat is really overthinking it. There is just no way that lead from the bullet is going to end up in the rump and back legs if shot in the chest. It would still be nearly impossible for any to end up in the back straps. The only place there may be a slight chance in in the eye fillets. When cutting up the meat and making steaks you are going to find any particles. Meat around any bullet or fragment is very easily recognizable.

I’ve seen bullet fragments in the most unbelievable places in some animals, a long distance from entry wound, after a kill shot...yes - back end after a chest shot.
once the bullet deflects off a bone - it could literally end up almost anywhere within the carcas...that being said, it is pretty easy to see when dressing the meat.

[Oldbloke]

Sheesh. If you cut out the bruised meat you will remove 95% of lead and copper

[Oldbloke]

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[Goose#24]

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Seems to happen
But there is obviously some opinions around using lead bullets for meat harvest.

[marksman]

I'm not to worried about using lead bullets, I was just uncertain if there is any benefits to using lead free?

just dont listen to much to the anti's and salesmen Goose#24
your doing it right asking if anyone has any experience

Cheers mate!
there is a large price difference between the two, and I'm happy to pay the $104 a box for the barnes if they live up to the name!
All of the lead free ammo in the 270 are 130gn, so I dont want to go spend the money if the 150gn lead bullets are going to be the better option.

IMHO they are not worth the price, they do cause lost animals because of pin holing, the animal running a mile and you not finding it
the idea is the same as bow hunting in that you want the bullet to exit so the animal will bleed out, I know they work emphatically for some people
but the way the bullet is made to work has a big bearing on what you are doing
I have been shooting sambar with berger 165gr hunting bullets (head/neck shots) but I did not want the bullet to keep going after hitting the animal because I was shooting under a populous place permit, this is how they fragmentate, for the shots I am doing I cant rate them higher



for a comparison here is a photo of sierra gamekings how they work



I shoot animals mainly for meat and I do not like the idea of eating lead,
that's why I would rather head/brain shoot and take the whole beast home to eat

[Goose#24]

I'm not to worried about using lead bullets, I was just uncertain if there is any benefits to using lead free?

just dont listen to much to the anti's and salesmen Goose#24
your doing it right asking if anyone has any experience

Cheers mate!
there is a large price difference between the two, and I'm happy to pay the $104 a box for the barnes if they live up to the name!
All of the lead free ammo in the 270 are 130gn, so I dont want to go spend the money if the 150gn lead bullets are going to be the better option.

IMHO they are not worth the price, they do cause lost animals because of pin holing, the animal running a mile and you not finding it
the idea is the same as bow hunting in that you want the bullet to exit so the animal will bleed out, I know they work emphatically for some people
but the way the bullet is made to work has a big bearing on what you are doing
I have been shooting sambar with berger 165gr hunting bullets (head/neck shots) but I did not want the bullet to keep going after hitting the animal because I was shooting under a populous place permit, this is how they fragmentate, for the shots I am doing I cant rate them higher



for a comparison here is a photo of sierra gamekings how they work



I shoot animals mainly for meat and I do not like the idea of eating lead,
that's why I would rather head/brain shoot and take the whole beast home to eat

Cheers mate appreciate it! this is the kind of info I'm after, and really sheds some light on how much people that use barnes ammo talk it up!

[marksman]

the barnes bullets do have there place and in the right hands are deadly
IMHO its more about shot placement, anything in the brain puts them down bang flop
its what works for me