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<blockquote data-quote="freddiej" data-source="post: 2264003" data-attributes="member: 26227"><p>For a short time, 4 years, I did use one gun for Deer, Elk, Goats/Pronghorn, and coyotes. </p><p>I used an older wildcat 270 off the 264 W/M-7MM rem mag case.</p><p>I used 90 grain Speer and 100 grain Hornady for coyotes with a rather low performance load.</p><p>I used Barnes and Hornady 120's for Deer and "speed goats"/Pronghorn. </p><p>I used Barnes 140's and 150's for Elk. Okay for a very short season I did use Nosler AB's with rather excellent results.</p><p>IF I was to do it all over again; I would in a heartbeat. Now we have better slug selection out there. Berger 150 - 175 grain VLD hunters. Barnes still makes the hollow point boat tails in 140 and 150 grain. Nosler and Winchester have their "Combined Tech" slugs, Nosler has VLD and extended range Accu-Bond. I would not hesitate to build and use my 270-264 Win Mag. </p><p></p><p>the only hesitation I have is Bear, Moose, and coyotes. the Bear and Moose are too big for the 270 slugs, in my opinion. and coyotes explode when hit by a 90 grain varmint slug from speer, varmint 100 or 110 grain slug from Hornady. IF I shoot a coyote I want to save the hide. </p><p></p><p>I now have other calibers I would rather use for Bear and Moose. I have smaller calibers for coyote. but for Deer, Elk, and Goats.. I can not think of any better caliber than the 270-264 W/M I have ever shot to use for those three species. </p><p></p><p>to answer the question if I re-zero, yes, I do and I have it down to a science. or did. my old shooting log book has the 90 through 110 grain varmint loads at 1/4" low at 100 yards, my 120 deer/pronghorn load at zero at 100 yards, my 140/15 Elk loads at 1/8" low at 100 yards. so not much re-zeroing. then I have a set of drop cards for every 50 yards from 200 yards out to 1,200 yards. It looks like I was also working up a card for 140 and 150 grain AB's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freddiej, post: 2264003, member: 26227"] For a short time, 4 years, I did use one gun for Deer, Elk, Goats/Pronghorn, and coyotes. I used an older wildcat 270 off the 264 W/M-7MM rem mag case. I used 90 grain Speer and 100 grain Hornady for coyotes with a rather low performance load. I used Barnes and Hornady 120's for Deer and "speed goats"/Pronghorn. I used Barnes 140's and 150's for Elk. Okay for a very short season I did use Nosler AB's with rather excellent results. IF I was to do it all over again; I would in a heartbeat. Now we have better slug selection out there. Berger 150 - 175 grain VLD hunters. Barnes still makes the hollow point boat tails in 140 and 150 grain. Nosler and Winchester have their "Combined Tech" slugs, Nosler has VLD and extended range Accu-Bond. I would not hesitate to build and use my 270-264 Win Mag. the only hesitation I have is Bear, Moose, and coyotes. the Bear and Moose are too big for the 270 slugs, in my opinion. and coyotes explode when hit by a 90 grain varmint slug from speer, varmint 100 or 110 grain slug from Hornady. IF I shoot a coyote I want to save the hide. I now have other calibers I would rather use for Bear and Moose. I have smaller calibers for coyote. but for Deer, Elk, and Goats.. I can not think of any better caliber than the 270-264 W/M I have ever shot to use for those three species. to answer the question if I re-zero, yes, I do and I have it down to a science. or did. my old shooting log book has the 90 through 110 grain varmint loads at 1/4" low at 100 yards, my 120 deer/pronghorn load at zero at 100 yards, my 140/15 Elk loads at 1/8" low at 100 yards. so not much re-zeroing. then I have a set of drop cards for every 50 yards from 200 yards out to 1,200 yards. It looks like I was also working up a card for 140 and 150 grain AB's. [/QUOTE]
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